Meat delivered to Bengaluru confirmed as mutton, not dog meat: ICAR report
Bengaluru: The meat delivered to Bengaluru from Rajasthan via train has been confirmed as mutton, not dog meat, according to an analysis report by the Hyderabad-based ICAR-National Meat Research Institute on Wednesday.
On the evening of July 26, officials, including area inspectors and Food Safety officers, visited the KSR Railway station at Majestic in Bengaluru to investigate a consignment of meat delivered from Rajasthan by train. They found the parcels, totaling 84, loaded onto a transport vehicle outside the railway station.
Upon inspection, the officials discovered the parcels contained meat and collected samples to verify the species. The samples were sent to the ICAR-National Meat Research Institute in Hyderabad for analysis. The institute confirmed the samples were mutton, according to a press release from the Commissioner of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
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The incident attracted significant attention and condemnation due to the involvement of Puneeth Kerehalli, a self-proclaimed cow vigilante and repeat offender. Kerehalli had intercepted the parcels being transported by city-based meat trader Abdul Razak, claiming they contained dog meat being sold as mutton.
Razak refuted Kerehalli's claims, accusing him of attempted extortion prior to the incident. Kerehalli was later arrested and released by the police for obstructing officials from performing their duties. He has a criminal record, including an arrest for the murder of cattle transporter Idrees Pasha in Sathanur near Kanakapura in April 2023.
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Cong takes swipe at PM over India not being part of US-led 'Pax Silica' grouping
New Delh (PTI) The Congress on Saturday said it is perhaps not very surprising that India is not part of a US-led strategic initiative to build a secure silicon supply chain, given the "sharp downturn" in the Trump-Modi ties, and asserted that it would have been to "our advantage if we had been part of this group".
Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the news of India not being part of the group comes after the PM had enthusiastically posted on social media about a telephone call with his "once-upon-a-time good friend and a recipient of many hugs in Ahmedabad, Houston, and Washington DC".
In a lengthy post on X, Ramesh said, "According to some news reports, the US has excluded India from a nine-nation initiative it has launched to reduce Chinese control on high-tech supply chains. The agreement is called Pax Silica, clearly as a counter to Pax Sinica. The nations included (for the moment at least) are the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia."
"Given the sharp downturn in the Trump-Modi ties since May 10th, 2025, it is perhaps not very surprising that India has not been included. Undoubtedly, it would have been to our advantage if we had been part of this group."
"This news comes a day after the PM had enthusiastically posted on his telephone call with his once-upon-a-time good friend and a recipient of many hugs in Ahmedabad, Houston, and Washington DC," the Congress leader asserted.
The new US-led strategic initiative, rooted in deep cooperation with trusted allies, has been launched to build a secure and innovation-driven silicon supply chain.
According to the US State Department, the initiative called 'Pax Silica' aims to reduce coercive dependencies, protect the materials and capabilities foundational to artificial intelligence (AI), and ensure aligned nations can develop and deploy transformative technologies at scale.
The initiative includes Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia. With the exception of India, all other QUAD countries -- Japan, Australia and the US -- are part of the new initiative.
New Delhi will host the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 19-20, focusing on the principles of 'People, Planet, and Progress'. The summit, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the France AI Action Summit, will be the first-ever global AI summit hosted in the Global South.
Prime Minister Modi and US President Trump on Thursday discussed ways to sustain momentum in the bilateral economic partnership in a phone conversation amid signs of the two sides inching closer to firming up a much-awaited trade deal.
The phone call between the two leaders came on a day Indian and American negotiators concluded two-day talks on the proposed bilateral trade agreement that is expected to provide relief to India from the Trump administration's whopping 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods.
In a social media post, Modi had described the conversation as "warm and engaging".
"We reviewed the progress in our bilateral relations and discussed regional and international developments. India and the US will continue to work together for global peace, stability and prosperity," Modi had said without making any reference to trade ties.
