The monkey population of Delhi has grown large and aggressive, overwhelming the city’s efforts to control it, but Hindu tradition calls for feeding the monkeys twice a week.

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Fed by Indians, Monkeys Overwhelm Delhi

When 33-year-old Ashoo Mongia visits the supermarket it's rarely for stocking up his fridge for the week. As head of a cow protection enforcement team, he regularly scours Delhi grocery stores and outdoor markets for food products containing cow beef. For the last 15 years, Mongia and his team of 120 Delhi-based volunteers have thrown themselves in a battle that pits India's billon-dollar meat industry and growing underground beef trade against Hindu traditionalists keen on preserving the holy status of cows. “The cow is our mother, it's our duty to protect her,” said Mongia, who monitors and raids hundreds of stores, butcher shops and slaughterhouses suspected of carrying, selling or slaughtering India's blessed bovines. “We do this because we believe in what the cow represents in our country, our culture and in the Hindu religion.” Read – Growing beef trade hits India's sacred cow Previously – Clarified: Religious dietary restrictions and Restaurant serves meat to Hindus, served lawsuit in return

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‘The cow is our mother’ – India’s beef boom at odds with Hindu tradition

Among the targets were an Islamic center and a Hindu temple in Queens.

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In Queens Firebombings, Sketch of Suspect Is Released

An edition of the Hindu holy book the Bhagvad Gita escapes a threatened ban in Russia, in a case that drew protests in India.

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Russia court approves Hindu book

Images of the Hindu goddess of wealth Laxmi, displayed on swimwear at an Australian fashion show, spark a legal battle in India.

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Violence continued between the two sides, over an 11th-century Hindu temple claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia.

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Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchange fire on a disputed stretch of their border near an ancient Hindu temple, claimed by both countries.

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Gunfire on Thai-Cambodia border

An Indian court remands a Hindu holy man in custody after he allegedly confesses to a string of bomb attacks previously blamed on Muslim militants.

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A second Muslim group in India appeals against a ruling over the Ayodhya holy site, where a Hindu mob destroyed a mosque 18 years ago.

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New appeal over Indian holy site

Politicians rising to power in Bihar have appealed to allegiances along Hindu caste lines for decades, but that may no longer be enough.

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Turning Around an Indian State

A leading animal protection group in India calls for tougher measures to protect owls ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.

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Concern over India owl population

Singer and swinger got hitched on Saturday, but a simple wedding ceremony just wouldn’t do. Katy Perry, 25, and Russell Brand, 35, got married at the Aman-i-Khas Resort, five hours south of Jaipur, India, in an extravagant Hindu ceremony. Sources…

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