Jain Festival

Mumbai, Sep 11: Under pressure, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to reduce the meat ban period in Mumbai by two days. As the ban was already imposed on September 10, the meat shops will be closed for only one day on…

The Shiv Sena and MNS cadres have set up stalls in Mumbai to defy the meat ban imposed by BMC during the Jain festival. Although the practice has been in place since 1964 and were implemented through three resolutions in 1964, 1994 and…