Kolkata: West Bengal has emerged as India's top producer of meat, contributing 12.6% to the national output, according to Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2024, published by Centre.

A married couple, two delivery executives, and a butcher were arrested on suspicion of selling banned meat online from a housing society near Sohna, police on Monday said.

Tucked into the bustling lanes of College Street in Kolkata is an unassuming meat shop that old-timers say is more than a hundred years old. Inside it sits an idol of Maa Kali, the fierce and beloved ...