The Chief Secretary said that Special Secretary level officers had been designated as nodal officers for effective implementation and monitoring of cow protection.
The lethal viral infection, spread by vectors including parasitic ticks and mosquito bites, has spread in hundreds of villages in ten districts including Patna.
The West Bengal High Court refused to grant bail to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and the TMC president of Birbhum district, Anubrata Mondal in the cattle- smuggling case.
The division bench of Calcutta High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal, who is curently in CBI custody in connection with a cattle smuggling case in West Bengal.
A police team of Borgang police outpost in Biswanath district of Assam set up a naka checking on Wednesday and intercepted a truck. On checking it, they found the cattle in it.
An incident of firing on miscreants along the India-Bangladesh border by the police to prevent them from entering illegally was reported in Assam's Karimganj district, officials said on Wednesday.
Assam Police foiled a cross-border cattle smuggling bid and fired upon Bangladeshi nationals trying to infiltrate along the India-Bangladesh border in Karimganj district. However, no casualty was reported.