Delhi plans to create a special home for both elderly people and some of the Indian megacity's thousands of cows, in a new animal welfare blitz also aimed at reducing numbers of monkeys and stray dogs.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has proposed to set up a cow ministry that would replace the existing board meant for promotion of the bovine.

A man suspected to be smuggling cows has been beaten to death by a mob in yet another instance of vigilantism in Alwar district of northern Indian state of Rajasthan, police say.