Cattle market empties as fear grips Eid preparations in India’s West Bengal ^14.8%

Al Jazeera - By Ritwika Mitra - 5/25/2026, 11:23 AM

Negativity Bias 24.5% - Anecdotal 24.4% - Hasty Generalization 20.5%

Kolkata, India – Less than a week before Eid al-Adha, the sprawling Dhulagarh cattle market on the outskirts of Kolkata, the capital of India’s West Bengal state, has a deserted look. Traders are huddled in groups under a tin shade while more than 200 head of cattle readied for sale before the Muslim festival remain tied to bamboo poles... more