India's financial capital has woken up to the news that the Roast Beef (Medium) at Leopold's, the restaurant that was attacked during 26/11, has become a lost institution from this morning.

The fine print has not been dissected yet but the general consensus in Mumbai is that the sale and possession of beef, including the meat of oxen and calves, have been banned in Maharashtra. Which means beef-eaters will have only water buffalo meat left on the menu.

The ban has kicked in because President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to a bill that was passed over 19 years ago by the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra in 1995. The state is back under BJP rule. So is the Centre. Read