Stay updated with the latest Other news, articles, and insights from trusted sources. Explore in-depth coverage and expert analysis on Other topics.
A 70-year-old woman is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Vadapalani after being bitten by stray dogs near her house in Saidapet on Thursday (October 23, 2025) evening. She also suffered injuries while trying to escape the dogs. A senior official of the city police said Bala Soundarya, a resident of Rangarajapuram, was returning home via Sri Nagar Colony of Saidapet when she was chased by a pack of four or five stray dogs. While trying to escape them, she fell and suffered a hip fract
Mumbai: After the Supreme Court decides to remove stray dogs from the streets of Delhi, people doubt if the reciprocation would be seen in other places, including Mumbai. In a recent report, the civic authorities have mandated relevant departments to address stray dog complaints at least thrice weekly. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) reported 10,778 complaints about stray dogs in relation to road safety and risk of rabbies. To enhance response times, authorities have directed regular reviews of complaints, aiding efficient tracking and quicker intervention. According to a report ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Easing inflation and favourable monsoon boosted rural demand in India in the April-June period this year, outpacing urban consumption once again, according to a new report. According to the report by global research firm NielsenIQ, rural markets and small manufacturers propelled the packaged consumer goods sector in Q2 2025. Rural markets grew twice as fast as cities, as urban areas showed signs of recovery, particularly in smaller towns. According to the report, e-commerce also rose significantly, led by increased shopper penetration and spending, especia ...Read More >
Oliver Jones said Jones said he usually runs around the old airport terminal entrance and that the attack occurred during his second pass through the area that day. (Image credit: @Agent_Oli/X) A Welsh entrepreneur living in Bengaluru was recently bitten by a stray dog while out on a run near the old airport terminal. Oliver Jones, who said he built two startups in India valued at over $100 million, shared his experience on social media, posting a photo from the hospital and writing sarcasticall ...Read More >
Palakkad (Kerala), Nov 7 (PTI) Kerala Local Self-Government Department Minister M B Rajesh on Friday expressed concern over the practicality of rehabilitating stray dogs in the state following the Supreme Court's direction on the issue. Speaking to reporters here, Rajesh said he had not yet received a copy of the court order and had only learned about it through media reports. He said that from what he understood of the court's verdict, the emphasis was on effective implementation of the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme, including sterilisation and vaccination of stray dogs. "From the i ...Read More >
India's dog bite crisis is spiralling into a serious public health challenge, with numbers that experts describe as deeply alarming. In 2024 alone, the country recorded 37.17 lakh dog bite cases -- averaging more than 10,000 incidents every single day. These figures reveal a widening gap between the Centre's goal of eliminating rabies by 2030 and the realities on the ground. India's dog bite crisis is escalating at a pace that public health experts find deeply alarming. In 2024 alone, the countr ...Read More >
New Delhi: Protest at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) against a recently announced fee hike, the long-standing suspension of students' union elections and calls for administrative accountability have entered their sixth day, with students boycotting classes and staging sit-ins at the Bab-e-Syed gate (the iconic entrance of the varsity). The fee structure for different courses has witnessed a sharp revision. Students say the hike ranges from 25% to over 60% across various programmes. Many claim they first learned of the revised fees only while trying to pay through the university's online ...Read More >
Mysore/Mysuru: Following Supreme Court directives for better management of stray dogs, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), People For Animals (PFA) and Animal Husbandry Department had jointly organised a stray puppies adoption programme at Town Hall premises in city this morning. Today's adoption programme was held to give more publicity to the event so that others would be inspired and come forward to adopt stray pups and nurture them. Today's symbolic event saw adoption of four pups. While MCC Zone 6 Zonal Commissioner M.S. Pratibha adopted two pups, Adarsh and Sudeep of city adopted one pu ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Dog lovers in Hyderabad rejoiced on Friday after the Supreme Court modified its earlier directive on street dogs, ordering that strays be released from shelters following vaccination, deworming and sterilisation. A key feature of the order is the establishment of designated feeding spaces, with feeding on the streets prohibited and action mandated against those who defy the rule. While dog owners, veterinary doctors and animal welfare officials welcomed the order, they cautioned that feeding spaces must be properly maintained. "I appreciate the court's orders, particularly since de ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday debunked all allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about rigging and match-fixing in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. In his articles titled 'Those Rejected by the People Deny the Mandate', published in the same three newspapers where Gandhi's write-ups appeared, CM Fadnavis advised the Congress MP to "accept defeat, introspect on where you went wrong, why your connect with the people is lacking, and what needs to be done." He taunted Gandhi, saying that the latter was preparing excuses for "defeats ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the chief secretaries of states and Union Territories, other than West Bengal and Telangana, to appear before it on November 3 to explain why compliance affidavits were not filed in the stray dogs case. Photograph: ANI Photo A three-judge special bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria noted that only the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and states of West Bengal and Telangana have filed their compliance affidavits in pursuance to ...Read More >
Lucknow: Despite Supreme Court directions to speed up sterilization and rehabilitation of stray dogs, the campaign in the state capital has failed to pick up pace.Officials cite limited infrastructure and manpower as key obstacles, even as dog bite cases and public complaints continue to rise.According to civic data compiled after the Supreme Court's orders on stray dog management, a total of 2,794 dogs were sterilized in the past three months - 813 in Aug, 1,185 in Sep, and 796 till Oct 27.The average daily sterilization of stray dogs remains 40-60 per day, which was the same prior to SC orde ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: To keep AMC buildings free of stray dogs, the cattle nuisance control department of the civic body is appointing nodal officers. So far, 25 such officers have been appointed. The appointments are part of the Supreme Court's ruling on management of strays. They will be responsible for keeping AMC premises stray-free. Every public building must display boards at its gate, clearly displaying the details of the nodal officer. Furthermore, the AMC will form an inspection team and task force to monitor stray dogs in every govt or private public building. This team will monitor every build ...Read More >
Delhi: Could you believe that a person booked bike ride for just 180 metres? Yes, this incident has happened in Delhi, where a woman booked an OLA bike road to travel a short distance. The video has gone viral in the internet and sparked discussion towards important issue in the society. In the viral video, as the bike reaches at the pickup spot, the driver is seen asking the OTP for the ride. As the woman tells him the OTP, the rider is shocked to find that the distance is just 180 meters (a 2-minute walk). He then asks the woman is the address right, to which she confirms that it is that onl ...Read More >
(Also read: Husky in driver's seat causes traffic jam in Mumbai: 'Dogesh bro ghoomne nikle hai') The footage, reportedly recorded in a residential neighbourhood, begins with the German Shepherd sitting calmly on a balcony, keeping a watchful eye on the street below. A group of children can be seen running past when the dog suddenly becomes alert. Without hesitation, it jumps off the balcony and rushes towards the stray dog that was following the children. The youngsters, seemingly unaware of any ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Following the Supreme Court order to remove all the stray dogs from Delhi-NCR streets within eight weeks, animal lovers and animal rights activists took out a candlelight march in the Rohini area on Wednesday night. The Supreme Court decision is facing widespread criticism from celebrities, animal lovers, animal rights activists, and political leaders. Seeing the criticism and protests, the Supreme Court on Wednesday clarified that its directive to the authorities in Delhi-NCR to begin removing stray dogs from all localities is not driven by momentary impu ...Read More >
Nahan, Sep 13 (UNI) The plight of stray dogs in the Nahan Nagar Palika area reflects glaring neglect, with neither vaccination nor sterilization drives conducted for the past one and a half years. This inaction has left hundreds of dogs vulnerable to diseases, while residents face growing safety concerns. Despite the Animal Birth Control (ABC) rules mandating annual sterilization and vaccination of stray dogs, the municipal council has failed to comply. The rules also require tagging treated dogs and maintaining records of their numbers. Shockingly, in 2024- 25, only nine dogs were registe ...Read More >
Indore: A protest was held at Regal Square in Indore on Thursday against the Supreme Court's August 11 order directing the caging and relocation of all stray dogs in the Delhi-NCR region. The Court has warned that any obstruction to the implementation of its directive could result in contempt proceedings. About SC's Order The Supreme Court stated in its order: "Infants and young children, at any cost, should not fall prey to rabies. The action should inspire confidence that they can move freely without fear of being bitten by stray dogs. No sentiments should be involved." The Court referred ...Read More >
NEW DELHI -- India's Supreme Court on Friday scaled back its order to catch and remove tens of thousands of stray dogs from the capital, after feasibility questions about the sheer scale of the exercise. TEMPORARY VICTORY A stray dog is seen on a street following the verdict that modified an earlier order to relocate canines like it in India's capital New Delhi on Aug. 22, 2025. EPA PHOTO The court earlier this month handed city authorities a deadline of eight weeks to round up all dogs, ordering that they be held in shelters and not released. Indian media had suggested there were as many a ...Read More >
Chandigarh: After two years of deliberations, the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MCC) has officially notified and implemented the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh Pet and Community Dogs Bylaws, 2023. The new rules, which came into effect on Thursday, aim to regulate pet ownership, community dog care, and public safety.The bylaws were approved by Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday after consultations with senior officials. The MC issued the notification the sa ...Read More >
Chennai: A post-graduate student at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) suffered a skull fracture when she fell while being chased by a pack of dogs on the hospital campus on Tuesday. The student, who was on her way to the parking lot, was chased by around five dogs. The doctor, who panicked, tried to run but tripped and fell. She suffered a fracture of the zygoma, a part of the skull bone near the cheek. "The bone in the zygomatic arch is displaced and broken into several pieces ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has postponed its decision on an appeal to halt its previous order to remove all stray dogs from Delhi-NCR streets and place them in shelters. This development occurs in the midst of a major public outrage and legal challenges to the court's August 11th first order. On 11 August, a two-judge bench issued the first directive in a case regarding the increasing number of dog bite incidents in the area, especially involving youngsters. The court has stated that local officials are starting collecting all stray dogs and placing them in shelters right now. In ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Chicken rice, taxpayer money, and street dogs are set to converge in an unprecedented Rs 2.9 crore initiative by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which will soon roll out a daily feeding programme for stray dogs. The aim: to tame dog aggression and enhance public safety - and possibly, urban chaos.Starting with 5,000 strays across the city's eight zones, the municipal corporation will deliver one meal a day of 367 grams - a calorie-calibrated mix designed to meet the nutritio ...Read More >
New Delhi: Stray dogs being fed on a roadside at KG Marg, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.Source : PTI New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) The MCD has picked up 100 stray dogs so far since the Supreme Court order on relocating canines, and converted the city's 20 Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres into shelter homes, Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh said on Wednesday. The MCD also identified an 85-acre plot in outer Delhi to shelter more strays, Singh said. Talking to PTI, Singh said the civic body has started looking for land to set up more dog shelters, adding that they will implement the SC directive i ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) The whole problem of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR is because of "inaction" of local authorities, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while reserving its order on the interim prayer seeking a stay on the August 11 directions passed by the apex court. A two-judge bench of the top court had on August 11 directed authorities in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) to start picking up stray dogs from all localities "at the earliest" and relocate the animals to dog shelters. While hearing the matter on Thursday, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath said, "The whole pr ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 14: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and AMPIN Energy Transition, in collaboration with Deloitte & Sumitomo Corporation, successfully concluded its pivotal seminar titled Renewable Energy Transition for Commercial and Industrial Consumers in the Southern Region at Hotel Taj MG Road. The event brought together a diverse group of industry leaders, policymakers, and C&I consumers who discussed the roadmap to achieve 100 RE for Corporates & Industrial consumers in South India. Delivering the inaugural address, Shri Gaurav Gup ...Read More >
Nalgonda: In a bid to tackle the stray dog menace, district authorities have introduced the idea of "Adopt a Stray Dog," urging pet lovers to take responsibility for stray dogs through adoption. The programme will be formally launched in Nalgonda on Friday. According to a recent survey, around 40,000 stray dogs have been identified in the district. Based on these reports and information collected from village-level authorities, the district administration has prepared an action plan to implement the initiative. Additional district collector Narayana Amit said the administration is adopting a ...Read More >
India has millions of stray dogs and the country accounts for 36% of the total rabies-related deaths in the world, according to the World Health Organization. "Infants and young children, not at any cost, should fall prey to rabies. The action should inspire confidence that they can move freely without fear of being bitten by stray dogs," legal news website Live Law quoted the court as saying on Monday. The court took up the issue following reports of increasing dog bites in Delhi and other maj ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Border Security Force Sub-Inspector Vyas Dev and Constable Suddi Rabha are among those 16 personnel who have been awarded the Medal for Gallantry (GM) on the 79th Independence Day for showing their exceptional bravery and unmatched valour exhibited by them in Operation Sindoor. In addition, the President Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) to five and the Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM) to 46 are also awarded to BSF officers and personnel. During Operation Sindoor, Sub-Inspector Vyas Dev and Constable Suddi Rabha were deployed in the forward posts of ...Read More >
KOCHI: Frustrated with the stray dog menace in their neighbourhood, the residents of Chandrathil Road in Edappally are now asking the dogs themselves to stay away! A new 'sign board' reading "Stray Dogs Beware", with plastic bottles of indigo-coloured water placed nearby, has appeared right under the Santhi Marg board. The local residents' mocking gesture has come as a last resort to attract the attention of the authorities who have allegedly long remained blind towards the issue. In the creative attempt, the residents' welfare association, Swaraksha, has 'warned' stray dogs about the perils ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): As India observes the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and External Affairs Minister on Thursday paid tribute to the people who sacrificed their lives during the Partition of India. Sharing an X post, Goyal said that on August 14, 1947, during the Partition of India, people endured the pain of violence, displacement and loss of loved ones. Also Read | Independence Day 2025: President Droupadi Murmu To Address Nation Today on Eve of 79th I-Day. "On this day in the year 1947, people had to endure the pa ...Read More >