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TopicStray dogs

Topic: stray dogs

I will look into this, says CJI on stray dogs matter amid uproar over SC order. What happened in court

Animal lovers who opposed SC order desperately await a copy of it, which is yet to be uploaded on court website, even as Rajasthan HC & Goa govt have already called for actions citing it.

Detained, booked for protesting SC order on strays, activists call for ‘humane’ middle path

While a section including both individuals and groups such as RWAs have welcomed the move to remove strays, animal rights groups have termed the order ‘cruel’ and ‘inhuman’.

Vir Das to Zeenat Aman—celebrities are in activism mode over SC’s stray dog order

One of the most widely shared posts on Instagram about how to help stray dogs was by comic Vir Das. He urged people of Delhi-NCR to adopt an indie off the streets.

Delhi Police lodges FIR against animal rights activists after India Gate protest

FIR was lodged under Section 223 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), ThePrint has learnt.

Day after stray dogs order, SC’s circular for its premises—‘leftovers to be disposed of in covered bins’

Earlier on Monday, a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, hearing a case on rabies-related deaths, issued an order for clearing Delhi-NCR streets of dogs.

SC’s order on strays ‘band-aid fix,’ say activists; ask ‘how many shelters can they build in 8 weeks?’

Animal rights activists criticise judgment as short-sighted. Rescuers say solution lies in controlling stray population through vaccination and sterilisation, not in mass removal.

SC orders removal of stray dogs from Delhi-NCR streets within 8 weeks; warns anyone who obstructs

Top court further says it will hear arguments from Centre, but will not entertain petitions from dog lovers or any other parties.

Why Delhi minister Kapil Mishra’s Rakhi post has been flooded with wishes from women animal rescuers

Most of these comments echoed the same message originally posted by Alka Singh Bhargava, a retired IRS officer and former Chief Commissioner of Income Tax. 

Gurugram dog attack is pet owners’ fault. It’s cruel to keep Siberian husky in this heat

Buyers rarely bother with details like health clearances or the breeder’s credentials when their primary goal is to achieve a specific, Instagrammable look.

Return sterilised stray dogs to same spot, says HC. A look at legal tussle with RWA that led to the ruling

Punjab & Haryana HC upheld strict enforcement of Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, dismissing RWA’s plea, noting that stray dogs can't be relocated unless rabid or seriously diseased.

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.