The Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has launched a major drive to monitor stray dogs by equipping them with GPS-enabled collars and QR codes.SMC, one of India’s oldest civic bodies, has also started vaccination and sterilisation campaigns to prevent rabies and reduce human-dog conflicts.

The Shimla Municipal Corporation has initiated a program to equip stray dogs with GPS-enabled collars and QR codes for tracking vaccination status and location, alongside an ongoing anti-rabies drive.

A major controversy has erupted across India after the Supreme Court ruled that sterilized and vaccinated stray dogs can be released back onto the streets. This decision, delivered on 22 August, was initially limited to Delhi-NCR but now extends nationwide,

The woman, Yashika Shukla, is a resident of Ghaziabad and was feeding the dogs near an apartment complex in the National Capital region.

The tiny carcasses were discovered during a routine beach survey by the Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol in Atlantic Beach, just east of Jacksonville.

The Supreme Court directed that stray dogs in Delhi-NCR must be released after sterilisation and immunisation. In Bihar, voters excluded from draft rolls can now apply online using Aadhaar. A

MCD has begun the process of identifying points for designating them as feeding areas for stray dogs. Meanwhile, Resident Welfare Associations have said that SC's directive on designated feeding points in every locality is ‘impractical’.

Acting on the Supreme Court's latest directions, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has begun reworking its stray dog policy, with officials ordered to set up feeder zones, intensify sterilisation,