Palghar, March 24 A nine-year-old girl died of rabies after she failed to take the vaccine shots, citing fear of injections, in Palghar district of Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.Kashish Sahni, a Class 4 student and resident of Nalasopara West, succumbed to the infection at a hospital...
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Thrissur (Kerala), March 13 A stray dog that allegedly fatally attacked an 84-year-old bedridden woman in Vellarakad here was found to be rabies-infected, which was revealed after the animal's postmortem on Friday, police said.The bedridden Karthiyani and her son Devadasan, who also has health...
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Bengaluru, February 27 – The Karnataka government, led by the Congress, reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating dog-mediated human rabies by 2030 and reducing deaths caused by venomous snakebites through the implementation of two comprehensive state action plans.The State Action Plan for...
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Bengaluru, February 27 Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday said the state has set a target of reducing rabies deaths to zero by 2030 as he launched the State Action Plan for Dog-Mediated Rabies Elimination, aimed at making the state rabies-free.The State Action Plan for...
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Mumbai, February 26 The Maharashtra government told the legislative assembly on Thursday that the population of stray dogs has increased significantly across rural and urban parts of the state in the last six years.The government said that as many as 30 lakh dog-bite cases were reported and 30...
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Jaipur, February 23 – The growing problem of monkeys entering residential areas and attacking people was raised in the Rajasthan Assembly on Monday, with Congress MLA from Shahpura, Manish Yadav, drawing attention to the issue through a Calling Attention Motion.Responding to the motion...
Thane, February 23 A 30-year-old bank employee is alleged to have committed suicide, fearing he had contracted rabies after being attacked by a stray dog in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Monday.Aish Vishwanath Amin was found hanging at his house in the Tisgaon Naka area of Kalyan...
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Bhopal, February 17 – The Madhya Pradesh Assembly witnessed a lively debate on the issue of stray dogs in the state capital, Bhopal, on the second day of the ongoing budget session on Tuesday.Congress MLA Atif Aqeel raised the issue during the motion for adjournment, stating that the...
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Mumbai, February 12 Amid growing concerns about dog bites in Maharashtra, a senior Indian Administrative Service official recommended non-invasive surgical procedures, such as transvaginal laparoscopic ovariectomy, to control the animal population, especially that of stray dogs.Dr. Ramaswami...