In Bihar, a residence certificate was fraudulently issued to a dog named 'Dog Babu,' raising concerns about the integrity of the state's e-governance systems during the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. The incident, involving misused Aadhaar details, has sparked outrage from the opposition, who allege widespread irregularities in the voter roll revision process. Officials are facing action for negligence in verifying the application.
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A three-and-a-half-year-old tigress, suspected of fatally attacking five individuals in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, between May and July, has been relocated to the Kanpur zoo. After a week-long rescue operation, the tigress was captured and deemed healthy, but officials determined that releasing her back into the wild posed too great a risk due to her habit of venturing into populated areas.
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