Pigeon fitted with a chip lands in Gujarat to scare the wits out of the police

It appeared to be a pigeon lost at sea that had landed to quench its thirst. It was spotted sipping water from a bowl at the under-construction Essar jetty at Salaya shore in Devbumi Dwarka, Gujarat, in the afternoon of March 20.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 28 March 2015.

It would have gone unnoticed if it had flown away when the Essar security guard tried to shoo it away. But, it did not fly away and it was then that the guard noticed a chip tied to one of its claws and a ring with the number '28733' on the other claw. Moreover, the bird had writings in Urdu/Arabic across its wings.
Obviously, all the security agencies like the Gujarat police, Coast Guard, forest department, forensic experts and even the Union home ministry were bewildered.
Forensic experts came on the scene and the chip was removed from the feet of the bird. The chip had inscription of 'Benjing Dual' – googling this it was found that 'Benzing Dual' is a sensor chip used for racing pigeons. Then came the deciphering of the Urdu/Arabic words written in blue on the pigeon's wings. It was translated as "Rasul-ul-Allah' (messenger of Allah).
We will have to wait for further developments to find out what message the pigeon has brought and from whom.

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Baheri to paint normal dogs in blue to differentiate from killer dogs

Baheri in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, has witnessed attacks by killer dogs that have devoured as many as five children in the last 40 days and, hence, the authorities have devised a unique plan to tackle the menace. They want to paint all the normal dogs in blue to identify the killers which would, obviously, not be having the blue identification. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 26 February 2015.
It is, no doubt, a fantastic idea but the question is of how to catch the animals and paint them in colors that would remain for at least 10 days. Hence, a suggestion has been put forth that villagers pour buckets of blue paint on the dogs.
Accordingly, a team consisting of a group of 15 villagers along with officials of the forest department and Nagar Palika will begin the painting operation. Moreover drugs will be administered to the canines to induce behavioral changes in them. These dogs would also be sterilized to control their population.
The animal activists have raised objections by saying that the villagers might end up painting the wrong set of dogs. Moreover, when buckets full of color are poured on dogs, the paint could get into their eyes – then there could be blind dogs around!!
Wonder why no one wants to catch the rogue dogs – their numbers would be much less than the normal ones.