A 62-year-old woman was killed by a tiger in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur forest area on Thursday, police said.
Along with another woman, she had gone inside the Ranthambore National Park to fetch water. She was then attacked by the tiger and dragged 500 meters into the forest. Forest officials said the two women had entered a restricted area.
The woman's body has recovered from the forest and handed over to her family.
Having drawn flak from various quarters for its decision to remove noted environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal as member of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), the state government on Saturday ordered his re-nomination.
A team of French police officers along with one of their envoy has arrived here possibly to question a National Investigation Agency (NIA) undertrial, a Kerala intelligence official said on Wednesday.
Bampi Pal from Malda in West Bengal was killed on November 25. Neighbours told the police about a foul smell coming from the rented flat that led them to find the body.
On Tuesday, farmers held protests at Phagwara in Kapurthala, Mukerian, Dasuya in Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur demanding that their pending dues with private and cooperative sugar mills of the last cane crushing season be cleared immediately.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Centre, the AAP government and the police on a PIL (public interest litigation) seeking directions to them to allow Sikhs to carry the ‘kirpan’ and the ‘kara’ in public places.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday acquitted former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur and co-accused in her daughter Harpreet Kaur’s death case.