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.
A Shahtoosh shawl is made from the hair of 'Tibetan Antelope' or 'Chiru' (pantholops hodgsonii) -- a medium-sized bovid native to the Ladakh region and the Tibetan plateau.
As per the complaint, the girl's parents approached a couple of schools but she was denied admission, Senior Superintendent of Police Nivedita Kukreti said.
A case has been registered against a Chandigarh Police sub-inspector for allegedly raping a 25-year-model from Mumbai, the police said today. The survivor has alleged that the accused has objectionable photos and videos of her.
Burning effigies of Ravana is a common practice on Dussehra, but some "harassed" husbands celebrated the festival here in a slightly different way — by burning an effigy of Surpanakha, sister of the mythical multi-headed demon king.
A suspected pro-Khalistan group member, who was involved in a plot allegedly to kill former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, was arrested in Shamli district, police said on Friday.
While Punjab is reeling under a financial crisis, resulting in low salaries and high fuel prices, the state government has approved the entitlement of “high-end” luxury vehicles for the Chief Minister, ministers, MLAs and bureaucrats.