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Rare snow leopards in Gangotri National Park face threat from dogs

The population of rare snow leopards in Gangotri National Park in Uttarakhand is facing an existential challenge as dogs in the park attack the base of their prey. The State Forest Department is now planning to sterilise the dogs in the national park to prevent the depletion of food stock for snow leopards in Gangotri National Park.

Kerala Police exhume body of self-styled godman

The Thiruvananthapuram Rural Police on Thursday unearthed the body of Gopan Swami, a native of Neyyattinkara near here, who was entombed in a concrete chamber by his family after they claimed that he reached the pinnacle of spirituality and attained 'Samadhi'.

Congress moves SC in defence of Places of Worship Act

The Congress party has moved the Supreme Court defending the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 (POWA), stating that the law is essential to safeguard secularism and any alterations to it could jeopardize India’s communal harmony and secular fabric and threaten its sovereignty and integrity.