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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.

Security forces gun down 12 Maoists in Chhattisgarh-Telangana border

The security forces gunned down 12 Maoist insurgents in an intense day-long encounter near the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border on Thursday. The joint operation involved over 1,500 personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG), COBRA units and the CRPF, targeting Maoist strongholds in the tri-junction of Dantewada, Bijapur, and Sukma districts.