In Ladakh and snowy states like Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the census will start in October 2026, sources said.

Two days after the residents of Samouli village in Meerut district killed 52 snakes that crawled out of the courtyard of a farmer’s house, forest officials rescued eight snakes from the same house, officials said.

In the wake of death of six persons after being bitten by an unidentified animal in Barwani district recently, the forest department has intensified its search operation after local residents sighted a hyena in the area, officials said.