For nearly a decade, Siddesh Shekar (33) has been learning how to be a naturalist on the job, from private wildlife tour operators to national parks like the Jim Corbett National Park.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "murdering" the Constitution, asserting that people of the country would not allow the BJP and RSS to alter it.

Some broken pieces of stone carvings, apparently parts of some ancient columns, were found during excavation at a construction site in Maharashtra's Thane city, prompting the authorities to order a probe.

A 15-year-old girl was set on fire by unidentified persons in Odisha's Puri district on Saturday, officials said.

Israeli troops opened fire on Saturday toward crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a US and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials.

In a rare act of coordinated protest, Muslim Qureshi butchers across Maharashtra have indefinitely halted their trade in bovine meat, citing a decade of violence and harassment by self-proclaimed “gau rakshaks”. The boycott, which began in Nagpur and has since spread statewide, is expected to severely impact rural farmers and the meat economy.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday termed the ED charge sheet against Robert Vadra as an attempt to bring bad name to him and the Gandhi family, and to target the Congress party.

With the opposition parties alleging discrimination in the allocation of development funds to constituencies represented by their MLAs, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said the Congress government is following the precedent set by the previous BJP regime.