Tigress at Mangaluru Zoo gives birth to two cubs
Mangaluru (Karnataka), Dec 24: A 14-year-old tigress at Pilikula Biological Park here gave birth to two cubs recently, officials said on Tuesday.
Both the mother and the cubs are reported to be in good health, they added.
Rani gave birth to five healthy cubs in 2016 and three in 2021, officials said.
Rani was brought to Pilikula Biological Park under an animal exchange programme from Bannerghatta Biological Park, in exchange for a male tiger from Pilikula, according to officials.
With the birth of the new cubs, the tiger population at Pilikula Zoo has risen to 10, including four males and four females. The gender of the newly born cubs will be determined after two months, according to Pilikula Biological Park director H Jayaprakash Bhandari.
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Uttar Pradesh: Vehicle rams into ambulance carrying bodies of suspected Khalistani terrorists
Rampur (UP) (PTI): An unidentified vehicle rammed into an ambulance that was taking to Punjab the bodies of three suspected terrorists of the 'Khalistan Zindabad Force' killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit, police said on Wednesday.
No one was hurt in the incident that occurred on the Rampur bypass on Tuesday night, but the ambulance was damaged following which the bodies were shifted to another vehicle, they said.
Rampur District Superintendent of Police Vidyasagar Mishra said that the ambulance carrying the bodies of three suspected terrorists from Pilibhit to Punjab was hit by the unknown vehicle on the Rampur bypass late Tuesday night.
There was no casualty in the incident, he said.
As soon as they received information about the accident, Rampur police rushed to the site and the three bodies were shifted from the damaged vehicle to another ambulance, he said.
A joint team of Punjab Police and Uttar Pradesh Police killed the three suspected terrorists, who were allegedly involved in a grenade attack on a police post in Gurdaspur, in an encounter in Pilibhit's Puranpur on Monday.
