Wolves and lynxes are returning to the Italian Alps in large numbers after an absence of more than a century, according to the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps.

At least 30 people were killed and 45 wounded in floods and a lanslide in northern Iran, the official Iranian news agency reported.

The flood situation in Assam remained grave with most of the rivers flowing above their danger levels and four more deaths reported from different districts, taking the death toll to

With the arrest of three person, Rajasthan Police claimed to have unearthed an ivory smuggling racket in Jaipur seizing semi-finished and finished ivory worth Rs 10 crores in the international