A thick layer of fog stretching from Punjab to Bihar reduced visibility across the Indo-Gangetic plains on Friday morning, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a red alert for Delhi and warning that road, rail and air traffic may be affected. (Pics/PTI)

The State Tiger Strike Force (STSF) has unearthed an alleged poaching and bushmeat racket in which protected species such as blackbuck, chinkara, and sambar were hunted in Indore and their meat transported across state lines. (PICS/ Pics/MP Forest Department, Illustration by Uday Mohite)