The forest department has launched an investigation into the reported deaths of 18 to 19 monkeys in a village in Chhattisgarh's Bemetara district and recovered four rotten carcasses, a senior official said. A panchayat representative, however, claimed that at least 17 monkeys were shot dead by two labourers

Vinesh Phogat joined protesting farmers at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana and said the central government should pay heed to their demands