A male adult leopard that had been intermittently moving within the Pune Airport premises since late April has been darted and captured safely, forest officials said on Friday.

A 7-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack near the Atila Balaji temple in Ranthambore, Sawai Madhopur, on Thursday.

The winter session of Maharashtra's legislative assembly witnessed an unusual sight on Wednesday when an MLA turned up wearing a leopard costume, complete with an artificial fur coat and a big cat mask.

Seven people were injured after a leopard entered a densely populated area in Maharashtra's Nagpur city on Wednesday morning and attacked the residents.

The sighting coincides with airports facing flight chaos, including cancellations, delays, and large crowds.

In yet another shocking case of humanwildlife conflict in the Anamalai hill region, a five-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Valparai of Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district on Saturday, police officials said.

A 45-year-old man was killed in a leopard attack in this Uttar Pradesh district on Thursday, prompting the administration to order the shooting of the animal and declare a two-day holiday for schools in the area, officials said.

A one-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in Gujarat's Amreli district, a forest department official said on Friday.

Forest officials in Uttar Pradesh were surprised when a large metal cage intended to catch a leopard ended up trapping a local man instead. The video of the incident, which took place on Thursday night in the Bahraich district, has gone viral.

Although leopard cats and domesticated cats once coexisted in ancient Chinese settlements, their relationships with people were different.

The strange incident took place in Umri Dahalo village, adjacent to the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in the Bahraich district.

The Forest Department launched a large search using thermal drones and other equipment after a leopard was seen in a residential area in Aundh, Pune, on Sunday, an official said.

A major security alert was triggered in Jaipur's VVIP Civil Lines area on Thursday after a leopard reportedly entered the official bungalow of Rajasthan Water Resources Minister Suresh Singh Rawat.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday directed that a proposal to declare the increasing problem of leopard attacks on humans in the state as a 'state disaster' should be presented in the next cabinet meeting.

Amid growing concerns over leopard sightings and attacks, Maharashtra Forest Minister on Monday said the government has intensified its efforts to curb the menace by using AI-based alert systems, additional cages, and drone surveillance..

A dramatic five-hour cat and mouse chase finally ended in a man-eating leopard being captured by the forest department in Maharashtra's Nashik.

Eight persons, including two forest department personnel, were injured on Friday afternoon while trying to rescue a leopard that entered a densely populated area in Nashik, an official said.

A regular safari at the Bannerghatta National Park in Karnataka on Thursday turned into a terrifying experience for tourists when a leopard tried to enter a vehicle and injured a person in the process.

A "man-eater" leopard that had struck terror in Shirur tehsil of Pune district, which has reported cases of human-animal conflict over a month, has been killed by sharpshooters, forest officials said on Wednesday.

One of the victims suffered a serious eye injury, while two others escaped with minor wounds after the leopard ambushed them.

The leopard can be seen desperately searching for food in the garbage, going through plastic and dirt.

A leopard believed to be responsible for the death of an eight-year-old girl was captured early Friday morning near a village under the North Nighasan forest range of the Dudhwa buffer zone, officials said.

A 36-year-old farmer was mauled to death by a leopard in a village in Maharashtra's Beed district, police said on Monday.

The population of rare snow leopards in high-altitude tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh has increased by 62 per cent over the past four years, says a newly released survey.