Snake caught near a nursery school in Mumbai

A snake was caught near Green Tree House nursery school, Antop Hill in Mumbai on May 20. (Source: Express photo by Pradeep Kocharekar)

The snake was later brought to Shivaji Park police station in Dadar.
A constable puts the snake in a bag. (Source: Express photo by Pradeep Kocharekar)

Ahead: Army jawan killed in gunfight with ultras in Kashmir

An army jawan was killed and three were wounded in a fierce gunbattle with militants in Kashmir's Budgam district on May 19, police said. (Source: PTI)

Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in village Kausarmullah in Chadoora area following information about the presence of militants there, a police spokesman said. (Source: PTI)

As security forces zeroed in on their target, hiding ultras fired at them triggering a gunfight which was still raging, he said. (Source: PTI)

Four army troopers were wounded in the exchange of fire, an army spokesman said. (Source: PTI)

One of them succumbed to his injuries, he said adding the three others were hospitalised. (Source: PTI)

Ahead: Jaganmohan Reddy, Vasundhara Raje, others meet Rajnath Singh

A flurry of meetings took place at Rajnath Singh's Ashok Road residence with former Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Uma Bharti, Gopinath Munde, Yogi Adityanath, Varun Gandhi and several newly-elected MPs calling on the BJP President.
BJP leader Satyapal Singh with Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. (Source: PTI)

YSRCP President Jaganmohan Reddy greets BJP President Rajnath Singh at a meeting in New Delhi. (Source: PTI)

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in a meeting with BJP President Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. (Source: PTI)

The meetings come a day after Modi reached out to party elders L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi as top leaders held parleys on the formation of the new government that will be sworn in this week.
BJP leader Rao Indrajeet Singh with Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. (Source: PTI)

BJP leader Arjun Munda with Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. (PTI)

BJP leaders Ramkripal Yadav and Jagdambika Pal in a meeting with Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. (Source PTI)

BJP leaders Yogi Aditya Nath and Vinay Katiyar meet Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. (PTI)

Girls once again outshore boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X results declared on Tuesday, which recorded a pass percentage of 98.87, a marginal increase over last year. Students are seen celebrating in Ludhiana. (Source: Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

The pass percentage of girls stood at 99.06 per cent as compared to 98.74 per cent of boys. (Source: Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

In all, 1,32,7250 candidates were registered for class X examination this year, an increase of about 5.51 per cent candidates over that of last year. (Source: Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)