Jiten Gogoi and Kushal Buari, both legislative assembly members (MLAs) in the state of Assam, allegedly attacked forest rangers after illegally entering the park with Kalashnikov rifles.
Gogoi reportedly defended his actions saying that killing an
imals was part of his tradition as a "king".
"I will kill deer inside the national park. This is our tradition," he said. "I am a businessman and then an MLA. In other words I am a king. I will kill deer inside the park. People call me a king, so I will behave like a king."
Dr Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, a member of the National Board for Wildlife, which is chaired by India's prime minister Manmohan Singh, said: "
(Gogoi] needs to be arrested. He should be booked under whatever laws are applicable, including the Wildlife Protection Act and Violation of Arms Act."
Conservationist Praveen Bhargav, of wildlife protection group Wildlife First, said: "The charges against the MLA are grave and he faces a possible sentence of three to seven years and fines up to 200,000 rupees (£2,700]."
SPAINThree Iberian lynx cubs, the world's most endangered cat, have been born in captivity in southern Spain.
Animal workers in Andalusia said that the births in Donana nature reserve bring the number of cubs born in captivity to 27, under a delicate breeding programme begun in 2005.
The cubs were born on Wednesday, a day after the department reported a lynx pregnant with two cubs had been found dead in the reserve after having been run over.
The Iberian lynx is classified by the World Conservation Union as the world's most endangered feline species.
Around 200 live wild in two areas of Andalusia, with another 50 kept in captivity.
AUSTRALIAA teenager wearing baggy trousers and no underwear was fined after his trousers fell down just as a female police officer was walking past.
Trent Joseph Wroe, 19, was fined A$250 (£120), and ordered to wear a belt, after the incident in Mooloolaba in northern Queensland state, the Sunshine Coast Daily newspaper reported.
Police told a magistrate's court that Wroe deliberately bared his buttocks, but Wroe said he was wearing a pair of borrowed trousers which were too big and fell down in the wrong place at the wrong time.
He said he would apologise to the police officer, and promised to wear a belt and underwear in future.
GREECEThe Greek government wants to give police the power to arrest demonstrators who wear hoods or masks.
Greece was rocked by riots in December following the fatal shooting by police of a 15-year-old boy. Since then, violence by anarchist groups and attacks by far-left militants have generated a debate on policing and privacy rules in a country traditionally tolerant of public demonstrations.
AFGHANISTANExecuted in a coup 30 years ago and buried hastily in a mass grave along with a small golden Koran, the man who turned Afghanistan from a monarchy into a republic returned in a flag-draped coffin to the Kabul palace where he met his death.
The body of President Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan was unearthed in July 2008 after a former Afghan general involved in the secret burial pointed the way last year to two mass graves.
Daud Khan, whose shooting death ushered in an era of Soviet domination over the country that lasted for a decade, was identified by dental moulds – but the key was the Koran, a gift from a Saudi king found along with the body.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
PAAVO JARVIThe award-winning conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has been charged with drunken driving after being found passed out behind the wheel.
Police in Fairfax said Paavo Jarvi's car was running when an officer found him on Thursday morning. The Grammy winner failed a sobriety test and refused a breath test.
Jarvi was booked for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and was ordered to appear in court on Tuesday.
LALU PRASADSupporters of a senior Indian minister who built a temple to honour him and his wife were arrested for violating election law.
With national elections due next month, followers of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and railway minister Lalu Prasad built the £75,000 temple in Bihar to honour him and his politician wife Rabri Devi.
Rajeshwar Yadav, a supporter, said: " We are just supporters and nothing else. We worship them as god and are even ready to be hanged."
Yadav also performed a religious ceremony at the site of the temple. He was arrested by the police for violating the poll code and released on bail.
PATTY HEARSTA former 1970s radical associated with the group that kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, below, has finished her California prison sentence for bombing and bank robbery.
Sara Jane Olson, 62, once a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, was freed from the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla after serving seven years – half her sentence.
OH, REALLY An American state is to ban bikini waxing after two women were injured having 'Brazilian' treatments.
Both were hospitalised for infections following the procedures. Technically genital waxing has never been allowed in New Jersey – only the face, neck, abdomen, legs and arms are permitted. But because the 'Brazilian' version was not specifically banned, state regulators have not enforced the law. The board will decide on April 14 whether to adopt an explicit ban on genital waxing.
The earliest the ban would take effect would be some time in May, just ahead of bathing costume season.
