A tiger, a leopard and the Mumbai Zoo

Right in the heart of the bustling, crowded, noisy megapolis that is Mumbai, lies a green oasis: The Byculla Zoo.Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com takes us on a tour. Located in the heart of the city,......

PHOTOS: Stunning life under the ocean wave

There’s some amazing stuff beneath the water. For proof, look no further than the annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition. The Best of Show was a graceful photo of three Giant Devil......

Here are the 7 penguins Mumbaikars will get to see from Saturday

Bubble, Daisy, Donald, Flipper, Molt, Olive and Popeye. The seven Humboldt penguins that had been kept in the quarantine area of Mumbai’s Byculla zoo for seven months before being moved to......

Germany confers Order of Merit on three Indians

Germany on Tuesday conferred its Cross of the Order of Merit on three Indians in recognition of their contribution to Indo-German relations. German Ambassador to India, Michael Steiner,......

Is Facebook envy making you miserable?

Witnessing friends' vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers.A study conducted jointly by......

A family of IIT-ians!

Rahul Bhattacharjee, topper of the M Tech dual degree course in civil engineering from IIT-Bombay, is ecstatic.So is his family, and with a strong reason: they are now a family of four IIT-ians!The......

PIX: Trudeau attends emotional vigil for Canada bus crash victims

'We’re here behind you. We will be here for you' IMAGE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a vigil at the Elgar Petersen Arena, home of the Humboldt Broncos, to honour the victims of a......

Heartbreaking! Junior hockey team's bus crashes in Canada, 14 killed

IMAGE: A photograph posted on the team's social media account. Photograph: Humboldt Broncos/Twitter. Fourteen people were killed when a bus carrying a junior hockey team collided with a truck......

Germany '54 WC win could be drug-tainted: study

West Germany's 1954 World Cup-winning team, feted as the men who helped put a nation back on its feet after World War Two, may have been boosted by a secret doping programme, according to a new......