Avoid naming animals as Sita, Akbar: Calcutta HC over safari park row

The Calcutta high court on Thursday orally asked the West Bengal Zoo Authority to consider renaming the lioness and lion called 'Sita' and 'Akbar' in the safari park in Siliguiri, and wondered why......

When Panda Family Left For China

Three giant pandas departed Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, on their journey to China on a FedEx Express Boeing 777. Under the agreement signed between the Chinese and US governments,......

Rains Flood Guwahati

As the monsoon recedes from most of India, Guwahati was flooded after incessant rainfall.   IMAGE: A rickshawwallah wades through a flooded area in Anil Nagar with his passengers. All......

Thousands join in as Modi leads nation in cleanliness drive ahead of Gandhi Jayanti

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pitched for blending fitness and well-being with cleanliness as he led a nationwide Swachhata hi Seva campaign that saw thousands participate in an......

The secret to being memorable!

Engage, don't entice, advises advertising guru Sandeep Goyal. As an advertising professional of 30 years, I tend to believe that I am largely immune to the lures and promises of commercials.......

Budget effect: Museum, zoo tickets cheaper, air travel dearer from tomorrow

Entry tickets to museums, zoo and tiger reserves would become cheaper, while business class air travel, investment in mutual funds and chit funds would become expensive with some of the service tax......

World's 10 best cities to live in

Image: Five-month old African elephant calf Tuluba and its mother Numbi eat some snow in their enclosure at Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna. Photograph: Reuters     Vienna is the......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

Rishi, Big B, SRK: Retro pics that'll make you laugh out loud!

These pictures will surely make you feel nostalgic. Browsing through old photographs is an instant dullness buster. The exercise is even more fun if it happens to concern a celebrity sharing both......

Mystic meerkats predict England will win Euro final

IMAGE: Meerkats play alongside England and Italy flags at ZSL London Zoo in London on Thursday. England will play Italy at Wembley in the Euro final on Sunday. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters A......

Virat Kohli bats for Number 44

IMAGE: Virat Kohli learned about the hateful attack on 'Number 44' last June, and felt so ashamed. Photograph: Virat Kohli/Instagram Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, on Thursday, penned a letter......

World Cup Diary: Oracle tapir predicts Sweden will beat South Korea

IMAGE: Limpopo Zoo's tapir, called Cleopatra, predicted a win for Sweden against South Korea. Photograph: Nils Petter Nilsson/Ombrello/Getty Images With three days until the Russian city of Nizhny......