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......
Any fresh proposal for opening a zoo or starting a 'safari' on forest land will now require the approval of the Supreme Court, which on Monday issued a slew of directions for forest conservation......
A cheetah safari is being planned in the Sesaipura area near Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh with some other facilities also on the anvil for those keen to gain more knowledge about the big......
'Children are curious by nature, so I thought of writing these books, which provide creative but convincing explanations and also teach values like sharing is caring,' Sudha Murty tells Chintan......
A 31-year-old woman from Kuwait who had arrived in India for treatment and went missing from Kolkata last month has been spotted in neighbouring Bangladesh this week, a police officer said in......
The Centre on Monday earmarked a separate Rs 2,217 crore for 42 urban centres to tackle air pollution and announced the much-awaited voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and......
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......
Bihar's capital city will lose its green cover to ensure smooth air traffic operations at the Patna airport. More than 3000 trees will be felled in Patna as they pose a threat to air traffic. For......
Amisha Patel liescowering and cramped in a barren concrete cell, accompanied by the words 'Zoos are pitiful prisons Let animals live free!'The new ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of......
Has M Night Shyamalan succumbed to pressure from 20th Century Fox? Will he soonheadfor Pondicherry, where he was born?According to Hollywood Reporter, the filmmaker is abandoningDisney -- even if......
V Ramakrishnan/Bangalore: Nice topic again! I totally agree with you that Puzo's Godfather was an overwhelming read. But surprise of all surprises, the movie is equally fantabulous - thanks mainly......