Nursing national ambitions, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that the "most ferocious tiger" is in Bengal after she took a jibe at Narendra Modi, saying he is no tiger to think that he has already become the prime minister.
A 50-year-old man was mauled to death by two Royal Bengal Tigers in Guwahati Zoo on Wednesday while he was trying to take photographs of the two animals close to their cage, a zoo official said.
Social media has been abuzz with pictures and videos of Shah Rukh Khan ever since he made his Met Gala debut on Monday, May 5.
'At a time when there was little awareness of world music, playing western tunes on eastern instruments like the flute and the dholak, blending vocal polyphony with Indian folk and contemporary styles, Salilkaku created a new musical genre in Bengal called Gana Sangeet.'
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The Gujarat Titans' off-days are always special. After their stunning edge-of-the-seat win over hosts Rajasthan Royals, the Titans were in for more thrill.
After impressing with his MET Gala debut, Shah Rukh Khan expressed gratitude to Designer Sabyasachi and his team for making him feel 'comfortable' in a 'space' that doesn't belong to him.
Royal Bengal Tigers on Tuesday roared against Chennai Superstars by winning the 30th match with a margin of nine wickets in the ICL 20s Indian Championship in Panchkula.
Up to 30 more tigers are reported to be ill at the The Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand's central Chonburi province, home to more than 200 Bengal tigers.
58 of India's finest artists and 50 corporate companies came together for a cause saving the tiger -- and brought about the creation of The Tiger Trail in the national capital under an initiative christened Artiger Art for the tiger.
Host Ahmedabad Rockets thrashed the Royal Bengal Tigers to win the match by 10 wickets in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) 20-20 championship at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel stadium in Ahmedabad.
Delhi SG Pipers on Saturday announced the acquisition of England's woman hockey midfielder and superstar Lily Owsley for the upcoming season of Hockey India League (HIL).
India face hosts Tajikistan on August 29 followed by matches against Iran on September 1 and Afghanistan on September 4.
September is going to be an exciting month in theatres.
Jyotindranath Mukherjee, popularly known as Bagha Jatin, attained martyrdom while fighting the British in Balasore district on September 9, 1915. It is unfortunate that the supreme sacrifice made by Bagha Jatin and his associates is little known outside Bengal and Odisha.
The National Democratic Alliance was set to sweep the Bihar assembly polls, surging ahead in over 200 of 243 seats on Friday with the Bharatiya Janata Party emerging as single largest party with about 90 per cent strike rate, reaffirming the popularity and campaign clout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the face of the ruling alliance through the poll battle in the highly sensitive political state.
Gonzalo Peillat scored a brace as Hyderabad Toofans ended Tamil Nadu Dragons unbeaten run with a 4-0 win in the men's Hockey India League in Ranchi on Saturday.
Dr Ramakanta Panda's unique exhibition, titled Heartbeats -- Wildlife, Our Shared Future, features a compelling collection of over 200 photographs centred around the theme of wildlife conservation.
The squad announcement also marks the return of East Bengal's dependable central defender Anwar Ali, who had been sidelined since February due to a hamstring injury. He last featured in competitive action against Bengaluru FC in the ISL.
A team of police and forest officials shot dead a Royal Bengal tiger at Nagabandha village in Morigaon district of Assam after it had strayed out of its natural habitat and killed two persons including a woman on Tuesday.
Argentine film director Virna Molina, wearing World Cup winner Lionel Messi's jersey No 10, receives the trophy and certificate for winning the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger award for Best Director at the Kolkata International Film Festival.
With a 50 per cent increase in the last four years, Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number (785) of tigers in the country, followed by Karnataka (563), Uttarakhand (560), and Maharashtra (444), according to the data.
The AIFF said Jamil has signed the contract after parting ways with ISL team Jamshedpur FC.
The inaugural WHIL, scheduled from January 12 to 26 in Ranchi, will feature four teams: Delhi SG Pipers, Odisha Warriors, Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers, and Soorma Hockey Club.
Gambhir congratulated Bangladesh on their two-match Test series win against Pakistan. He praised Najmul Hossain Shanto's side, calling them a quality team.
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Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com takes us on a tour inside the Byculla zoo, located in the heart of Mumbai.
a team led by ecologist Uma Ramakrishnan and her student Vinay Sagar from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, have discovered that the coat colouration and patterning which make the wild cats appear dark boil down to a single mutation
There are four first-timers in Jamil's camp of 25 players -- defenders Alex Saji, Sunil Benchamin, Muhammed Uvais, and forward Manvir Singh.
Lionel Messi's much-anticipated visit to India has received its final seal of approval with the Argentine superstar set to kick off his three-city tour in Kolkata on December 12.
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers will play the Tamil Nadu Dragons in the first semi-final of the HIL on Friday, while JSW Soorma Hockey Club will take o Hyderabad Toofans in the second semi-final.
The meteoric rise of Shajahan Sheikh from a modest background of a helper in a local transport company to becoming the so-called 'tiger' of Sandeshkhali is what Bollywood film scripts are made of. And so does his fall.
People in these villages routinely encounter big cats that stray into their farms from the adjoining Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, a bustling habitat for the Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris).
The apex court directed the CBI, which is already probing the case, to file its status report in the matter within three months.
'If the INDIA bloc ever forms the government, they will be more than tempted to use such provisions to bring about regime change in BJP-ruled states.'
India has lost 1,059 tigers since 2012 with Madhya Pradesh, which is known as the 'tiger state' of the country, recording the highest number of deaths of striped felines.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that she would win the ongoing state polls despite injury and eventually aim for power in Delhi.
'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.'
