News for 'Gamini'

Kuno welcomes 3 new cubs, Indian cheetah count rises to 38

Kuno welcomes 3 new cubs, Indian cheetah count rises to 38

Rediff.com18 Feb 2026

cheetah Gamini was translocated to India from South Africa as part of the ambitious project to revive the population of the world's fastest land animal in India, which had gone extinct decades ago.

Meet The Mardaani 3 Villain!

Meet The Mardaani 3 Villain!

Rediff.com14 Jan 2026

Mallika Prasad Sinha plays Amma with chilling precision and is perfectly cast for the part.

Aditi Rao Hydari's Style? Simply Amazing

Aditi Rao Hydari's Style? Simply Amazing

Rediff.com28 Oct 2025

Aditi Rao Hydari has that rare charm, the kind that makes her look just as regal in a silk sari as she does in a sleek couture gown.

Quiz: How Well Do You Know These Opening Movie Credits?

Quiz: How Well Do You Know These Opening Movie Credits?

Rediff.com9 Jan 2025

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.

8 cheetahs to be brought to India from Africa's Botswana

8 cheetahs to be brought to India from Africa's Botswana

Rediff.com18 Apr 2025

India is set to bring eight cheetahs from Botswana in two phases, with four arriving by May 2025. This follows the successful reintroduction of cheetahs to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, with the population now at 26, including 14 cubs born in India. The initiative aims to boost cheetah conservation efforts and create inter-state collaboration for their protection. The project has already seen significant investment, with over Rs 112 crore spent on cheetah rehabilitation.

African cheetah gives birth to 5 cubs in Kuno; big cat count rises to 26

African cheetah gives birth to 5 cubs in Kuno; big cat count rises to 26

Rediff.com10 Mar 2024

This is the fourth cheetah litter on Indian soil and the first litter of cheetahs brought from South Africa, Yadav informed.

Naseeruddin Shah: Could not comprehend Gaja Gamini

Naseeruddin Shah: Could not comprehend Gaja Gamini

Rediff.com24 Dec 2013

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MP hides behind national security clause on Project Cheetah

MP hides behind national security clause on Project Cheetah

Rediff.com24 Jul 2024

The Madhya Pradesh forest department has refused to provide information under the Right to Information Act on management of cheetahs brought from Africa and their cubs born in India.

Do You Know Bollywood's Saris Well?

Do You Know Bollywood's Saris Well?

Rediff.com1 Feb 2024

Grace, glamour, seduction, style, the Sari has it all. And Bollywood's leading ladies has flaunted its attributes to iconic effect.

Those Magnificent Women Riders

Those Magnificent Women Riders

Rediff.com25 Mar 2024

Sari-clad women ride their Bullet bikes across the streets of Nagpur.

The Super Fun Bollywood Quiz

The Super Fun Bollywood Quiz

Rediff.com29 Jun 2023

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.

3 more cheetahs released into wild at MP's Kuno National Park

3 more cheetahs released into wild at MP's Kuno National Park

Rediff.com20 May 2023

With this, six cheetahs have been released into the wild at the KNP so far. Now, 11 translocated felines and four cubs are left in the enclosures, he said.

The Big Bollywood Movie Challenge

The Big Bollywood Movie Challenge

Rediff.com29 Sep 2022

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.

Women grab top 4 ranks, 933 candidates make it to civil services

Women grab top 4 ranks, 933 candidates make it to civil services

Rediff.com23 May 2023

Garima Lohia, Uma Harathi N and Smriti Mishra secured the second, third and fourth ranks respectively in the examination, results of which were declared on Tuesday.

ED attaches Indian properties of Sri Lankan behind plot to kill Chandrika

ED attaches Indian properties of Sri Lankan behind plot to kill Chandrika

Rediff.com1 Sep 2022

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has attached Indian assets of a Sri Lankan man and his son as part of a drugs-linked money laundering investigation against them.

FUN FUN BOLLY QUIZ!

FUN FUN BOLLY QUIZ!

Rediff.com3 Jun 2021

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.

Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens

Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens

Rediff.com30 Mar 2022

All essentials are in short supply due to import restrictions forced by the forex crisis.

Army deployed in petrol pumps as fuel shortage cripples Sri Lanka

Army deployed in petrol pumps as fuel shortage cripples Sri Lanka

Rediff.com22 Mar 2022

Sri Lanka on Tuesday deployed military personnel at State-run petrol pumps to monitor and manage fuel distribution amidst a shortage that led to serpentine queues of consumers outside filling stations.

Shah Rukh Khan's SPECIAL Touch

Shah Rukh Khan's SPECIAL Touch

Rediff.com23 Aug 2022

Sukanya Verma lists SRK's special avatars in the movies.

DU women graduates secure top ranks in UPSC exam

DU women graduates secure top ranks in UPSC exam

Rediff.com30 May 2022

Shruti Sharma, a student of history, has topped the civil services examination 2021, with the first three rank holders being women in results announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday.

DU women graduates secure top ranks in UPSC exam

DU women graduates secure top ranks in UPSC exam

Rediff.com30 May 2022

Shruti Sharma, a student of history, has topped the civil services examination 2021, with the first three rank holders being women in results announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday.

Two Sri Lankan umpires suspended for match-fixing

Two Sri Lankan umpires suspended for match-fixing

Rediff.com9 Jul 2013

Sri Lankan umpires Sagara Gallage and Maurice de La Zilwa, who were caught in a television sting operation willing to fix cricket matches for money, have been suspended for 10 and three years respectively while Gamini Dissanayake, the other accused umpire, was exonerated due to lack of evidence.

Who rocked the nauvari look? VOTE!

Who rocked the nauvari look? VOTE!

Rediff.com13 Jan 2020

Kajol looks at complete ease in the colourful nauvaris, which she also wore during her wedding to Ajay Devgn in 1999. Sukanya Verma looks at other Bollywood beauties, who have rocked the nauvari look.

Lankan umpire Dissanayaka rubbishes fixing allegations

Lankan umpire Dissanayaka rubbishes fixing allegations

Rediff.com9 Oct 2012

Gamini Dissanayaka, one of three local umpires implicated by an Indian TV channel over a match fixing inquiry outrightly rejected the accusation.

Sri Lankan army chief who crushed LTTE to be released

Sri Lankan army chief who crushed LTTE to be released

Rediff.com20 May 2012

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday ordered the release of his former army chief turned political rival Sarath Fonseka, paving the way for him to walk out of prison after two years

'Bhupen Hazarika was an absolute hero'

'Bhupen Hazarika was an absolute hero'

Rediff.com7 Nov 2011

Friends and admirers from Bollywood fondly remember the late Assamese music legend.

NGO's can't dictate terms to us: Lankan FM

NGO's can't dictate terms to us: Lankan FM

Rediff.com27 May 2010

Peiris reiterated, "We don't want Amnesty International telling us what to do.What is the moral authority of Amnesty International?We do not think that they have any coercive moral authority to tell us what to do."

M F Husain's love affair with Bollywood

M F Husain's love affair with Bollywood

Rediff.com9 Jun 2011

Looking at the great artist's muses over the years.

Grateful to India for not compelling us to stop the war: Lanka

Grateful to India for not compelling us to stop the war: Lanka

Rediff.com8 Jun 2010

Sri Lanka's new Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris, who visited Washington, DC last month, feels the tensions that existed in the United States and Sri Lanka during the height of the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, when Colombo refused to acquiesce to a ceasefire, have been repaired.

Lanka seeks to repair strained ties with US

Lanka seeks to repair strained ties with US

Rediff.com26 May 2010

The prime mission behind the new Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Professor Gamini Lakshman Peiris' meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is to repair the strained relations between the US and Sri Lanka, which took a beating last year when the Sri Lankan forces were crushing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The US had alleged that there were large scale human rights violations during the military offensive against the tigers.

Lanka threatens not to allow UN to probe abuses

Lanka threatens not to allow UN to probe abuses

Rediff.com24 Jun 2010

In a defiant stance, Sri Lanka said on Thursday that it would not allow a United Nations panel to enter the country to investigate alleged human rights abuses during the last stages of the country's civil war, which could put the country in a confrontation course with the world body.

Watch: Memorable songs from MF Husain's film

Watch: Memorable songs from MF Husain's film

Rediff.com9 Jun 2011

Listen to soothing song from Meenaxi and Gaja Gamini

Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Ranatunga sacked

Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Ranatunga sacked

Rediff.com23 Dec 2008

In a surprising development, Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Arjuna Ranatunga was on Tuesday sacked for not cooperating with the company or players, and the interim committee headed by him stands dissolved with immediate effect. Minister of Sports and Public Recreation Gamini Lokuge dissolved the SLC interim committee and appointed the secretary to the Ministry of Sports and Public Recreation, S Liyanagama, as the "competent authority" until further notice.

AMAZING Bollywood photographs, right here!

AMAZING Bollywood photographs, right here!

Rediff.com22 Feb 2018

Isn't Richa Chadha looking gorgeous?

Ranatunga challenges sack decision

Ranatunga challenges sack decision

Rediff.com24 Jan 2009

Sri Lanka's World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga has challenged the Sports Ministry's decision to sack him as Sri Lanka Cricket chief in the Supreme Court.

ICC chief condemns IPL-SLC deal

ICC chief condemns IPL-SLC deal

Rediff.com12 Oct 2008

International Cricket Council president David Morgan condemned the US $40 million deal between Sri Lankan Cricket and the Indian Premier League, which will entail cancellation of Sri Lanka's Test tour to England, terming it unacceptable in the light of earlier agreements between the ECB and SLC.

SL to ink IPL deal next week

SL to ink IPL deal next week

Rediff.com11 Oct 2008

A five-member Sri Lankan cricket delegation will arrive in India next week to finalise a 40 million dollars deal with Indian Premier League, the country's sports minister Gamini Lokuge said on Saturday. 'We will negotiate the proposal of four million dollars to be paid annually to Sri Lanka Cricket and will depute a five-member delegation that will arrive in India on October 18.'

Sri Lanka gets new selection panel

Sri Lanka gets new selection panel

Rediff.com31 Jul 2007

Former fast bowler Asantha de Mel was re-appointed chief of selectors.

Rain forces fourth ODI to be called off

Rain forces fourth ODI to be called off

Rediff.com26 Aug 2008

Tuesday's fourth and penultimate One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka was called off without a ball being bowled due to intermittent rain in Colombo. The day-night match, at the R Premadasa stadium, will be played on Wednesday, the reserve day.