After setting the home video market afire with dirt-cheap VCDs and DVDs, Moser Baer is spreading its wings in the business by getting into distribution of films.
Pala, the St Thomas College Old Students association, has put up posters at various places announcing that they would provide a 10 per cent discount on air guns to those facing hardships due to stray dogs and 25 per cent to those have a police case against them in connection with the menace.
Signs of anthrax were found in Malda district of the state with some domestic animals reportedly falling prey to the disease.
'I never thought an invisible character like Radhiya would get me that much visibility.'
Around 35,000 to 40,000 chickens have died in Birbhum district alone.
Some 22 villages of Khairabad block are affected by the dog menace
The situation of the Indian rhinos remains precarious as global market pressures continue to push the demand for their horns, currently valued at about $37,000 per kilo in international market. Until recently, an average of five to ten rhinos were killed each year, but a rise in the number has been recorded recently.
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The Supreme Court has disapproved the practice of firing bullets during marriage ceremonies in some communities saying guns must be carried with a "sense of responsibility" and are not meant to be used in social gatherings.
Another year, another crazy Pamplona bull run. It's part of the San Fermin festival to celebrate the northern Spanish town's patron saint.
For "protection and upkeep" of cows, Haryana Assembly on Monday night passed a Bill which clamps a complete ban on cow slaughter in the state and provides for a rigorous imprisonment ranging from three years to ten years for killing the animal.
'Isn't it obvious that the BJP government in Jharkand and its police force care two hoots about the Supreme Court's orders?', asks Jyoti Punwani.
In India the routine cruelty is at a more basic level - the state of our abattoirs, and the animal trauma caused there.
Conservationists are going to light up 5 per cent of the world's ivory in an attempt to deter poachers.
A man has been arrested for trying to extinguish the Olympic torch by throwing a bucket of water over it as it passed through his farming town of Maracaju in central Brazil, an officer at the local police station said on Monday.
Over one lakh people have migrated from their hamlets and border towns in the wake of firing by Pakistan.
'The problem here is not that one community's deity has suddenly become another community's meal.' 'Hindus and Muslims have been peacefully coexisting with their cows for centuries now.' 'The problem here is that a section of Indians has been suddenly made to realise that it makes great political sense to degrade each one of the 170 million Muslims to a potential cow-killer, lynch a few of them to keep the heat on, polarise and win elections.'
'He has a gift none of his eight predecessors, from Manmohan Singh to Rajiv Gandhi, had: Being able to speak directly and convincingly to a large enough section of Indians who will take his word for gospel,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
The most dangerous thing about the plant is that it removes the native plants and replaces the bio-diversity. It also changes the soil's characteristic features.
'The prime minister can think of bullet trains and speed, but cannot think of special measures to save these magnificent creatures.'
What might be useful is targeted assistance to those sectors and individuals that are disproportionately affected, suggests Mihir S Sharma.
'Was the episode edited later? How many times did the shooting happen for this episode and how it happened?'
Images from across Europe and parts of Asia show hot and bothered people dunking their feet in buckets of ice and wading into the sea as sweltering temperatures put some areas on red alert.
'Infectious disease is a given of humankind. There will always be another around the corner.'
Gandhi, who is on a whirlwind two-day tour of Kerala as part of Lok Sabha poll campaign and is contesting from Wayanad besides his family bastion Amethi, took time off his hectic schedule to pay obeisance at the famed Thirunelli temple near the stream.
The Army, which has about 1,200 Labradors and German Shepherds, has selected 36 canines to march down the Rajpath with their handlers.
'Salman is my colleague, we have worked together. When something like this happens with your colleague you are bound to feel sad. We were hopeful he won't be sentenced but now we hope he gets bail soon.'
The accused, charged under the Wildlife Protection Act, sought more time saying the police notices were served at\ntheir residences in their absence.
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'If he gets bail, he will bounce back.'
... And sometimes, that's enough, says Sreehari Nair.
Hindi cinema has not just explored various instances of brute force, but often glorified its misogyny.
After post-mortem in the local government hospital, police confirmed the case was altered to Section 302 Indian Penal Code that relates to murder.
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'Jinnah developed a belief that Gandhi had stolen the tag of the leader of the Indian people from him and that he later used religion to reduce Gandhi's idea of a united India to naught was his revenge.'
