Do our laws really protect our wildlife? What are we doing as citizens to protect our animals?
'I never do anything half-hearted.' 'So, if I've taken the plunge in politics I'm in it for good, for the long run and I will definitely do a world of good.'
Shubir Rishi/Rediff.com continues his jungle adventure and narrates his day at the Kanha National Park.
2017 is full of long weekends! You won't regret planning your next trip to these wonderful cities.
Here are some of the best moments from the 'event-of-a-lifetime.
About 75 elephants were expected to take 'rest' in the camp at Theppakkadu, being organised by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments for the third year in a row.
'Temperature and wind can be predicted more easily than rainfall.' 'Rainfall, as common experience suggests, is very spotty.' 'The last bit of physics required that tells us whether it is going to rain or not is very hard.' Professor Roddam Narasimha, the eminent scientist, explains the monsoon, climate change and global warming, in a fascinating conversation with Shivanand Kanavi.
And it happens in Nagaland.
Mark, who said he had always wanted to travel the world, pitched the idea of doing so to his new wife in the shape of a 365-day honeymoon -- and after a year of convincing, she agreed.
The worst affected districts are Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Bongaigaon, Jorhat, Dhemaji, Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri, Darrang, Morigaon and Sonitpur
Wrestling komodo dragons, ethereal egrets and thirsty squirrels are amongst some of the incredible images captured for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
For the first time, census of tigers and other predators in Karnataka which begins on January 16, will cover the entire forest area going beyond the national parks and sanctuaries.
Warm welcome for Mark Inglis who became the first double-amputee to reach the top of Mt Everest
With rhino poachers creating havoc in the Kaziranga National Park, the Assam government has sent a proposal to the Union government for raising a Rhino Protection Force with more than 1,200 personnel while National Investigative Agency's help would be sought to bust the international rhino-poaching racket.
'The tiger is the epitome of evolution.' 'Every tiger has a stripe pattern that is unique. Each tiger is unique.' 'Tigers are very elusive. It is said a tiger sees you nine times when you see it once.'
Five people, including a toddler, have been killed and over 100,000 people evacuated in Malaysia after one of the country's worst floods hit 4 states, forcing Prime Minister Najib Razak to cut short his holiday in the US.
The Royal Tour concludes back in India on Saturday, April 16.
Among them were two security personnel, who were killed when terrorists opened fire on a Rashtriya Rifles patrol party in Kupwara district.
Talented photographers from across the world have been named as winners of diverse open categories at the Sony World Photography Awards -- and the champions were judged on just a single image. Faced with hundreds of thousands of entries, the judges have chosen a winner for each of ten categories that include architecture, culture and landscape. Also announced were the winners of the National Awards. Chosen from the same pool of images as the open competition, the National Award recognises the best entrant from each of 62 countries.
An application alleges the film was shot in violation of the Wildlife Act.
Winners from the Big Picture photography competition
The Orissa forest department has once again deferred a proposal to release Gori, the country's only white crocodile in captivity, in the wild.
After going through more than 78,000 photographs from over 4,700 photographers, the expert judges of the World Press Photo contest have announced the finalists of the 2019 competition. The panelists have selected 43 photographers from 23 countries to represent the best in photojournalism.
Under the instructions of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the CBI had probed the disappearance of tigers from Sariska, which revealed that Chand was the man primarily responsible.\n
Floods have wreaked havoc in the Kaziranga National Park, home to the largest concentration of the nearly extinct one-horned rhinoceros, inundating 90 per cent of the park area and drowning several animals.
It has been rated second after Cambodia's Angkor Wat.
The leopard, a four-year-old female, was trapped on the Borivali-Thane Ghodbunder road, forest officials said. The trap was one of the 35 set by forest authorities in and around the national park.
The actor injured himself while shooting for Soham Shah's Kaal.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Reliance Telecom on the recommendation of Environment Pollution Control Authority for imposition of a fine of Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) on it for laying optical fibres through Madhav National Park in Madh
The receding of sea would continue for two more days and people need not panic, Head of the Geology Department of a college in Tuticorin, Ramanujan said.
With the Maharashtra government doling out pieces of the lush green Aarey forest to various utilities, the tribals living in it for generations are feeling increasingly insecure. Hepzi Anthony reports.
National Geographic launched its annual Travel Photographer of the Year contest, calling on photographers around the world to submit their work in one of three categories: nature, people or cities.
Kumar's son Prashant Bishnoi is a national-level shooter.
Wal-Mart's heir John Walton died on Monday as the plane he was flying crashed near Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Meanwhile, Gandhi said Modi has betrayed the people, claiming that he had not fulfilled promises of providing two crore jobs every year and "depositing" Rs 15 lakh in their bank accounts.
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