Prani is both a home for rescued animals and a habitat classroom for kids.
Players are unlikely to embrace the proposed four-day Tests until administrators clarify how they plan to utilise the calendar space freed up by the move, the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) said on Wednesday. The International Cricket Council is set to discuss the idea of trimming the current five-day Tests by a day to ease a crammed international calendar and reduce player workload.
The arrested Indian fishermen would be produced in court by the police and sent to jail.
Terming the incident "unfortunate", the Bangladesh home minister said the director general of both the forces should ideally sit together and solve the issue.
Apeksha Bhattacharya has dedicated her life to popularising ballet.
Sasikala, said she was not allowed to undertake the trek to the shrine and sent back by the police, official sources said that she entered the sanctum sanctorum and offered prayers.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers refused to criticise defender Kolo Toure after his glaring error gifted West Bromwich Albion striker Victor Anichebe an equalising goal in their 1-1 Premier League draw on Sunday.
Former British No 1 Tim Henman helped train the dogs for the December 6-9 tournament, which is held annually at London's Royal Albert Hall with plenty of the sport's veteran players taking to the court.
'The TMC has become a private limited company.'
Financial markets and public policy will have to privilege those businesses which not only reduce emissions but try to holistically resuscitate the environment.
Sukanya Verma lists Anees Bazmee's stockpile of silliness.
'Mumbai stands tall yet again.' Bollywood raves about the city's resilience.
Jaitley said the Congress party which ruled the country for decades is out of sync with the ground realities and aspirations of India as it exists now.
The poor quality of the initial statistics must take some of the blame for the flak that the government has been getting; growth rates have been recorded as plunging more than they may in fact have.
cution' of the Brahmins in the regime of Adityanath, a Rajput, accused of pandering to his caste's interests. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
A sense of euphoria gripped Pakistan soon after the Greenshirts upstaged a strong Indian side in the Champions Trophy final at the Oval on Sunday.
'The power of love is the greatest power in the world.' 'Add a smile and you can conquer the world,' Bengali actor June Maliah, the Trinamool Congress's candidate for the Medinipur constituency, tells Swarupa Dutt/Rediff.com.
NSA Ajit Doval on Thursday told young police officers heading the district force to be "credible and fair" and warned them that if they fail, democracy would also fail. During his lecture, organised by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) under the Union home ministry, Doval laid special emphasis on police and policing and asked the new officers to ensure that the man in 'khaki' is seen as fair by a common person. The comments from the National Security Advisor (NSA) assume significance in the wake of the recent riots in Northeast Delhi where the role and effectiveness of the police in controlling the violence have been questioned.
Novelist Renu Balakrishnan will conduct a workshop for budding writers in Mumbai.
West Ham United's hopes of avoiding relegation suffered a cruel blow as an own goal by midfielder Tomas Soucek and Harry Kane's first goal since December condemned them to a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday.
China has chosen to keep New Delhi guessing, while retaining for itself the option of constantly changing facts on the ground and shifting the LAC westwards -- the strategy called 'salami slicing', notes Ajai Shukla.
The victims, aged between 2 and 12, were attacked by a pack of stray dogs Friday and Saturday in Patuakhali district, 150 kilometers south of Dhaka. But the local hospital lacks the rabies vaccine.
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Police arrested four people for the assault on Wednesday.
It is not destiny, but the Pakistan government which claimed the life of Sarabjit Singh, according to a resident of Ahmednagar, who spent time with him in Lahore jail, and was released last year.
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The Punjabi film industry is going through an explosion, with a film releasing every third day.
By switching to simpler alternatives, you can make Diwali enjoyable for all.
Five days after 31 blackbucks were 1killed by stray dogs in a zoological park in, a suspended guard along with some unidentified persons were booked under sections of Wildlife Protection Act, Animal Cruelty Protection Act and the Indian Penal Code.
The family of the seven-year-old girl who had strayed into Pakistan and locals in her village have thanked border officials in both India and the neighbouring country for the safe return of the child. Pooja was handed over to the Border Security Force at Neelkanth outpost on Monday night. She returned home in new clothes, new footwear and with candies which Pakistan Rangers had given her.
'The sooner we understand and accept this current situation as the new normal, the better,' advises Major Mohammed Ali Shah (retd).
Despite Union Minister for Overseas Indians Vayalar Ravi's intervention, the fate of 29 Indian fishermen, who have been languishing in Iran since October 10 last year, remains uncertain.
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The Pakistani army had shelled the brigade headquarters and other Indian military formations in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on October 23.
801 cases have been registered in connection with violent protests which were witnessed during the dawn-to-dusk hartal called by pro-Hindu outfits on Thursday, police said, adding that 717 people are now in preventive custody.
It's not just Dhoni but his wife, Sakshi, is also an animal lover.
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar's report secures the release of 29 Indian fishermen from an Iranian prison.
From our archives: Payal Singh Mohanka on the Indian hockey legend who passed into the ages on Thursday.
A Pakistani vessel with 17 crew members on board was today caught by the Indian Coast Guard for straying in Indian Maritime boundary, officials said.
Dead Space 3 puts on quite a show, says Murali Venukumar