Tripura suspends IFS officer for naming lion, lioness 'Akbar' and 'Sita'

The Tripura government has suspended Indian Forest Service officer Pravin L Agrawal following the row over naming a lion and lioness 'Akbar' and 'Sita', on which a case was filed by the Vishva......

Avoid naming animals as Sita, Akbar: Calcutta HC over safari park row

The Calcutta high court on Thursday orally asked the West Bengal Zoo Authority to consider renaming the lioness and lion called 'Sita' and 'Akbar' in the safari park in Siliguiri, and wondered why......

26-year-old Indian doctoral student shot dead inside car in US

The 26-year-old Indian doctoral student died after being shot inside a car in the US state of Ohio, in an incident described by his medical university as "sudden, tragic and senseless". Image used......

'Why has Uddhavji become so helpless?'

'When I felt that the party is drifting away from Hindutva, I tried to speak to Uddhavji. But nobody was ready to listen.' IMAGE: Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Mallikarjun Kharge with......

Former MyGovIndia chief Gaurav Dwivedi is new Prasar Bharati CEO

Senior IAS officer and former MyGovIndia chief Gaurav Dwivedi was on Monday appointed the Chief Executive Officer of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati. A 1995-batch officer of Chhattisgarh cadre,......

Bihar Aquaponics Farm Blazes A Trail

'Aquaponics can effectively cushion the impact of a calamity like COVID.'Sudhir Kumar reports. All photographs: Kind courtesy Krishak Farms Every day the father-son duo would look rather wistfully......

How FM plans to tackle air pollution and save environment

The Centre on Monday earmarked a separate Rs 2,217 crore for 42 urban centres to tackle air pollution and announced the much-awaited voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and......

Review: Godzilla saves the world... and this movie!

Where the human aspect of Godzilla: King of the Monsters fails, technology more than does its bit. The glee it evokes, no matter how meaningless or momentary, is worth the price......

Total Dhamaal Review: Anil-Madhuri deserved a better film!

Total Dhamaal would be unwatchable without Madhuri's spunk and bossy swag playing off Anil Kapoor's bellyaching, bugged half's protests, says Sukanya Verma. Once 'leave your brains behind' served......

Review: Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi disappoints

Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi is a tiring watch, warns Paresh C Palicha. We have seen many variants of the David v/s Goliath story and Anil Radhakrishnan Menon’s latest venture Lord Livingstone......

Kunchacko Boban vs Prithviraj in the theatres!

Which film would YOU like to watch this weekend? It's going to be a star-studded weekend in Kerala, with two multi-starrers releasing in theatres. Director Anil Radhakrishnan Menon's Lord......

Euro: Elvis the pig predicts England will win vs Ukraine

IMAGE: Elvis opted to dine from the box with the England flag in preference to that marked with that of Ukraine, suggesting Gareth Southgate's side will progress to the semi-finals. Photograph:......