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This 'Super Sniffer' squad to protect India's cheetahs

A five-month-old German Shepherd 'Ilu' is under training at Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force's National Training Centre for Dogs to join the 'Supper Sniffer' squad in Madhya Pradesh. Ilu will soon......

Rhino poaching is getting worse in India!

If reports are to be believed, the Rhinoceros might soon become extinct in India, with the poaching of the vulnerable animal getting worse in the country. According to a report in ENN......

Rhino-saver UAV takes off at Kaziraga Park

An unmanned aircraft on Monday hovered over for about 30 minutes over the Kaziranga National Park in Assam after state Forest Minister Rakibul Hussain inaugurated the test flight, ushering in......

Tiger presence in Mizoram forest area confirmed

The presence of a tiger has been confirmed in the country's eastern-most tiger protection areas, Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mizoram bordering Bangladesh. Aaranyak, a society for biodiversity......

Assam: Ultras release abducted forest officials

Two senior Assam Forest Department officials who were abducted by tribal militants on March 3 last in Karbi Anglong hill district of Assam were released by their abductors in the wee hours on......

Marks & Spencer set to replicate AP green story

UK's largest apparel retailer Marks & Spencer said its "cotton sustainability project" in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh had started bearing fruit. The company is ready to increase the number......

Credit cards with a heart!

The next time you decide to go in for a piece of plastic, why not go in for one associated with a cause?The best part is, even the least inclined can do something without going through the hassles......

Coke pledges to conserve rivers; India missing

Coca-Cola pledged on Tuesday to conserve seven of the world's most critical river basins under a $20 million plan but skipped India, where it faces protests for allegedly depleting ground water.The......

Building cities for 21st-century India

Mahatma Gandhi had once famously said, "India lives in its villages". With the urbanisation of China in the last 20 years, India is the last major country with a rural majority (65-70 per cent of......

UN talks agree to build a new-style climate deal in 2015

About 190 nations agreed on Sunday the building blocks of a new-style global deal due in 2015 to combat climate change amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to limit rising world......

Review: Sam Bahadur: The Amar Chitra Katha Version

Sam Bahadur is a mechanical summary of his life, ticking off one chapter after another without bothering to pause or ponder over their significance and influences, observes Sukanya Verma. A......

Adipurush Review: Why Mess With An Epic?

Cherry blossoms in Sri Lanka, Hanuman speaking Bombaiya, the mythical Sone Ki Lanka looking darkly Gothic, Raavan looking like a Bollywood dude... this is not modernisation. This is a travesty,......

FIRST LOOK: Aamir's scowl is back with Dangal

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Aamir Khan created quite a furore on Twitter by sharing the first official poster of his new film Dangal. Kunal Kohli was one of......

Is this Aamir's favourite sport?

Aamir seems to love kushti! Aamir Khan has tried his hand at various sports -- cricket, boxing, cycling -- in the movies. But the one he loves to come back to seems to be wrestling. The actor has......

The man who got conned by Abhishek

He has wrestled with the likes of Hrithik Roshan, haggled for the Taj Mahal with Abhishek Bachchan, played bodyguard To Dr Zeuss and donned a Scottish kilt, for an ad film recently shot in Ooty.......

Rohit bats for conservation of rhinos

'The future is in our hands and we should do whatever we can to ensure that our children are able to enjoy the rich bio-diversity this world has to offer.' IMAGE: Rohit Sharma pledged to do his......

Cena sets pulse racing in Mumbai

What is so special about big hulky men, with strange names and stranger wardrobes, beating chests and then smashing their opponents' face and then involving in the loudest of dramatics?It's......

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