
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court has pulled up the state government and the Temple Devasom board over the use of elephants during temple festivals. The court issued a notice and sought an explanation for violating norms. CNN-IBN had earlier reported on numerous instances of violation and cases of elephants going on a rampage. A toddler was killed and 25 others injured in a stampede when a tusker ran amok in...

09:00 AM, May 31, 2012

Thiruvananthapuram: More and more incidents of elephants on rampage are being reported in Kerala. This has brought the focus back on the debate on the parading of animals at festivals. A toddler was killed and 25 others injured in a stampede when a tusker ran amok in the festivities at the famous Koodal Manikkam Temple in the Thrissur district. In another incident, 62 were injured as the result of an...

03:51 PM, May 23, 2012

COIMBATORE: Three elephants have been found dead over the past 24 hours in the Nilgiris Biosphere, reportedly due to natural causes.According to official sources, two female elephant calves were found dead in the Nilgiri (North) forest range and the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve respectively. District forest officer (the Nilgiris North) S Ramasubramaniam said a one-and-half-year old female calf was found dead at the Singara Range in the Nilgiris North division on...

09:59 AM, Apr 03, 2012

HYDERABAD: The AP Biodiversity Board (APBB) has come up with a plan to set up an international level biodiversity museum and park in Hyderabad within the next five months. Confirming the move, APBB Chairman Dr R Hampaiah said it was being planned as part of the arrangements for the Conference of Parties (CoP-11) slated to be held in the city in October. The APBB had recently sent a report on...

08:13 AM, Apr 02, 2012

New Delhi: The Lucknow administration has stopped the enactment of a play named 'My Sandal'. The administration clamped down on the play, says it was an attempt to lampoon Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. The play apparently had a character named Maya and had references to 'Maya's Sandal' and 'Maya's elephant'. ...

12:14 PM, Jan 25, 2012

New Delhi: Four young elephants went on a rampage in Mysore bringing the city to a complete halt and killing one and injuring few others. It was hours of mayhem as the tuskers went about damaging property, killing cattle. The four elephants said to have entered the city from the nearby forest range of Narsipura created panic as they damaged property even as one person was trampled to death by ...

09:16 PM, Jun 08, 2011

Mysore: Four young elephants have gone on a rampage in Mysore city killing one and injuring few others. Eyewitnesses say the elephants fought with a cow and tossed around the body of a person. Law enforcement officials have requested people to stay indoors. People at the scene have been warned against throwing stones at the elephants. Officials are planning on tranquilizing the elephants as soon as possible. Authorities say one...

09:08 AM, Jun 08, 2011

Rajeev Masand brings you the reviews of 'Luv Ka The End', 'Haunted', 'Fast Five' and 'Water for Elephants'. ...

11:29 AM, May 07, 2011

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz Director: Francis Lawrence Robert Pattinson, who became an overnight heartthrob when he played that pasty-faced vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight movies, is summoned to flex his acting chops in 'Water for Elephants'. Beautifully mounted but lacking emotional depth, this epic-sized drama sees Pattinson play a young veterinary student named Jacob who loses his parents during the Depression, following which he hops...

12:29 AM, May 07, 2011

If you do plan to hit the theatres this Friday, then there's quite a selection to choose from. The movies releasing this Friday are Water for Elephants, Fast Five and Haunted 3-D. ...

09:15 AM, May 06, 2011

Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson says he cried on the sets of his latest film Water For Elephants after completing his shoot with an elephant. The 24-year-old actor admits he was sad when his animal co-star Tai finished her last day of filming and he shed a tear for the performer, reports said. "I cried the last day that Tai was on the set of Water For Elephants, and during the...

01:45 PM, Apr 13, 2011

Twilight star Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon talk about their latest film 'Water for Elephants.' ...

10:53 AM, Apr 06, 2011

New York: Actress Reese Witherspoon has revealed that she enjoyed filming love scenes with Robert Pattinson in their new film Water For Elephants. "I am so lucky," Witherspoon said of her love scenes with Pattinson. "He's so amazing, wonderful and sweet and just the nicest guy too, so you can just add that to the soup. I mean, he's just so good looking and he's a really nice person." Pattinson...

02:33 PM, Feb 20, 2011

The workshop was organised by the Wildlife Trust of India for 20 elephants along the banks of the Yamuna. ...

09:52 AM, Jan 07, 2011

On this show we are travelling to different parts of india to find out why in the land of Ganesh , the elephant is becoming a God in distress. ...

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