Berlin: As tensions mount in the Gulf over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israel is reported to have armed its new fleet of submarines supplied by Germany with nuclear tipped cruise missiles. Three "Dolphin" class diesel-electric submarines delivered to Israel recently by the Howaldswerke Deutsche Werft (HDW) shipyard had been armed with medium-range missiles carrying nuclear warheads, Der Spiegel magazine reported. Israel, according to a western estimate, is the Middle East's soul,...
01:02 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Jajmau: A cocktail of chemicals is being dumped into the river Ganga in Kanpur. What is even worse is that Rs 900 crore of the Ganga Action Plan have simply gone down the drain. In the historic city of Kanpur, a thriving leather industry is central to the crisis facing the Ganga. Rakesh Jaiswal, an eco-crusader, explains, "This is a failure of the Ganga Action Plan. The water that should...
10:53 AM, May 11, 2012
Patna: With only about 2,000 Gangetic river dolphins left in India, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago, the Bihar government is planning to set up Asia's first research centre to strengthen conservation efforts to save the endangered mammal. An official in the chief minister's office said the Gangetic dolphin research centre would be set up in Patna, where dozens of dolphins can still be seen in...
01:08 PM, Apr 15, 2012
CHENNAI: A three-year-old dolphin that got caught in a fishing net near Kovalam beach later died on the shore on Sunday. Forest department officials said they received information from fisherfolk and members of the Tree Foundations Sea Turtle Protection Force in the afternoon that two Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins, largely found along the Indian Ocean coast, were being brought to the Kovalam fishing village beach. The mammals were male, grey in...
09:56 AM, Feb 20, 2012
This week on Now Showing Rajeev Masand reviews 'Loot', 'Miley Na Miley Hum' and the Hollywood movies 'Tower Heist, 'In Time', 'Dolphine Tale'. ...
10:46 AM, Nov 05, 2011
Cast: Harry Connick, Jr., Nathan Gamble, Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman, Jim Fitzpatrick, Winter Director: Charles Martin Smith 'Dolphin Tale' is inspired by the true-life rescue of an injured dolphin, after it became entangled in the ropes of a crab trap off the coast in Florida. That dolphin came to be known as Winter, and she sportingly plays herself in this anything-but-subtle film that squeezes a half-dozen cheesy subplots...
11:18 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Justin Timberlake's 'In Time', Ben Stiller's 'Tower Heist' and 3D Dolphin Tale are releasing on Friday. ...
10:39 AM, Nov 04, 2011
Los Angeles: Boxing robots clashed with Hollywood titan George Clooney at the weekend movie box office, and the fighting machines came out the winner. Robot action flick 'Real Steel' starring Hugh Jackman topped the domestic box office and rang up $49.4 million in global ticket sales. Clooney's political thriller 'Ides of March' finished second. 'Real Steel' brought in an estimated $27.3 million over three days at U.S. and Canadian theaters,...
12:06 PM, Oct 10, 2011
Los Angeles: Simba the lion may rule the jungle, but he couldn't beat a plucky dolphin at the weekend box office. Family film 'Dolphin Tale' made a surprising leap to first place with a projected $14.2 million in domestic ticket sales over three days, studio estimates released on Sunday showed. he movie about an injured dolphin rehabilitated with a prosthetic tail, which finished third last week, knocked 'The Lion King...
02:18 PM, Oct 03, 2011
Four dolphins were beached in Canada and news of their plight quickly spread on the internet. ...
10:48 AM, Jun 30, 2011
London: The ability of dogs to fetch a pair of slippers, assist the blind or help round up sheep may be well known. But there are many other creatures in the animal kingdom who are just as adept at working for humans. While South American fishermen use dolphins to help them catch fish, African tribesmen employ birds to find honey, and hunters in Asia train young eagles to bring down...
10:59 AM, Jan 04, 2011
In the wake of several Ganges River Dolphins being killed, a committee set up by the environment ministry has submitted a draft action plan. ...
03:59 PM, Jun 05, 2010
In the wake of several Ganges River Dolphins being killed, a committee set up by the environment ministry has submitted a draft action plan. ...
03:59 PM, Jun 05, 2010
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