Sixty-year-old Raj Sharma is inspiring people to protect the environment. She has helped develop almost 40 parks in Ghaziabad and planted close to 4 lakh trees over the last 46 years. ...
10:27 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Tiger population in India has significantly increased in the wild, thanks to protection of additional habitat of the big cat and stringent anti-poaching patrols, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said. In southwestern India, where WCS research and conservation efforts began 25 years ago, a major rebound of tigers in the Western Ghats region of Karnataka has taken place. ...
04:59 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Comedy duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host next year's Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills, bringing perhaps a gentler touch to a ceremony helmed for the past three years by acerbic Briton Ricky Gervais. Organizers the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and NBC said on Monday that Fey and Poehler would bring their tried and tested chemistry to the January 13, 2013 gala dinner for Hollywood's...
01:31 PM, Oct 16, 2012
"What I did say was 'in cricket, at times you need to be available 24x7 as a captain'," Sourav Ganguly clarified. ...
07:23 PM, Aug 19, 2012
Lucknow: There is major trouble brewing for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati as the Akhilesh Yadav government has decided to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe corruption in the construction of parks in the state. The Uttar Pradesh police will form an SIT to investigate the scam in the building of Ambedkar parks in Lucknow and Noida. The police on Monday also lodged an FIR against...
09:34 PM, May 14, 2012
Lucknow: In a big political development, the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the corruption in the construction of the parks built by former chief minister Mayawati in Noida and Lucknow. According to a police report, the statues of elephants worth Rs 7 lakh were transported to Noida for Rs 45 lakh on paper. It further says that...
07:18 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday criticsed BSP supremo Mayawati for her comments on statues and parks, saying all this is a political stunt by the former state chief minister. "Statues will not be removed. But all I want to ask that how have the dalits got benefited by these statues and parks? Instead of statues there should be schools, hospitals for women and children on...
12:26 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Lucknow: Within a month of the face-off in the electoral battle field, the two rivals in Uttar Pradesh prepare for another confrontation. On Dr Ambedkar's 121st birth anniversay, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati dared the newly formed Samajwadi Party-government not to touch parks and statues which came up during the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) regime. Mayawati said, "The ruling SP should take a lesson from the BSP government which...
09:59 PM, Apr 14, 2012
BSP leader Mayawati on Saturday threatened the new UP government of a law and order breakdown if her parks and statues were damaged. ...
04:19 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: The much awaited trailer of late Whitney Houston's last film 'Sparkle' is out. Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks, Derek Luke, Mike Epps and Carmen Ejogo play the lead roles in the film. Whitney Houston will be seen as a mother of three girls, who form a music band. The film tracks their tryst with fame and drug addiction. Directed by Salim Akil, 'Sparkle' is a remake of the 1976...
12:20 PM, Apr 03, 2012
A rhino went on a rampage in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, and mauled a young man. ...
01:30 PM, Oct 03, 2011
A South African company has manually produced gold and silver coins. ...
01:59 PM, Nov 24, 2009
Madhya Pradesh has lost all tigers in the Panna National Park. ...
02:16 AM, Jun 19, 2009
Tiger poaching is second only to narcotics in terms of economic value. ...
11:32 PM, Jun 18, 2009
Tigers have gone extinct at the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. ...
11:29 PM, Jun 18, 2009
Experts there are looking forward to the park's first tiger litter by the month end. ...
02:52 AM, Jun 09, 2009
Rosa Parks was an inspiration for thousands of black Americans across the US. ...
03:04 PM, Jan 20, 2009
The MCD plans to convert 24 parks in the city into multi-level parking lots. ...
01:51 PM, Jan 07, 2009
A poacher confesses | Protecting tigers | Reserves and infrastructure projects ... 
