Mumbai Commissioner Satyapal Singh has ordered a probe into a controversial poem published in the city police's in-house magazine Samwaad. The Commissioner has asked DCP SS Gholap to submit a report in a fortnight's time. ...
12:12 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Hyderabad: R Sushma, a resident of Ayodhya Nagar in Balapur, had a panic attack on Monday evening, induced by the sight of a nine-foot long cobra slithering away in a corner of her compound. The petrified woman raised an alarm and alerted her neighbours who had the presence of mind to immediately buzz the Friends of Snake Society Club. The five-year-old male cobra was rescued soon enough much to the...
12:57 PM, Jul 11, 2012
New Delhi: Ironic it may sound, elite anti-naxal commando squad CoBRA, which was named after one of the most venomous reptiles, is now facing incidence of snake bites among its personnel posted in deep jungles. Ten battalions of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) are deployed in the dense jungles of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar to undertake intelligence based anti-Maoist operations and provide quality assistance to...
05:57 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Mumbai: Guess who's giving the city's upper-crust some unlikely company in the swank five-star hotels these days? Snakes. With an exponential increase in the number of construction sites, snakes in the city seem to be the new 'guests' however abhorrent and unwelcome seeking accommodation in the city's upscale resorts. The Haffkine Institute in Parel has been receiving numerous requests from major hotels recently, for their premises to be made 'snake-free.'...
03:29 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Sabarimala: Last year, this place suffered a terrible tragedy when 102 people died in a stampede. But pilgrims are still thronging the Sabarimala temple, the revered Hindu shrine situated in the Western Ghats in central Kerala. What is more, the temple these days is experiencing an excess of everything - from snakes to pickpockets to its earnings in the current pilgrim season. The authorities of the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB)...
06:32 PM, Jan 09, 2012
London: Buy it at your own risk as thousands of snakes slithering around on the ceilings and walls are waiting to welcome if anyone enters the "horrible" house in the US. However, the agent trying to sell the five-bedroom house located in the eastern state of Idaho is hopeful because there are snake lovers in the world. The price is $ 66,000 less than its estimated market value, the Daily...
12:12 PM, Jan 24, 2011
New Delhi: Cobras and rattlesnakes at the Games Village had created quite a stir among the CWG organisers. These snakes had kept the Commonwealth Games officials on toes as frequent sights of the reptiles at the Games Village have been causing a scare among the Games organisers and the athletes. But thanks to Wildlife SOS, these snakes have been rescued well in time ensuring the safety of both the players...
09:35 AM, Oct 13, 2010
New Delhi: The clock is ticking and the Delhi government is desperately trying to salvage the Commonwealth Games mess. A snake in the athletes living quarters in the Games Village is the latest headache for the Delhi Government. A snake was found in a room in the residential tower, earmarked for the South African athletes, who have not arrived yet, said Commissioner Harris Mbulelo Mejeke. "We can't go and stay...
10:04 PM, Sep 26, 2010
The state government has now started training an elite group of 200 guards to fight the cobra menace. ...
03:06 PM, Jun 13, 2010
Full body search showed 14 stockings, one for each snake, taped around torso. ...
01:50 AM, Oct 27, 2009
Indian Cobra, country's most revered reptile and also most mis-understood. ...
04:41 PM, Aug 30, 2008
Melbourne: Australia have overcome their wobbles against swing bowling and are ready to prove it if called in to bat on the first morning of the Boxing Day Test against India, captain Michael Clarke said. The Melbourne Cricket Ground's drop-in pitch has traditionally been batsman-friendly but groundsman Cameron Hodgkins has predicted a hairy morning session for the team batting first, investing extra importance on the coin toss. Clarke would be...
04:23 AM, Apr 03, 2008
New Delhi: Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik will lead India Blue and India Red respectively, while India Green will be captained by Subramanium Badrinath when Airtel Challenger Series for NKP Salve Trophy commences in Indore from October 8-11. Senior national selection committee led by Krishnamachari Srikkanth on Tuesday decided to give some of the tried and tested faces another lifeline as the senior national team will embark on a long...
01:02 PM, Oct 19, 2007
Ada Barak's spa in the north of Israel offers its guests a chance to be massaged by snakes. ...
02:35 PM, Feb 06, 2007
Two men from Kerala, Babu and Suresh, have spent their lives rescuing and looking after snakes. ...
08:33 AM, Jan 24, 2007
China has come up with an earthquake prediction system which relies on the behaviour of snakes. ...
02:01 PM, Dec 28, 2006
Manoharan or Snake Manu, who threads snakes into his nose and mouth, started his experiments at the age of 18. ...
08:55 AM, Dec 22, 2006
Neeranjan Bhaskar, 35-year-old black magician of Bihar, has been savouring alive snakes for over two decades now. ...
12:35 PM, Nov 24, 2006
Life imitating art is all very well. Unless, that is, it's a movie about deadly snakes on the rampage. ...
04:05 PM, Aug 23, 2006
Though a perceivably typical Hollywood thriller,
Snakes on a Plane is creating a huge buzz. ...
05:12 PM, Aug 20, 2006
