‘Feluda’ lends voice to Tagore
August 25th, 2012 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) Ace detective "Feluda" dropped his 0.32 Colt revolver to pick up the microphone, lending his baritone voice to English interpretations of Rabindranath Tagore's songs.Prolific Bengali actor ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
New directors, new ideas power Bengali cinema’s resurgence
February 19th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) A potent mix of sleek production, inspiration from literary works, sex and high quality music are behind a resurgent commercial Bengali cinema, which is again giving ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Tigress shot dead by police at Kaziranga
December 5th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IANS) A full grown Royal Bengal tigress was shot dead Monday by police commandos at the famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam after the big cat went ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Two held for killing tigress
November 19th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 19 (IANS) Two people were arrested Saturday on charges of killing a tigress at a sanctuary in Chhattisgarh early this week, officials said.The arrests were made in the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Chhattisgarh sets up panel to probe tigress killing
November 18th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 18 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has set up a committee to probe the killing of a tigress in a sanctuary earlier this week, a forest official said Friday.The ... Read more...
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Tigress killed in Chhattisgarh park
November 17th, 2011 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 16 (IANS) The carcass of a tigress was found in Chhattisgarh's Bhoramdeo sanctuary with its claws and other body parts missing, pointing to killing by poachers, a forest ... Read more...
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Leopard, lion die in Bangalore zoo
October 24th, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 24 (IANS) A leopard and an aged lion died within 12 hours of each other between late Saturday and early Sunday after prolonged illness in the Bannerghatta Biological Park on ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
International meet on tiger begins
July 12th, 2010 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 12 (IANS) An international summit, attended by experts from 13 countries including India, began discussions Monday in Bali island on how to prevent tigers from becoming extinct.
The meet, organised ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Battle for tiger tops global conservation for 2010
January 4th, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 4 (IANS) The battle to save the tiger from extinction is set to be scaled up this year after the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) placed the Asian big ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Forest officials release a tigress in Sunderban
September 3rd, 2009 - 11:36 pm ICT by ANI
Sunderban (West Bengal), Sep 3(ANI): A six-year old tigress, which was trapped after it terrorised villagers over the last several weeks, was released on Wednesday by forest officials in the Dhulibhashani forest ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Tigresses captured from a village near Kolkata
September 2nd, 2009 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Sep. 2 (ANI): Two royal Bengal tigresses, which had strayed into a West Bengal village, were captured by forest officials on Tuesday.The tigresses, who had terrorized villagers over the last several ... Read more...
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Chinese growing popular among Indians: consul general
July 16th, 2008 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) The Chinese language is becoming more popular among Indians with increased interaction between the two countries, said Mao Siwei, consul general of China in Kolkata here Wednesday. "It ... Read more...
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Four private airlines take off in Bangladesh
February 20th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by admin
Dhaka, Feb 20 (IANS) Four new private airlines have rushed in to meet the fast-growing demand for air travel, seizing the initiative from Bangladesh Biman International, which has remained sluggish after its ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |