Panthers at receiving end as poachers, smugglers have field day
byDehradun : Considering the porous border that the small mountain state has with Nepal and Tibet and the huge money involved in smuggling skins…
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Uttarakhand tuskers continue to clash with farmers
byDehradun : Man-animal conflict in the forests in and around the Doon Valley is going from bad to worse. A one-tusk elephant trampled to…
Eleven soldiers killed in Kashmir avalanches
bySrinagar : Eleven army personnel were killed and eight are missing in two overnight avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir, an army official said Thursday….
Hundreds of Falaks go unnoticed at Delhi’s shelter homes
byNew Delhi : A dilapidated red-stone building in the bylanes of Kashmere Gate in old Delhi is home to hundreds of girls — some…
Cheetah rehablitation blue print ready
byDehradun : With the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) here having drawn out a blue print for the import and rehabilitation of cheetahs in…
Chance to join Oberoi Group of hotels
byShimla : The Oberoi Group on Monday opened applications for the latest intake of students for its ‘Systematic Training and Education Programme’ or ‘STEP’…
Of irresistible barbecues at Srinagar’s Khayam Chowk
bySrinagar : The aroma of spiced meat, cooked on charcoal fire, hangs in the air. Kashmiris, of late, may have been flooded with trendy…
A 7 kg baby is born in China!
byBeijing : A baby boy weighing 7.4 kilograms at birth has set a record for China’s heaviest newborn. Chunchun was born via caesarean section…
CPM for probe into Himachal books purchase scandal
byShimla : The CPIM on Saturday demanded a police inquiry into the purchase of books worth Rs 4 crore by the Himachal Pradesh government…
A turtle fest in golden sands of Maharashtra
byRatnagiri (Maharashtra) : As the day breaks, scores of tiny heads of turtle hatchlings, with twinkling eyes, suddenly pop out of the golden sand…