Vijay Singh

Special Correspondent, TOI

Vijay Singh covers Navi Mumbai. He also likes to write about wildlife, animal rights and varied human interest stories. He likes all kinds of music, but usually chills out with Hindi film songs and p ...

Vijay Singh covers Navi Mumbai. He also likes to write about wildlife, animal rights and varied human interest stories. He likes all kinds of music, but usually chills out with Hindi film songs and popular English numbers. His favourite poison is "cutting chai".

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Stories by the author

• Elephants belong in the wild: Mary Kom

  
  27 Aug 2014 02:34 PM IST
• Ace India shooter Heena Sidhu in anti-hunting campaign

  
  22 Jul 2014 05:53 PM IST
• Lok Sabha polls 2014: Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan calls Modi a dictator

  
  12 Apr 2014 11:32 AM IST
• High court orders freedom for captive elephant Sunder

  
  07 Apr 2014 04:03 PM IST
• Free Sunder: Keeping elephant chained is cruel, Bombay high court says

  
  03 Mar 2014 09:40 PM IST
• Flamingos hunted for meat in Navi Mumbai’s mudflats

  
  20 Feb 2014 01:58 AM IST
• mangrove

  
  02 Feb 2014 05:46 PM IST
• World Wetlands Day: Need to save our marshlands and mangroves

  
  02 Feb 2014 05:18 PM IST
• Experts negate state claim, say captive elephant can be moved

  
  27 Dec 2013 02:36 AM IST
• Animal board disallows use of elephants in circuses

  
  16 Nov 2013 07:11 AM IST
• Scientific human intervention helps bird species

  
  11 Oct 2013 09:46 PM IST
• Don't use egret feathers for festive decorations: NGO

  
  11 Oct 2013 06:46 PM IST
• Vulture Awareness Exhibition in Mumbai this week

  
  03 Sep 2013 08:04 PM IST
• Salvage operations of fire-hit submarine INS Sindhurakshak to cost Rs 500 crore

  
  31 Aug 2013 09:28 AM IST
• PETA says much more needs to be done to protect Victoria horses from cruelty

  
  23 Aug 2013 02:34 PM IST
• Animal welfare board of India bats for shark finning ban

  
  08 Aug 2013 08:43 PM IST
• Animal Welfare Board asks all states to ban deadly manja for kite flying on Independence Day

  
  06 Aug 2013 09:06 PM IST
• Over 1,30,000 people call for justice after murder of Costa Rican turtle defender

  
  31 Jul 2013 05:59 PM IST
• Animal rights body protests death of circus hippopotamus

  
  18 Jul 2013 05:47 PM IST
• India bans cruel animal testing for cosmetics, activists elated

  
  29 Jun 2013 06:06 PM IST
• Over 70 snakes, turtles and birds rescued from rain

  
  26 Jun 2013 02:09 AM IST
• Help at hand for disaster struck animals in Maharashtra

  
  13 Jun 2013 05:17 PM IST
• Dwindling wetlands, waste recycling major concerns

  
  05 Jun 2013 03:17 AM IST
• Dolphins cannot be kept in captivity, says eco ministry

  
  23 May 2013 07:25 AM IST
• Indian fishermen oppose the cruel practice of shark 'finning'

  
  09 May 2013 08:04 PM IST
• WSPA volunteers reach drought hits regions in Maharashtra for aid

  
  27 Mar 2013 08:32 PM IST
• 135 yrs on, 'extinct' lizard rediscovered

  
  24 Mar 2013 05:27 AM IST
• HSI urges govt to support CITES to protect shark and ray species

  
  04 Mar 2013 08:41 PM IST
• Over 50 cows rescued by PFA and Ahimsa activists

  
  28 Feb 2013 05:48 PM IST
• 'Excreta Does Matter' seminar to be held in New Delhi

  
  27 Feb 2013 07:03 PM IST
• Humane Society International lauds elimination of animal tests for cosmetics

  
  27 Feb 2013 05:42 PM IST
• Birds affected by climate change, says international study

  
  05 Feb 2013 05:22 PM IST
• PETA wins award for its work to stop cosmetics testing on animals

  
  21 Nov 2012 07:07 PM IST
• Vultures now threatened by a second drug called aceclofenac

  
  24 Aug 2012 04:03 PM IST
• Now animal welfare awards to protect animals

  
  12 Jul 2012 05:43 PM IST
• Dumping of debris near Palm Beach Road to shoo away wetland birds

  
  05 Jun 2012 06:32 AM IST
• Vikram Buddhi held beyond jail term in US, father seeks PM's intervention

  
  06 Jul 2011 12:23 PM IST
• Rave party: Police confirm Vinod Khanna's son among those detained

  
  29 Jun 2011 08:02 PM IST
• Rs 1,000 bid for Cidco's 24 row house plots

  
  06 Mar 2011 07:12 AM IST
• Banks need a new customer strategy

  
  17 Jan 2011 12:39 AM IST
• Potter effect: Illegal owl trade takes wing

  
  04 Dec 2010 12:13 PM IST
• ‘Hopeful Ramesh’ raises Navi Mumbai land prices

  
  06 Nov 2010 07:20 AM IST
• IIT alumni join hands to free techie jailed in US

  
  04 Oct 2009 03:00 PM IST
• Elephant falls into ditch, rescue operations on

  
  06 Apr 2008 02:10 AM IST