NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo emphasized stopping state funding for madrassas unless they comply with the Right to Education Act, advo...

In the 1990s Murthy was a terror. He killed at least 20 people in Kerala's Wayanad and was a nightmare for residents of the nearby areas. B...

It made the request in the wake of a reported incident in which two male elephants, at the national park, had attacked each other earlier t...

Efforts to conserve the Asiatic elephant will not only help conserve the natural forest land but also other animals including tigers, says ...

Tribals in minerals-rich Jharkhand, who have been busy keeping at bay corporates and their proposed multi-billion dollar projects over the ...

The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and states on a PIL seeking a ban on elephant trade and regulating the welfare...

Western Ghats, a Unesco Heritage site, is one of the world's 8 most important biodiversity hotspots. It is hailed as a "cradle of biologica...

A study by the Int'l Livestock Research Institute in 2012 put India as the most affected country in terms of diseases that are spread throu...

Member of legislative assembly Vinay Kore donated Sunder to Jyotiba temple in 2007, and the elephant has been kept chained since then.

Zoos in the country will no longer have elephants as the Central Zoo Authorities have asked the managers of state-run zoos to hand them ove...