Train engine derails in Haryana, no injury reportedOctober 2nd, 2009 KURUKSHETRA - A passenger train derailed in this Haryana district Friday, disrupting rail traffic on the busy Ambala-Delhi route, officials said. No one was injured in the incident.
Elephant calf rescued in JharkhandSeptember 30th, 2009 JAMSHEDPUR - Rangers of Dhalbhum Forest Range in Ghatsila region in Jharkhand managed to rescue a ten-day-old elephant calf after it got isolated from its herd and fallen in a ditch of the dense forest area. The calf was brought to the Tata Zoological Park located in Jamshedpur city, which is close to the Ghatsila on Tuesday.
Elephant calf rescued in JalpaiguriSeptember 24th, 2009 JALPAIGURI - Forest authorities in West Bengal on Wednesday rescued an elephant calf, which had strayed away from the herd in Baikunthapur forest range. The calf lost its way along the banks of River Teesta and was rampantly moving on the sand strips when the forest rangers spotted it.
An elephant calf drowns in PuruliaSeptember 19th, 2009 PURULIA - An 18-month old elephant calf was found drowned in a pond inside Panchet forest in west Bengal's Purulia district. Forest officials said a herd of 22 elephants were moving from Panchet forest to the Dalma forest area when the mishap occurred.
Haryana Police free missing kidsAugust 27th, 2009 HARYANA - The Haryana Police has released two kids-Nikita and Himanshu - after their grandparents promised to prevent them from protesting. The eight-year-old Nikita and seven-year-old Himanshu were staging a dharna outside the Haryana Court demanding arrest of the rapists of their mother.
Haryana Assembly dissolvedAugust 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia dissolved the state assembly on the recommendation of the State Cabinet on Friday evening. Earlier in the day Haryana Cabinet recommended the Governor to dissolve the State Assembly.
Five-year-old elephant calf captured in CoonoorAugust 14th, 2009 COONOOR - A five-year-old elephant calf was captured by forest officials in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. The elephant had strayed towards a human habitation after separating from its herd.
Elephant dies while rescuing its calf in Tamil NaduJuly 24th, 2009 BARLIYAR - An elephant died while trying to save its calf which had slipped and fallen into a pit near Katteri village in the Barliyar forest range of Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. The calf fell into the pit during the midnight hours and the mother elephant struggled to reach it.
Meet the calf born with five legsJuly 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - In an unusual incident, a young calf was born with five legs in China. Ren Hongjun, a farmer in Xiekou village, who owns the cow, says that it was born on June 17 and is in perfectly fine condition, the China Daily reports.
Huge cache of arms seized in PanchkulaJune 7th, 2009 PANCHKULA - Haryana police on Saturday seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition and arrested three persons in Panchkula. Most of the weapons were stolen from a gun depot in Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
Haryana institute clones world's second buffalo calfJune 7th, 2009 KARNAL - Scientists at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) here in Haryana have successfully cloned a buffalo calf for the second time in the world, officials said Sunday. The institute had this February cloned the world's first buffalo calf.
Hear Hooda, insist Haryana copsMay 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The turnout was dismal at the Congress rally in Haryana Monday, so low that Haryana police had to intervene to ensure that the crowd stayed put during Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's address. After all the Congress leaders had addressed the meeting in Faridabad, it was finally Hooda's turn.
Patna zoo has a new baby rhinoApril 8th, 2009 PATNA - A rhinoceros at Patna's Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park gave birth to a female calf raising their number to a dozen. " With this, total count of rhinoceros in the zoo raises to 12.
Birth of baby hippo cheers Patna zoo authoritiesApril 7th, 2009 PATNA - A hippopotamus at Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park here has given birth to a female calf, raising total count of Hippopotamus in the zoo. The news has spread a wave of happiness among the zoo employees.
First cloned buffalo dies but Indian scientists happyFebruary 11th, 2009 KARNAL - Even though scientists at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) here received a setback Thursday after the country's first cloned buffalo calf died just five days after its birth, they are happy that the 'superior technology' they used for cloning was 'tested'. The female buffalo calf died at the NDRI centre here, 150 km from the national capital, Wednesday night, scientists said.