Gazelles

Two Indian gazelles (chinkaras), apparently attacked by dogs, died in two separate incidents in Pokaran town and a village in Jaisalmer district near here, a forest official said today.

Actor Salman Khan should be ordered to surrender immediately so he can return to jail in two poaching cases, the Rajasthan government has told the Supreme Court.

Salman Khan's acquittal may be challenged after a key witness surfaced after 14 years and told NDTV on Wednesday that he stood by his statement that the actor shot endangered gazelle or chinkaras in 1998, but could never testify in court because he was threatened.

Actor Salman Khan did shoot endangered gazelle or chinkara, said Harish Dulani, a driver and key witness in the case against the actor, speaking exclusively to NDTV today.

The prosecution on Wednesday told the Rajasthan High Court (HC) that actor Salman Khan himself had driven the Maruti Gypsy from Jodhpur to the spot where a Chinkara, an endangered gazelle, was poached in 1998.

When my friend asked me to do a reading at her wedding, I was honored but mostly relieved. Relieved because it wasn't that typical Corinthians nonsense I'd heard at nearly every church wedding I'd attended. No, this selection from Song of Solomon had lines like "My beloved is like a gazelle" - far more poetic than love being patient and kind.

Polar bears, whales, sharks and gazelles were among 31 new species granted new protection status Sunday by the UN conservation body, following six days of "intense" talks by leading conservationists.

Iran is rushing to try to save one of the world's critically endangered species, the Asiatic cheetah, and bring it back from the verge of extinction in its last remaining refuge.

Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question What should you do with your old one?

It was in October 2006 that a senior executive at Standard Chartered in New York pressed the alarm bell over the bank's dealings with Iranian customers.

Two Indian gazelles (chinkaras), apparently attacked by dogs, died in two separate incidents in Pokaran town and a village in Jaisalmer district near here, a forest official said today.

Actor Salman Khan should be ordered to surrender immediately so he can return to jail in two poaching cases, the Rajasthan government has told the Supreme Court.

Salman Khan's acquittal may be challenged after a key witness surfaced after 14 years and told NDTV on Wednesday that he stood by his statement that the actor shot endangered gazelle or chinkaras in 1998, but could never testify in court because he was threatened.

Actor Salman Khan did shoot endangered gazelle or chinkara, said Harish Dulani, a driver and key witness in the case against the actor, speaking exclusively to NDTV today.

The prosecution on Wednesday told the Rajasthan High Court (HC) that actor Salman Khan himself had driven the Maruti Gypsy from Jodhpur to the spot where a Chinkara, an endangered gazelle, was poached in 1998.

When my friend asked me to do a reading at her wedding, I was honored but mostly relieved. Relieved because it wasn't that typical Corinthians nonsense I'd heard at nearly every church wedding I'd attended. No, this selection from Song of Solomon had lines like "My beloved is like a gazelle" - far more poetic than love being patient and kind.

Polar bears, whales, sharks and gazelles were among 31 new species granted new protection status Sunday by the UN conservation body, following six days of "intense" talks by leading conservationists.

Iran is rushing to try to save one of the world's critically endangered species, the Asiatic cheetah, and bring it back from the verge of extinction in its last remaining refuge.

Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question What should you do with your old one?

It was in October 2006 that a senior executive at Standard Chartered in New York pressed the alarm bell over the bank's dealings with Iranian customers.