Everything you need to know about Hosur Cattle Farm: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Hosur Cattle Farm: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 11 (IANS) Kolkata-born Ritankar Das, a bioengineering and chemical biology double major at the University of California at Berkeley, has become the youngest student to receive the University Medal in more than a century.
London, May 06 (ANI): A small Scottish island has been put up on sale for 2.5 million pounds.
Bangalore, May 4 (ANI): Karnataka will go to polls on Sunday, even as media reports suggest that there will be a fractured mandate when votes are counted on May 8.
Bangalore, May 3 (IANS) A fortnight-long hectic campaign for the May 5Karnataka legislative assembly elections ended Friday, with mainstream and regional political parties switching over to door-to-door canvassing to woo the voters over the next 24 hours.
Chennai, April 8 (IANS) German automobile group BMW and India's two- and three-wheeler-maker TVS Motor Company will jointly develop sub-500cc motorcycles to be sold under the respective company badges, said company officials.
Agartala, April 8 (IANS) Tripura could not achieve its target of milk production due to smuggling of cattle into Bangladesh, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Monday.
Washington, Apr 6 (ANI): Animal and dairy scientists have revealed that drinking milk at an early age can help mammals throughout their lives.
London, Apr. 1 (ANI): Google's decision to honour the birthday of U.S. labour organizer Cesar Chavez angered some American conservatives, who were fumed that it was disrespectful to celebrate Chavez with a so-called Google Doodle on Easter.
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London, March 28 (ANI): Rolling Stones is all set to headline the Saturday night of this year's Glastonbury festival.
Book: "Beastly Tales from Here and There"; Author: Vikram Seth; Publisher: Puffin Books; Pages: 149; Price: Rs.599
Chennai, March 16 (IANS) India's second-largest tractor maker TAFE will soon train women in farm management, including driving tractors and using implements.
London, March 16 (ANI): Rebecca Loos, who claimed that she had a fling with David Beckham in 2004, has now admitted that she doesn't regret speaking out about her affair with the footie ace.
London, Mar 9 (ANI): The workforce that built the Stonehenge 4,500 years ago came in their thousands from the length and breadth of Britain, a new study has revealed.
Zaheerabad (Andhra Pradesh), March 6 (IANS) Automotive major Mahindra & Mahindra Wednesday launched its tractor manufacturing plant with an annual capacity of one lakh tractors, claimed to be the biggest in Asia.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India's economic growth slumped to 4.5 percent in the third quarter of the current financial year on poor show of manufacturing, mining and farm sectors.
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 8 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here Friday after praying at Buddhism's holiest shrine at Bodh Gaya amid protests against his two-day Indian pilgrimage.
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 8 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here Friday after praying at Buddhism's holiest shrine at Bodh Gaya amid protests against his two-day Indian pilgrimage.
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Around 134 MDMK members, including general secretary Vaiko, were Friday detained while they led a protest in the national capital against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's two-day India visit.
Bodh Gaya/Tirupati, Feb 8 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday prayed at Buddhism's holiest shrine at Bodh Gaya and then flew to Tirupati amid scattered protests against his two-day Indian pilgrimage.
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Farm mechanisation must be given priority to attain the projected demand of 280 million tonnes of food grains by 2020-21, union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Jan. 30 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said farm mechanization has to be given primacy to meet the projected demand of 280 million tonnes of foodgrains by 2020.
Washington, January 23 (ANI): Waste from the cows and food products are used to produce gas to power electric generators in a city in England, it has been revealed.
Washington, Dec 6 (ANI): Mother of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, has died at the age of 103.
London, Dec 5 (IANS) Rupert Murdoch's mother Dame Elisabeth Murdoch has died at her home in Victoria, Australia, at the age of 103, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.
Islamabad, Dec 2 (IANS) Two major terror attacks were Sunday averted near Pakistan's Peshawar city when four militants -- three suicide bombers and one handler -- were killed when their explosives-laden vests exploded prematurely, a media report said.
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Ten days after the murder of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep Chadha, investigators are set to question the fourth key witness in the case.
Ludhiana, Nov 27 (IANS) Stressing the need for a re?think on agriculture, President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said that economic viability of the farm sector is still a challenge.
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) Titan Industries is planning to launch an integrated e?commerce platform by January to enable customers buy all its products online through a single portal and earn an annual revenue of Rs.100 crore from this venture.
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) Titan Industries is planning to launch an e?commerce platform by January to enable customers buy all its products online and earn a revenue of Rs.100 crore from this venture.
Karandih (Jharkhand), Nov.15 (ANI): Reviving their traditional livestock festival of 'Sohrai', tribals of Jharkhand's Karandih area, organised fights between sheep.
Seoul, Nov 15 (IANS) South Korea's import prices declined 3.3 percent last month due to lower oil prices and the local currency's ascent against the US dollar, data by the central bank showed Thursday.
New York, Nov 12 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey is apparently getting into the organic food business.
Bangalore, Nov.8 (ANI): A major fire engulfed a large paint factory on Hosur Main Road in Bangalore on Thursday.
Colombo, Oct 18 (IANS) The US has provided over $3 million to three groups in Sri Lanka supporting those displaced by the war in Mullaitivu and Killinochchi districts.
Seoul, Oct 15 (IANS) South Korea's import prices rose for two straight months in September due mainly to a rise in crude oil prices and the consequent oil product price hike, data by the central bank showed Monday.
London, Oct 8 (ANI): Tickets for next year's Glastonbury Festival have sold out in record time of 100 minutes.
Guwahati/New Delhi, Oct.7 (ANI): Both the Centre and the Assam Government are taking steps to manage the flood situation in the state, and provide immediate emergency relief to people in the affected areas.
Tokyo, Oct 1 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda unveiled the new cabinet lineup here Monday after accepting the ministers' en masse resignation earlier in the day.
Los Angeles, Sep 30 (IANS) Singer Selena Gomez says singer boyfriend Justin Bieber loves to go to Disneyland with her.
Colombo, Sep. 28 (ANI): Some Sri Lankan Tamils who left a vast displacement camp after it was closed last week, said they were 'left in the jungle' with no means of rebuilding their homes or their lives.
Colombo, Sept. 25 (ANI): A camp for displaced people in Sri Lanka, once one of the largest in the world, has been closed, officials said.
New Delhi, Sept 19 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday barred Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) from organizing the "beef and pork" festival on September 28.
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and city police to ensure that no "beef and pork" festival takes place in the campus on Sep 28.
London, Sep 18(ANI): Declan Crosbie, who was caught peering over the top of cubicles as women of the Chinese Olympic swimming team were changing at a sports centre in Leeds, has been spared jail by a lenient judge, but has been banned from entering female changing rooms for five years.
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Humane Society International (HSI) Wednesday urged global leaders to adopt 'Meatless Mondays' - an international movement to reduce meat consumption and incorporate meatless options one day per week.
London, Sept 8 (ANI): British TV host Sir Bruce Forsyth has entered the latest Guinness book of World Records for having the longest career as a male TV entertainer.
London, Sep 6 (IANS) A Thai woman who was suffering from depression is believed to have committed suicide by jumping into a crocodile pit.
London, Sep 5 (IANS) Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding, who recently revealed that her relationship with ex-fiance Tom Crane is finally over, is reportedly dating DJ Mark One.
London, August 20 (ANI): Charles Dickens' classic 'A Christmas Carol' is the book most parents would want their children to read, according to a new survey by the University of Worcester.
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC ) today pegged GDP growth for the current fiscal year at 6.7 percent.
London, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) France's Julie Bresset scrambled to Olympic gold in the women's mountain bike race Saturday.
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) A vaccine for cattle can slash E. coli levels by more than 50 percent, which is also effective with two doses instead of the recommended three.
London, July 30 (ANI): British scientists have taken up a three-year project to study the 'social network' of dairy cows to explore how relationships between them affect their health, welfare and productivity.
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that both his government and the Central Government are worried about the delayed monsoon and its impact on seasonal crops.
London, July 26 (ANI): Social games developer Zynga's stock has plummeted after the firm reported a loss in the second quarter, according to a report.
London, July 24 (ANI): David Beckham gave fans the shock of their lives, when he unexpectedly dropped in on their photo booth snapshots.
Jammu, July 23 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir has formulated a welfare scheme for the nomadic Gujjar community.
Hoshangabad, July 22 (ANI): Aamir Khan, recently on his show "Satyamev Jayate" spoke about the harmful effects of pesticides and requested the Central and the state governments to adopt organic farming method. Waking up to the cries of farmers, Aamir has put forward a solution, which surely will bring back life to our agricultural fields.
Kanpur, July 14 (IANS) A large number of cattle perished while some people sustained injuries after their shacks on a disputed land near this Uttar Pradesh city were set on fire by a gang, police said here Saturday.
London, July 13 (ANI): The Fender Stratocaster that Bob Dylan brought on stage on the night he "went electric", which is the most hated guitar in folk music history, has allegedly been found in a dusty attic bolthole after 47 years in hiding.
London, July 9 (ANI): East Londoners have approached the high court over plans to station surface-to-air missiles on the roofs of their tower during the Olympics.
London, July 4 (ANI): Martha's Vineyard, the idyllic ocean-side retreat where Barack Obama and his family has been holidaying for the past three summers, has been bought by Britain's most celebrated architect Baron Foster.
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) A 30-year-old security guard, hailing from Uttar Pradesh (UP) was found murdered here Thursday, Delhi Police said.
Washington, June 21 (ANI): Country singer Wynonna Judd wed Cactus Moser, the drummer in her band 'The Big Noise', in a lakeside gazebo on her Leiper's Fork farm at sunset on Sunday.
Rohit Fenn, Raghavendra Ramachanderan and Sumit Singh of India finally made their place to the finals of Google Science Fair; a global science competition held every year that challenges the young minds to show their innovative talents. Three of them were selected for the final round that will be held in Google's headquarters in California this July.
Washington, June 8 (ANI): A life-size bronze statue of Amy Winehouse could be put up in a venue near her home.
London, June 8 (IANS) There are plans to put up a life-size bronze statue of late singer Amy Winehouse at the Roundhouse concert hall, near her home in Camden, where she died last year.
Itanagar, May 25 (ANI): No tangible action is surprisingly visible even after the gunfire attack on Arunachal Pradesh's PCCF (wildlife and biodiversity) J.L. Singh-led high level team in the core area of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve (NTR) on March 12, which made global headlines.The incident no doubt prompted the visit of a prime minister-headed National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) team to the NTR during April 10-15 last for appraisal of the protection status, especially relating to complaints regarding local hunting and deployment of local workforce for protection besides the status of daily monitoring.
New York, May 15 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon suffered a fracture in his left hand while playing in the UN diplomats' spring soccer tournament and now has his arm in a sling, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said.
London, May 8 (ANI): Wayne Rooney will be debuting his recently bought colt 'Pippy', at the Lily Agnes Stakes, on Tuesday.
New York, May 8 (ANI): Legendary baseball player Babe Ruth's suburban Boston home, where he lived after he had been sent to the New York Yankees, is on the market for 1.65 million dollars.
London, Apr 28 (ANI): The Rolling Stones founding member Brian Jones had reportedly slept with 64 girls in 19 days when they toured the US in 1964.
Washington, Apr 22 (ANI): Carey Mulligan tied the knot with folk rock singer Marcus Mumford in Somerset, England on Saturday.
London, April 5 (IANS) London 2012 games organisers have announced changes to the Olympic mountain bike course, after feedback from competitors in last year's test event.
Chennai, April 4 (IANS) India's Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd (TAFE) will start making two models of high horse power (hp) tractors later this year for US-based AGCO Corpo, said a company official.
Los Angeles, April 1 (IANS) Singer Selena Gomez walked away with two awards, including favourite female singer, at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
Kathua, Apr 1 (ANI): Farmers in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District have expressed happiness over the installation of Automatic Weather Station (AWS), which would help them in avoiding eventualities in the backdrop of unfavourable weather conditions.
Johannesburg, Apr 1 (ANI): Halle Berry and Heidi Klum were drenched in slime at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Washington, March 28 (ANI): DNA studies have suggested that all cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago.
Washington, Mar 21 (ANI): The 'Harry Potter' actor who played bully Vincent Crabbe in the boy wizard's movie series was sentenced to jail for two years on Tuesday after he was convicted of violent disorder during the London riots in August last year.
Washington, Mar 21 (ANI): The 'Harry Potter' actor who played bully Vincent Crabbe in the boy wizard's movie series was sentenced to jail for two years on Tuesday after he was convicted of violent disorder during the London riots in August last year.
London, Mar 20(ANI): Jamie Waylett, who played Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter films, consumed stolen Champagne before arming himself with a petrol bomb during the London riots, a court has heard.
London, Mar 20(ANI): Jamie Waylett, who played Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter films, consumed stolen Champagne before arming himself with a petrol bomb during the London riots, a court has heard.
London, Mar 5(ANI): A Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report is likely to claim that prisoners, gypsies, terrorists and union activists routinely have their human rights abused.
New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): Chennai based tractor major, Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), announced its entry into a strategic alliance with Captain Tractors Private Limited, Rajkot (CTPL).
London, Mar 5(ANI): A Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report is likely to claim that prisoners, gypsies, terrorists and union activists routinely have their human rights abused.
New Delhi, Feb 29 (ANI): India's economic growth rate fell to 6.1 per cent in the third quarter this fiscal, the lowest in over two years.
New Delhi, Feb 29 (ANI): India's economic growth rate fell to 6.1 per cent in the third quarter this fiscal, the lowest in over two years.
Melbourne, Feb 14 (ANI): An Australian man who mooned the Queen of England said that he would do the same if Barack Obama visited the country.
Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): Researchers have now identified key factors, which influence teen drivers and increase risk of car crash.
Sydney, Jan 9 (ANI): A woman in Australia couldn't believe her eyes when she found a 1.7-metre saltwater crocodile in her lounge room.
London, Dec 20 (ANI): Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis will be honoured with a lifetime achievement prize at the European Festival Awards in the Netherlands next month.
London, Dec.16 (ANI): A school where the majority of pupils do not speak English as their first language has achieved the best exam results in England.
London, November 29 (ANI): Wycleaf Jean has defended his personal charity, Yele Haiti, against media reports of misspending of funds.
New York Nov 17 (ANI): In a new Thanksgiving safety video titled 'Eat, fry. Love', William Shatner offers tips to those who plan to fry their birds for the day.
New Delhi, Nov 11(ANI): Indigenously designed and developed RUSTOM-1 made fifth successful flight this morning while flying at an altitude of 2300 ft AGL (above ground level) and at a speed 100 knots during 25 minute of cruise near Hosur.
London, November 7 (ANI): Soccer player Wayne Rooney and his wife Colleen created an animal farm for their son Kai's second birthday.
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): Myanmar President U Thein Sein, who is currently on a state visit to India at the invitation of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, attended an agricultural exhibition here on Saturday.
London, Oct 14 (ANI): Katy Perry is on an eating spree at the moment and has been binging on baked beans and meat pies ever since she arrived in the UK for her tour.
