A giant tortoise thought to be one of the world’s oldest creatures has died in a Calcutta zoo, ending a life that spanned much of modern Indian history. Fri, 24 Mar, 2006 - 08:34 A giant tortoise ...

A drunken man who jumped a zoo fence and swam across a moat to fight a tiger was mauled to death by the animal in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, an official said Sunday. "Witnesses said the man ...

Good news for Calcuttans who love to visit the zoo. The zoological garden in Alipore will not close down. It will also not be shifted from its present site because of its heritage value. Though the ...

Jamshedpur, Jan. 13: Six blackbucks will shortly find their way to Alipore Zoo in Calcutta from Tata Steel Zoological Park. Preparation for sending these animals is on and the process is likely to get ...

CALCUTTA, India (AP) -- One of the world's oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.

A giant tortoise thought to be one of the world’s oldest creatures has died in a Calcutta zoo, ending a life that spanned much of modern Indian history.

(MENAFN- IANS) Kolkata, Sep 1 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, ruled that the land of the iconic zoological garden at Alipore in Kolkata could not be used for commercial ...

CALCUTTA, India — One of the world’s oldest creatures, a giant tortoise thought to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life. Addwaita, ...

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CALCUTTA, India (AP) -- One of the world's oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.