Rihanna causes chaos while helping out at uncle`s farm

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 16:41

Rihanna reportedly caused chaos on her uncle`s farm in Barbados after unintentionally letting pigs and chickens escape.

Bombs in Iraq livestock market kill eight people

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 17:52

Two bombings in a livestock market in northern Iraq today killed eight people, police and a doctor said.

Roads, livestock destroyed in cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 12:07

Roads, bridges and hundreds of livestock were swept away following a cloudburst in Changut village of Lahaul and Spiti district, police said Friday.

'India can teach world how to connect farmer with market'

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 22:22

Operation Flood in Gujarat is a lesson on how to connect the small farmers with the market, a top official from global research body International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) said Wednesday.

Urine-based ‘potion’ could soon act as CO2 absorbent

Last Updated: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 11:41

In a new study, researchers have proposed human, agricultural and livestock waste like urine, as a way to absorb this gas.

12 livestock inspectors dismissed from service

Last Updated: Friday, July 6, 2012, 13:29

Services of 12 livestock inspectors who got appointment five years ago have been terminated in Odisha due to alleged irregularities in the selection process.

Indonesia urged to end livestock abuse

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 23:40

Australia suspended live animal exports to 11 slaughterhouses in Indonesia.

Agony for Japan livestock farmers in N-crisis

Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2011, 10:42

As more people are forced to leave their homes around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, anger is growing in a farming community forced to make the agonising decision whether to slaughter livestock or face ruin.

Cross-breeding leading to native livestock decline in Orissa

Last Updated: Monday, December 14, 2009, 10:54

A breed of cows native to Orissa which are less than one meter in height and said to be good hill climbers are facing extinction along with 20 other livestock breeds in the state.

SC ticks off butchers, livestock traders in Delhi

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 20:12

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ticked off butchers and livestock traders for refusing to shift their operations to the ultra-modern slaughter house at Ghazipur from unregulated Igah abbatoir.