Retired professor’s courtyard is haven for sparrowsMEERUT - The numbers of house sparrows may be dwindling fast, but certainly not in the courtyard of a retired professor’s house in this north Indian city where these gregarious birds have been hosted for half a century. He even has private guards to protect them from predators. Elephant runs amok in Meerut, damages over 20 vehiclesMEERUT - A male elephant, kept on display at the marriage reception of the children of two Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MPs, ran amok, attacking and damaging 20 cars, a truck and a police jeep before it was brought under control, police said Thursday. Rivers in western Uttar Pradesh dangerously pollutedMEERUT - Six rivers in western Uttar Pradesh, including the Yamuna, are now so polluted that they should be classified as dead, says a new study. |
