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    R. Meera, the first woman naval officer from Badaga community, with her parents. (DC)Featured
    Meera, first Badaga woman to become naval officer

    Hailing from Achanakal village, Meera has become the first woman naval officer from Badagas, the single largest ethnic...

    30 May 2022 1:19 PM IST

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    A Dakota crash in Kotagiri in 1950 killed 21

    A military search party found the plane completely disintegrated and the bodies decomposed

    9 Dec 2021 2:17 AM IST

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    MHA officials review lockdown situation across India

    Paramilitary forces asked to remain ready for deployment at a short notice

    24 March 2020 8:37 PM IST

    Thermal drone flying at forest to find elusive tiger at a farmland in Uyilatti village at Kotagiri. (Photo: DC)Nation
    Ooty: Foresters use thermal drone to track tiger

    This is in the wake of the villagers there panic-stricken over the suspected tiger movement in and around the village...

    18 Feb 2020 1:34 AM IST

    View of the tiger which was trapped in a snare in a farmland in Uyillatti near Kotagiri on Saturday. (DC)Nation
    Food for tigers, sad day for game animals near Kotagiri

    However, initial images showed that game animals-' population is good there to sustain tiger life in jungles at Kotagiri...

    17 Feb 2020 1:25 AM IST

    The suspected movement of a tiger in the area for the past few days, has triggered panic among the villagers.Nation
    Tiger sighting leaves Ooty villagers in panic

    Kavakaadumund, a tribal hamlet, along Theetukal in the wooded zone is known for its serenity and landscape beauty.

    15 Feb 2020 6:12 AM IST

    The villagers of Kadakodu who found the carcass informed the officials of the forest department who rushed to the spot for an investigation.Nation
    Carcass of black leopard found in Kotagiri

    An on-the-spot autopsy conducted on Friday evening revealed that the liver of the animal was damaged.

    15 Feb 2020 6:10 AM IST

    May be the officials try to blame it on the residents for not utilizing the garbage collection vehicles that crisscross the town to collect garbage from source.Nation
    Mounting garbage attracts wild boars in Coonoor

    This apparently failed garbage management system is paving way for another round of man-animal conflict in the hills.

    9 Dec 2019 1:47 AM IST

    This would give a comprehensive data on the population and movement of tigers and also other animals in the MTR core zone in the post-monsoon period wherein the winter sets in,\ sources explained.Nation
    Animals headcount begins in MTR

    Official sources at the reserve said that it is an annual exercise in the MTR woods.

    9 Dec 2019 1:45 AM IST

    Fissures and crumples that appeared at the Karkiyoor slopes at Kotagiri in Nilgiris. DCNation
    After-rain fissures on Ooty slopes cause concern

    Though the cracks developed in Karkiyoor road last weekend was presumed to be a regular development associated with...

    7 Dec 2019 4:40 AM IST

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    Transgender joins forest dept in Ooty

    Deepthi, a B.Com and CA graduate said that her childhood dream was to become an auditor but the destiny had other plans...

    7 Dec 2019 3:38 AM IST

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    Nilgiris remembers J Jayalalithaa for marriage assistance scheme

    So, far in Nilgiris over the last eight years 14,946 beneficiaries from poor background, including the tribes, availed...

    6 Dec 2019 2:30 AM IST

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