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Unplanned road repair and improvement works often leads to traffic snarls in Marappalam-Burliar-Kallar sector of the Ooty-NH. (Photo: DC)

Unplanned road works on busy Ooty-NH causes nightmare: G Janardhanan

â€œCarrying out black-topping works without prior announcement and stopping traffic along the road should not be done''.

26 Jun 2018 6:28 AM IST

The Guinness Park at Kuruthukuli near Ooty. (Photo: DC)

Greens for Guinness Park' land state takeover

From then onwards, the near 80-acre of land at Kuruthukuli, where the record creating event was held, had come to be...

25 Jun 2018 6:46 AM IST

A sloth bear that strayed into tea gardens near Aravenu in Kotagiri. (Photo:DC)

Wild bear movement near Kotagiri scares residents

The residents there want an immediate plan of action from the foresters to place cages to capture and relocate the wild...

23 Jun 2018 3:23 AM IST

Carcass of the tiger found in Devarshola limits near Gudalur in Nilgiris. (Photo:DC)

Mystery shrouds tiger death in Nilgiris border

Forest department sources said that the cause of the death of this nearly 10-12-year-old male tiger could not be...

23 Jun 2018 3:20 AM IST

View of the Heritage Rail Museum inaugurated at the railway station in Ooty. (Photo:DC)

Heritage Rail Museum comes alive in Ooty

The founder of modern Nilgiris, the Heritage Rail Museum', was formally inaugurated on Friday evening.

16 Jun 2018 2:36 AM IST

The mangled remains of the TNSTC bus which rolled down the slopes at Manthada near Ooty. DC

Seven killed, 33 injured in Ooty accident as TNSTC bus rolls down...

The Coonoor bound TNSTC bus began its journey around 10.55 am from the central bus stand here.

15 Jun 2018 6:09 AM IST

A monkey is seen eating a throwaway plastic bag with left over food in it near Thalaikundah area in Ooty. (Photo : DC)

Ban on 17 types of plastics comes into force in Nilgiris

Gazette notification done, provision for heavy fines for violations present.

13 Jun 2018 6:25 AM IST

M Thiravidamani

Supreme Court urged to settle hill land issue fast

The lands were cultivated by small cultivators as tenants. The big plantation estates were also holding larger extents...

12 Jun 2018 6:28 AM IST

Ailing wild jumbo being shifted to a truck using a crane on June 3 morning at Pandalur in Nilgiris.

Jumbo death in Nilgiris border sparks new row

Though it was considered another wild elephant death, three days later, voices are raised in anger.

8 Jun 2018 2:52 AM IST

Kallur Komban is a jumbo belonging to Nilgiris, a pure indigenous breed that stomps the forests north of Palakkad Gap.

Straying of wild jumbo in Gudalur worries residents

People are expecting foresters to chalk out plans to ward off the threat from the solitary stray elephant there.

7 Jun 2018 6:28 AM IST

Students of Britannia High School, Padi conducts an awareness rally on environment conservation ahead of World Environment Day on Monday. (Photo: DC)

World environment day: Controlling plastics still a challenge in...

Greens plead for evolving a new mechanism to effectively combat and control the menace.

5 Jun 2018 5:54 AM IST

J. Innocent Divya, the Collector of Nilgiris, holding a meet on the precautionary steps ahead of SW monsoon season. (Photo: DC)

Nilgiris on high alert as monsoon arrives

t is known for bringing copious rainfall to the hills and sometimes wrecking damage to the slopes.

1 Jun 2018 6:04 AM IST