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Six women workers killed as earth caves in at Ooty construction site

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Six women workers killed as earth caves in at Ooty construction site

Ooty: Six construction workers were killed and six others were injured when the earth caved in along with an old...

8 Feb 2024 12:00 AM IST

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

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

Self defence training held at KAP4 held as part of International Womens Day.

Self-defence course in Ooty's historic women's college

Umashankar also stressed the importance of learning self-defence as a woman.

8 March 2019 5:34 AM IST

Giriji Madhi is the ideal Badaga wife, devoted to the husband and his family and painstaking to keep up the good name of her family and that of her husband. (Representational image)

Ballad that celebrates humble Badaga women

Madha desires that he should get back to his village before he dies. Despite Madha's desperate efforts to get back he...

8 March 2019 5:29 AM IST

Bharathi Mandesh felicitated by Innocent Divya, Collector of Nilgiris, recently. (Photo: DC)

Dr' prefix for first Toda girl in Nilgiris

Saying that to study MBBS was her childhood dream, she said that she missed the chance as she could not score enough...

8 March 2019 5:20 AM IST

The vehicles being parked in the No Parking area along the Stone House road in Ooty. (Image DC)

Residents fume as traffic goes awry in Ooty

Haphazard parking and parking in the designated -"no parking-" zones in the town are reflective of this.

6 March 2019 6:55 AM IST

While the Kundah slopes near here is known for the wild gaur menace and related man-animal conflict over the years, in recent weeks herds of gaurs consisting of more than a dozen individual animals in each herd, pose veiled threats to farmers and residents.

Wild gaur menace on increase on Kundah slopes

The gaur menace is particularly high on the Mynalaimattam, Chamraj and Maryland slopes along the Ooty-Manjoor road.

6 March 2019 2:50 AM IST

Madras high court

Unfair trade practice: Madras High court pulls up TNSTC in Nilgiris

He added that the CCPA will proceed on the issue after hearing from the Tnstc.

4 March 2019 2:12 AM IST

Dr P. Nammalvar, who is also a former principal scientist at CMFRI, said, global warming poses more threat to water resources, aquatic life and bio-diversity.

Research on to produce climate smart shirts

Stating that one has to see the opportunities in the obstacles, he said that climate change has already become an...

1 March 2019 2:08 AM IST

Micrixalus phyllophilusan, an endemic fog species in Western ghats.

Study eco-indicators to tackle climate change: S Paulraj

In the backdrop of the global warming it is important to study the changes and challenges in the mountain eco-system.

1 March 2019 2:05 AM IST

Sumesh Soman, District Forest Officer of Nilgiris, releases a souvenir during the inauguration of the national seminar on Climate change and its impact on human health and wildlife. (Photo: DC)

Too many satellites add to global warming

Experts discuss climate change crisis in Ooty.

1 March 2019 2:03 AM IST

Foresters dousing the fire sparks in the partially burnt trees inside the MTR woods. (Image DC)

300 acres gone: Anti-socials behind wildfire in Mudumalai Tiger...

Both the MTR and the Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Karnataka bordering the MTR, witnessed a ravaging forest fire on...

27 Feb 2019 2:03 AM IST