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Bloom of Jacaranda flowers along the Coonoor slopes in the Nilgiris. (DC)

Jacaranda's purple canopy adds to summer shade in hills

It also heralds that the hills is virtually ready to provide the summer treat with colours of nature.

11 March 2019 1:36 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

Tea tasters at First level screening test for TGLIA southern tea competition on at Coonoor. DC

Golden Leaf India Awards: Best teas competition begins in Coonoor

The first-level screening of teas for the 15th edition of TGLIA' was held at UPASI headquartered in Coonoor.

3 March 2019 2:07 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

Hill veteran, Dr Dharmalingam Venugopal, director of NDC, said that the new swanky coaches for the NMR appears befitting a railway saloon more than a heritage mountain railway.

Plea against rushing to modernise 'Nilgiris Mountain Railway' train...

The NMR carries with it more than a century of history, heritage and mountain culture.

27 Feb 2019 1:55 AM IST

When foresters from MTR rushed to help the BTR staff in douse the fire, another fire broke out in the Masinagudi forest range in MTR buffer zone, on Saturday evening.

Fire in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve ravages over 25 acres of jungle

A sudden wild fire began in BTR on Saturday by 2:30 pm along the MTR border, destroying the dense jungle cover.

24 Feb 2019 1:20 AM IST

Kumki jumbos at elephant camp in MTR.

Ooty: 48-day rejuvenation camp for captive elephants in MTR underway

Mr. Deepak Srivastava said that the aim of the camp is to improve the health and mindset of the elephants.

23 Feb 2019 3:05 AM IST