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Continental drift may have taken main species to Australia: Dijo...

After millions of years this sub-species could be beginning to manifest again in western ghats.

15 Nov 2019 9:10 PM

Raktha Athika, otherwise known as Vampire Kangaroo, which was spotted in Tirussur limits in Kerala three years ago. (Photo: DC)

Ooty: Kangaroo cousin lived in western ghats?

Biologist Dijo Thomas, intensifies his studies on Raktha Athika.

15 Nov 2019 9:06 PM

The cake-mixing ceremony held at Hotel Gem Park at Ooty on Thursday. (Photo: DC)

All set for Xmas cake mixing in Ooty

The unique ceremony saw tourists and locals joined hands with the hotel staff to pep up the Xmas spirit.

14 Nov 2019 9:31 PM

Sir Frederic Nicholson, Father of the Cooperative Movement

Remembering Father of Coop Movement

The government took a number of steps including setting up a Famine Commission.

13 Nov 2019 8:45 PM

As voices are growing alien and exotic tree species in the hills, it appears that the forest department in Nilgiris has taken the right steps in marching towards the native tree culture to nurture this habitat to make Nilgiris to become the heaven of native trees in future.

Forest dept to plant 15,000 native â€˜sholaâ€™ trees in Ooty

Now, the Nilgiris district forest division has raised 15,000 saplings of shola tree species, native and unique to the...

11 Nov 2019 8:15 PM

Tourists at the Government Botanical Garden in Ooty during the autumn season this year. (Photo: DC)

Tourists traffic marginally up in Nilgiris district

This amply vindicated that the autumn tourism inflow rose by nearly 3 percent when compared to 2018.

8 Nov 2019 8:50 PM

View of the sprawling golf course at HPF road in Ooty.

Ooty golf club in trouble, to lose 34 hectares of land

Accordingly, 34 hectares in the golf course, which is identified as wooded zone, will be taken over by the Forest dept...

5 Nov 2019 8:26 PM

Madras high court.

Consumers move Madras High Court over excess bus fares

After the new bus fares were introduced in January 2018, the minimum fare fixed for ghat roads is Rs 7.

5 Nov 2019 12:22 AM

Dharmalingam Venugopal, Director of NDC. (Photo: DC)

Vettiver grass trouble for Ooty

NDC writes about menace to National Biodiversity Authority.

3 Nov 2019 9:09 PM

M. Balaji, Executive director, Tea Board, zonal office at Coonoor..

Tea Board holds meeting with small growers

M. Balaji, executive director, Tea Board, Zonal office at Coonoor addressed the gathering and also interacted with the...

1 Nov 2019 8:40 PM

Landslip that occured at Velanganni Nagar in Coonoor.

Ooty-Coimbatore NH made one way for traffic

Rains continue to lash Nilgiris

31 Oct 2019 9:01 PM

Cattle egrets at the Government Arts College grounds in Ooty. (Photo: DC)

Egrets migrate to Ooty for earthworm meal during rains

Cattle egrets, a local migratory bird which generally follows cattle to catch their prey in the vicinity of wetlands,...

31 Oct 2019 8:57 PM