Highly Regarded for Nilgiris Derby Stakes

Bringing down the curtains on the month-long summer festival in Nilgiris District, major tourist spot, the two-day fruit show began today at Coonoor, about 18 KMs from here. Tourists and locals thronged Sims Park, the venue of the show, to have a glimpse of a ...

Tea production in the first four months of the current calendar in the Nilgiris has increased by 20.53 per cent over 2012. Tea companies have informed the Tea Board that production between January and April has increased to 4.58 million kg (mkg) from 3.80 mkg ...

Mr. M. A. M. Ramaswamys Amber Heights (N. Rupa up) won the Nilgiris 1000 Guineas, the chief event of the races held here on Sunday (May 12). The winner is trained by R. Foley. 1. LONG TUNNEL PLATE (1,200m), 3-y-o only (Terms): Flash Of Genius (N. Rupa) 1, ...

Most visitors to Munnar head for the tourism zone of the Eravikulam National Park to view the fabled Nilgiri tahr (wild mountain goat) in its natural habitat. Few venture beyond into the core area of the sanctuary deep inside a mountainous terrain ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa announced setting up of a 2,000 MW hydel power station in Nilgiris district at Rs 7,000 crore and a series of power infrastructure development projects worth Rs 14,350 crore. The CM unveiled projects that ...

Net profit of United Nilgiri Tea Estates Company rose 42.74% to Rs 1.67 crore in the quarter ended March 2013 as against Rs 1.17 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2012.

Coimbatore, Apr 19: Shops and offices in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Pollachi, Mettupalayam and Nilgris were closed today after a Hindu outfit Hindu Munnani gave a call for bandh to protest rising number of attacks on temples in southern India. Muruganathan, ...

Footloose tusker Rivaldo waits near the house of Mark Davidar, owner of Cheetal Walk, the celebrated abode in the Nilgiris forests along the Sigurhalla, in vain for food normally left behind by him. Rivaldo lost a sizable portion of his trunk to ...

From mid-April to the end of May, makeshift shops spring up on the pavements. They sell everything from woollen sweaters and toys to accessories and baked corn.