A new life for heritage

Producers of speciality tea varieties in the Nilgiris have some reason to cheer — the Central government will consider a plea by the Nilgiri Planters’ Association that the Tea Board be granted funds...

Udhagamandalam: To all who have been familiar with the Nilgiris, the Nilgiri Library in Ooty has always been a journey down the nostalgia lane. Members of the library are happy that after a suitable facelift, the reference book section of the ...

Coimbatore: Two butterflies rare to Tamil Nadu, the Orchid Tit and Baby Five Ring, were spotted in Kallar and Nilgiris earlier this week by butterfly experts, who are doing a revalidation of the list of butterfly species found in the state. The two ...

Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC) has given a call to observe September 26, the 50th death anniversary of Sir C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer as Tri-States Water Cooperation Day to end the prolonged dispute between Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka over sharing ...

In order to better regulate traffic along the crowded Commercial Road leading towards the Ooty Municipal Market, the Nilgiris District Police, with the cooperation of the revenue and municipality officials have begun clearing up a 750 meter stretch of road ...

Fund raised The Nilgiris-based Lawrencedale Agro Processing has raised series-B equity capital from Denmark-based Bestsetller Foundation and U.S.-based venture capital fund, Unitus Impact. According to a press release, with this fresh round of ...

The Ooty Literature Festival was inaugurated at the more than 150-year-old Nilgiri Library on Friday. Eminent Malayalam author M T Vasudevan Nair and former Bureau Chief of the BBC, New Delhi, Mark Tully addressed the gathering. They were ...

Several establishments remained shut in Coimbatore, Tirupur and Nilgiris districts, affecting normal life, in response to the bandh call. About 20,000 small and medium scale units in and around the city and over 30,000 garment factories in the textile hub of ...

To prevent cross-border criminal gangs and wanted left-wing radicals from entering Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris district police opened a check post in Manar, in Kolakombai Police Station limits, near to w...