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Coimbatore: Based on the Tamil Nadu Government implementing its ‘Free Country Chicken Scheme 2019,’ the Forest Department distributed 50 country chicken free to 25 tribal families in Mettupalayam as an alternate means of livelihood. For a long period of time, the primary occupation of over 20 tribal villages near the Mettupalayam forest region has been rearing…
With increase in accidents on Dhimbam Ghat Road leading to frequent traffic congestion, the district administration has decided to collect toll from vehicles using the ghat road from June 20. The Dindigul – Bengaluru National Highway 948 (Old number 209) that passes through Bannari, Dhimbam and Hasanur, connects both the States and is used by…
The project is being implemented at a cost ₹ 964 crore The district administration along with the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board has formed teams of revenue officials to expedite the process of acquiring land for the Pilloor III drinking water project. The ₹ 964-crore project is aimed at drawing water from…
Coimbatore: A 21-year-old woman has died of suspected brain fever here, while a migrant worker succumbed to a mystery fever near here, sources said Wednesday. A 21-year-old IT professional died of suspected brain fever at a government hospital here yesterday. According to media reports, Ramya was suffering from fever for a few days and was admitted to…
Coimbatore : Foresters of the Sirumugai Forest Range have arrested two men for illegally hunting spotted deer using country gun and remanded them in custody today. According to foresters, they had received a tip off that deers were being hunted at the backwater area of the Bhavani Reservoir in Pethikuttai. In an attempt to catch the…
With increase in the number of bookings, the ecotourism centre operated by Coimbatore Forest Division at Baralikadu is now open to visitors five days a week. Officials with the Forest Department said that except Mondays and Fridays, the ecotourism centre will remain open on all other weekdays till May-end. Earlier, the tourism centre located in…
OOTY: While Modern Nilgiris is celebrating its bicentenary this year, the Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC), an NGO based here in the hills, recalled the importance and history of June in the genesis of modern Nilgiris, wherein major developments took part. Hill history veteran Dharmalingam Venugopal, director of NDC, stated that Ootacamund (Ooty), the first Hill Station…
Marayur (Idukki): The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has decided to start 15 new bus services in order to resolve the interstate travel issues. Bus services will start from various depots in Kerala on the basis of the new interstate contract made with Tamil Nadu. In order to begin profitable services beneficial for the…
Following the Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka, flights and trains arriving in Coimbatore are being closely monitored by the Q Branch police, an officer confirmed to The Hindu on Friday. Flights from Sri Lanka are particularly monitored for any suspicious activities. The list of Sri Lankan nationals overstaying their visas have been gathered and investigations are…
Volunteers from Coonoor, Coimbatore and Hyderabad came together to conduct a post-season clean-up of the Mettupalayam-Coonoor-Udhagamandalam Road on Monday. The clean-up, organised by Clean Coonoor with funds from a group of visitors from Hyderabad, who noticed the prevalence of litter along the road, was conducted between Coonoor and Burliar and involved more than 80 volunteers….
Coimbatore: Based on the Tamil Nadu Government implementing its ‘Free Country Chicken Scheme 2019,’ the Forest Department distributed 50 country chicken free to 25 tribal families in Mettupalayam as an alternate means of livelihood. For a long period of time, the primary occupation of over 20 tribal villages near the Mettupalayam forest region has been rearing…
With increase in accidents on Dhimbam Ghat Road leading to frequent traffic congestion, the district administration has decided to collect toll from vehicles using the ghat road from June 20. The Dindigul – Bengaluru National Highway 948 (Old number 209) that passes through Bannari, Dhimbam and Hasanur, connects both the States and is used by…
The project is being implemented at a cost ₹ 964 crore The district administration along with the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board has formed teams of revenue officials to expedite the process of acquiring land for the Pilloor III drinking water project. The ₹ 964-crore project is aimed at drawing water from…
Coimbatore: A 21-year-old woman has died of suspected brain fever here, while a migrant worker succumbed to a mystery fever near here, sources said Wednesday. A 21-year-old IT professional died of suspected brain fever at a government hospital here yesterday. According to media reports, Ramya was suffering from fever for a few days and was admitted to…
Coimbatore : Foresters of the Sirumugai Forest Range have arrested two men for illegally hunting spotted deer using country gun and remanded them in custody today. According to foresters, they had received a tip off that deers were being hunted at the backwater area of the Bhavani Reservoir in Pethikuttai. In an attempt to catch the…
With increase in the number of bookings, the ecotourism centre operated by Coimbatore Forest Division at Baralikadu is now open to visitors five days a week. Officials with the Forest Department said that except Mondays and Fridays, the ecotourism centre will remain open on all other weekdays till May-end. Earlier, the tourism centre located in…
OOTY: While Modern Nilgiris is celebrating its bicentenary this year, the Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC), an NGO based here in the hills, recalled the importance and history of June in the genesis of modern Nilgiris, wherein major developments took part. Hill history veteran Dharmalingam Venugopal, director of NDC, stated that Ootacamund (Ooty), the first Hill Station…
Marayur (Idukki): The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has decided to start 15 new bus services in order to resolve the interstate travel issues. Bus services will start from various depots in Kerala on the basis of the new interstate contract made with Tamil Nadu. In order to begin profitable services beneficial for the…
Following the Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka, flights and trains arriving in Coimbatore are being closely monitored by the Q Branch police, an officer confirmed to The Hindu on Friday. Flights from Sri Lanka are particularly monitored for any suspicious activities. The list of Sri Lankan nationals overstaying their visas have been gathered and investigations are…
Volunteers from Coonoor, Coimbatore and Hyderabad came together to conduct a post-season clean-up of the Mettupalayam-Coonoor-Udhagamandalam Road on Monday. The clean-up, organised by Clean Coonoor with funds from a group of visitors from Hyderabad, who noticed the prevalence of litter along the road, was conducted between Coonoor and Burliar and involved more than 80 volunteers….