Nilgiris

How sustainable methods adopted by tribal honey hunters could conserve bee population, improve food security

The Nilgiris are home to over eighteen ethnic groups. Of them, Kattunaickens, Kurumbas, Sholigas and Irulas are known to be the primary honey hunter tribes.

Ramya Reddy's Soul of the Nilgiris is as much a history of place as it is a history of people

Ramya Reddy’s Soul of the Nilgiris is a tribute to the Nilgiris, a mountainous range whose landscape comprises shola forest and grassland, and the four indigenous groups that populate the upper regions | Urvashi Bahuguna writes in #PagesFromTheWild

Hills of peril: Southwest monsoon inflicts severe damage in the Nilgiris

The Nilgiris witnesses intense environmental disasters caused by climate change and human activities.

It is the ice from the western ghats that keep the shola grasslands intact

Ecologists have debated why extremely different habitats, grasslands and forests, co-exist in same climatic conditions.

Voice of a Sentient Highland book review: Godwin Vasanth Bosco provides a much-needed voice for the Nilgiris

Book review: Voice of a Sentient Highland by Godwin Vasanth Bosco is a comprehensive treatise on the plant ecology of the Nilgiris that also delineates the myriad ecological issues in the Nilgiris and highlights the resilience the ecosystem shows.

Photographer Ramya Reddy on her new book about the Nilgiris and its inhabitants, a decade in the making

Soul of the Nilgiris, photographer Ramya Reddy's new book, "is the story of a place told through a personal tapestry of oral narratives, conversations, writings and over 300 photographs — taken over nine years, drawn from the creative abundance of this millennia-old mountain land and her centuries-old inhabitants."

DMK releases first list of 20 candidates for Lok Sabha polls; A Raja to contest from Nilgiris, Kanimozhi fielded from Tuticorin

Maran will contest from Central Chennai, while Raja has been fielded from Nilgiris. Raja and Maran had unsuccessfully contested these seats in 2014. Rajya Sabha MP and the daughter of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi, Kanimozhi is also contesting from Tuticorin

Amazon to buy 9.5% stake in Kishore Biyani's Future Retail for Rs 2,500 crore, deal to be announced on 14 November

The deal will give Amazon access to nearly a third of India’s organised food and grocery market through the Big Bazaar and Nilgiris supermarket chains

SC orders Tamil Nadu government to seal 11 resorts in Nilgiris elephant corridor within 48 hours

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu government to seal or close down within 48 hours 11 resorts and hotels constructed on the elephant corridor of Nilgiris in violation of law.

Tamil Nadu cops arrest TV actress for donning police uniform in Facebook video to criticise govt action on Tuticorin protesters

A television actress was arrested in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu for releasing a video against the government and the police after the firing in anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi