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6 Indian Destinations That Are Genuinely Easy and Rewarding for Senior Travellers

Mysuru: The City That Does the Work for YouMysuru is the most underrated senior-friendly destination in India, and the reason is simple: almost everything worth seeing sits within a 5-km radius of the city centre. The Mysore Palace, Devaraja Market, Chamundi Hill (accessible by car to within 50 steps of…

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Best Hill Stations in India for Family Vacations With Kids: Ooty, Manali, Coorg and More

Ooty, Tamil NaduThe Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage train, does more for a child under ten than any theme park ride. The toy train from Mettupalayam to Ooty climbs through 16 tunnels and 250 curves at a pace slow enough for small faces pressed against the windows. Beyond…

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7 Overnight Train Routes Across India That Are Worth Booking for the Scenic Ride Alone

Vivek Express: Dibrugarh to KanyakumariThe longest train route in India covers 4,286 kilometres and takes roughly 82 hours end to end. Most passengers board for a segment, not the full stretch, but those who ride the overnight portions through Odisha and Andhra Pradesh get something rare: a train moving through…

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Boy dies, 31 persons suffer injuries as mini-bus hurtles down slope along Kotagiri-Mettupalayam ghat section

Tragic accident in Coimbatore leaves one child dead and 31 injured after mini-bus slips down ghat section.

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Four members of a family killed in accident at Bhavanisagar

Tragic head-on collision on Sathyamangalam - Mettupalayam Road kills family of four, investigation underway by Bhavanisagar police.

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Model plot for Tamil Nadu’s grassland restoration project getting ready in Sirumugai forests near Coimbatore

Laying foundation for its efforts to restore lost grasslands in forests across the State, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department in collaboration with the Forest College and Research Institute (FCRI), Mettupalayam, has launched works for setting up a model grass restoration plot in Sirumugai forest range in Coimbatore district.

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Coimbatore District Police refute claims of ‘orchestrated drownings’ in River Bhavani near Mettupalayam

The Coimbatore District (Rural) Police has refuted claims by some persons that incidents of drowning that occur in River Bhavani near Bathrakaliamman Temple near Mettupalayam are not accidental and that few criminals having expertise in water diving pull people into the water to commit brutal murders, and to demand money…

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Nilgiris Mountain Railway trains cancelled till Dec. 7 due to heavy rain

Nilgiris Mountain Railway trains cancelled: Southern Railway cancels Mettupalayam-Udhagamandalam-Mettupalayam NMR train service till Nov 25 due to landslips caused by heavy rains.

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Three train services cancelled after landslip on Nilgiri Mountain Railway line

A landslip on NMR line caused two train services to be cancelled. Passengers of 06136 Mettupalayam-Udagamandalam were halted at Kallar and taken back to Mettupalayam. Alternative bus transportation was arranged for 53 passengers to Coonoor. 06142 Udagamandalam-Coonoor was also cancelled.

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Second phase of Annamalai’s yatra to start on September 4

BJP's TN president Annamalai's "En Mann En Makkal" yatra to start on Sept 4. It will cover 41 Assembly constituencies in the South & end at Mettupalayam in Coimbatore. He & BJP's national co-incharge Sudhakar Reddy felicitated freedom fighter Natesa Nayakkar in Chengalpattu as part of "Meri Maati Mera Desh"…

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Operation to tranquillise tusker Baahubali put on hold as animal is healthy, active

The operation to tranquillise and treat wild elephant Baahubali at Mettupalayam near Coimbatore was withdrawn temporarily on Thursday after veterinarians observed that the animal was healthy and active.

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Forest Department issues order to tranquillise, treat injured wild elephant Baahubali

The Forest Department on Friday issued an order to tranquillise and treat the wild elephant nicknamed Baahubali, which is accustomed to raiding crops in and around Mettupalayam in Coimbatore district, for an injury spotted in its mouth.

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Hunt for alternative land for Govt. Horticulture Farm obstructing Kallar elephant corridor reaches nowhere

Nearly ten months after a decision was taken to relocate the State Horticulture Farm at Kallar near Mettupalayam in Coimbatore district, as part of securing the Jaccanaire - Hulikal Durgam elephant corridor aka Kallar corridor, the hunt for an alternative land has reached nowhere.

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Landslips cause cancellation of Nilgiris Mountain Railway services

The Salem division of the Southern Railway said heavy rains in the Nilgiris had caused landslips and rock-falls in many locations, including a portion of the railway track between Kallar and Hillgrove railway stations.

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When humanity is in full bloom — Two policewomen perform last rites of more than 700 unclaimed bodies, in Coimbatore

Praveena works at the All Women Police Station, Perur, and Amina is attached to the Mettupalayam station. The two policewomen have been doing this service with Jeeva Shanthy Trust.

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Elected representatives ask Centre to develop Podanur, Pollachi Junction stations

Lok Sabha Pollachi MP K. Shanmuga Sundaram met the Chairman of the Railway Board V. K. Tripathi on the poor maintenance of Pollachi Junction after gauge conversion and to develop Podanur Junction.

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Supervisor of TASMAC outlet in Coimbatore stabbed

The police said two men who came on a motorcycle waylaid the scooter of Vijayanand when he was heading to Indian Bank branch at Mettupalayam.

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Now, you can say hello to exotic birds at Kookyland in Mettupalayam

A private collection of exotic birds settle at Kookyland, a walk-in aviary in Mettupalayam, now open to the public

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