Mettupalayam

The work on the train started in 1891 and completed in 1908. The service runs daily between Mettupalayam and Ooty in Tamil Nadu.

A 58-year-old farmer was shot dead allegedly following an altercation over his missing goats near Mettupalayam in the district early on Sunday.

A flood alert was sounded to the people living on the banks of the Bhavani River near Mettupalayam in the district following the release of the inflow of surplus water from Pilloor Dam due to incessant rains in Coimbatore and Nilgiris districts.

The Nilgiri Mountain Rail (NMR) service from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam in Tamil Nadu has been suspended till November 29 to enable track restoration work after rampant landslips.

A baby elephant was rescued after it fell into a trench in the Mettupalayam Forest Range on the outskirts of Coimbatore, forest officials said today.

A newly married British couple chartered an entire train to travel from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam to spend their honeymoon in the Nilgiri hills. The couple paid Rs 3 lakh to charter the special train, introduced by Southern Railway, for a one-way trip, becoming the first people to do so.

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a 1,000 mm metre gauge railway in Tamil Nadu built by the British in 1908. This is the only rack railway in India.

At least 30 people fell ill after consuming 'prasadam' at a temple in Mettupalayam, police said Wednesday.

After five years, a train hauled by a steam locomotive today began its run from Mettupalayam to Coonoor in the Nilgiris Mountain Railway (NMR) section, official sources said.

Rejuvenation camp for temple elephants began today at Thekkampatti on the Banks of Bhavani river near Mettupalayam, about 50 km from Coimbatore.

The stage is all set for the annual 48 day 'rejuvenation camp' for temple elephants at Thekkampatti near Mettupalayam in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district on January 7.

Seeking to attract the attention of the AIADMK Government, students of Forest College and Research Institute (FCRI) at nearby Mettupalayam, today held photographs of the party supremo Jayalalithaa during their 28-day long agitation pressing their twin demands.

The indefinite fast by students of Forest College and Research Institute at nearby Mettupalayam entered the fifth day today, with 61 so far being admitted to the government hospital there after they fell ill. Of those hospitalised 26 are girls.

Renewing their demand to give them preference in appointments in the forest department, about 200 students of the Forest College and Research Institute at nearby Mettupalayam boycotted classes and staged a dharna on the campus.

The Nilgiris Mountain Rail, which resumed its service on Tuesday morning after five days, was again suspended a few hours later due to landslip on the track near Aruvangadu in Nilgiris district.

The work on the train started in 1891 and completed in 1908. The service runs daily between Mettupalayam and Ooty in Tamil Nadu.

A 58-year-old farmer was shot dead allegedly following an altercation over his missing goats near Mettupalayam in the district early on Sunday.

A flood alert was sounded to the people living on the banks of the Bhavani River near Mettupalayam in the district following the release of the inflow of surplus water from Pilloor Dam due to incessant rains in Coimbatore and Nilgiris districts.

The Nilgiri Mountain Rail (NMR) service from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam in Tamil Nadu has been suspended till November 29 to enable track restoration work after rampant landslips.

A baby elephant was rescued after it fell into a trench in the Mettupalayam Forest Range on the outskirts of Coimbatore, forest officials said today.

A newly married British couple chartered an entire train to travel from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam to spend their honeymoon in the Nilgiri hills. The couple paid Rs 3 lakh to charter the special train, introduced by Southern Railway, for a one-way trip, becoming the first people to do so.

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a 1,000 mm metre gauge railway in Tamil Nadu built by the British in 1908. This is the only rack railway in India.

At least 30 people fell ill after consuming 'prasadam' at a temple in Mettupalayam, police said Wednesday.

After five years, a train hauled by a steam locomotive today began its run from Mettupalayam to Coonoor in the Nilgiris Mountain Railway (NMR) section, official sources said.

Rejuvenation camp for temple elephants began today at Thekkampatti on the Banks of Bhavani river near Mettupalayam, about 50 km from Coimbatore.

The stage is all set for the annual 48 day 'rejuvenation camp' for temple elephants at Thekkampatti near Mettupalayam in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district on January 7.

Seeking to attract the attention of the AIADMK Government, students of Forest College and Research Institute (FCRI) at nearby Mettupalayam, today held photographs of the party supremo Jayalalithaa during their 28-day long agitation pressing their twin demands.

The indefinite fast by students of Forest College and Research Institute at nearby Mettupalayam entered the fifth day today, with 61 so far being admitted to the government hospital there after they fell ill. Of those hospitalised 26 are girls.

Renewing their demand to give them preference in appointments in the forest department, about 200 students of the Forest College and Research Institute at nearby Mettupalayam boycotted classes and staged a dharna on the campus.

The Nilgiris Mountain Rail, which resumed its service on Tuesday morning after five days, was again suspended a few hours later due to landslip on the track near Aruvangadu in Nilgiris district.