A Veerappan amidst winds farms
Veerappan might be dead and gone but a new brigand is in the making in the windy terrain in the Panagudi belt bordering Tirunvelveli and Kanyakumari districts. The town operates by extorting money
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A boost to wind energy
The State Government is considering the possibility of producing wind energy through windmills on the coastal belt from Chennai to Kanyakumari, Electricity Minister Arcot N Veerasamy has said.
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Police will ride to check population
Four police personnel alongwith three civilians will embark on an All India tour on scooter from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to spread awareness among people about population
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'Forest trespass' case against TMC MLA
The Injikadavu estate eviction episode took a different turn with the Kanyakumari district Forest Department registering trespass case against six persons including a TMC MLA and tahsildar for
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Quarries pose threat to Western Ghats
It is virtually the problem of getting caught between the devil and the deep sea for the villagers of Elangamanipuram located close to the Kanyakumari - Thiruvananthapuram National Highway near
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Two poachers arrested
Two members of an elephant poaching gang from Kerala were arrested by forest personnel after a shootout in Maramalai forest area in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, police
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'Ban on shark harvesting futile'
Deep-sea fishermen associations from Kanyakumari and Kerala have appealed to the State Fisheries Department seeking representation to the Centre that the recent ban on shark harvesting will ruin
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Kaani tribals prove their mettle as forest watchers
Kaani tribals, the sons of the soil, who lead a simple life in the leafy grey atmosphere of the jungle terrains of Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamil Nadu are leaving their traditional
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Dengue cases reported in Kumari villages
In the wake of an outbreak of suspected dengue infection in Karungal area of Kanyakumari district, with a possibility of the ailment assuming the proportions of an epidemic, health authorities are
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2 more dengue deaths reported in Kumari district
Dengue fever, which is causing much concern in neighbouring states of Kerala and Karnataka for some time, has claimed the lives of two children in Kanyakumari district, Tamil
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MALAR miracle
From literacy to economic independence
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Nuclear mania
The Union government goes for a nuclear reactor despite protests at a public hearing
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Parched tip
Kanyakumari stands testimony to the fact that unchecked population growth and faulty land use can lead to water scarcity even in places wallowing in it
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Mysterious!
Dead fish have been washed ashore in Kerala
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Power problems? An answer is blowing in the wind
Aralvoimozhy, a little known village in Nagercoil district of Tamil Nadu is finding its place on the energy map of the world. A few kilometers north of Kanyakumari, against the back drop of the
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Two more NPCIL reactors at Kudankulam
Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) is planning to build two more reactors at Kudankulam near Kanyakumari where the country's first lightwater reactor power plant is coming up. The project
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Farmers plan bullock-cart rally against farm impots
The restructured National Farmers' Cordination Committee has decided to take out a bullock cart rally from Kashmir to Kanyakumari starting from January second week as a protest agaist the import of
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Govt. approves wildlife sanctuary for Kanyakumari dt.
The State Government has approved proposals for a wildlife sanctuary and a water bird sanctuary in Kanyakumari district and they would take a final shape once the laws were appropriately amended,
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Plan to produce certified seeds
The Department of Seed Certification, Madurai Region, covering the districts of Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari, has taken up an ambitious programme to produce 9,905 tonnes of certified
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Ferrying Stranded Whales
In a first of its kind operation, coast guard personnel recently rescued a stranded humpback whale and successfully slipped it back into the ocean in the north-west of Kanyakumari. Whales getting