An Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer recently took to social media platform X to share a remarkable video of a rare encounter with a black panther in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district.

Rare sighting: Black panther quietly enters home in India's Coonoor. WATCH

Tamil Nadu's oldest, most-popular, and most crowded tourist hill station - the Nilgiris district is wearing a gloomy look on Friday. Shops, hotels, commercial establishments and non-essential services at the hill station are observing a day-long self-imposed shutdown to mourn the loss of India's Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, his wife and other defence personnel who lost their lives in a fatal helicopter crash nearly 48 hours ago.

Indian hill city where General Bipin Rawat's chopper crashed mourns, enters voluntary shutdown to pay homage

In a case pertaining to alleged forest encroachment by a private resort in the Nilgiris district, Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamuoorthy of the Maras High Court firmly said that not even an inch of forest land must be encroached.

Not one inch of forest should be encroached upon, says Madras High Court

Honey hunters of Toda tribe in Tamil Nadu, hope that the youngsters might maintain the tradition of honey gathering

The honey hunters of the hills

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Rare sighting: Black panther quietly enters home in India's Coonoor. WATCH

Indian hill city where General Bipin Rawat's chopper crashed mourns, enters voluntary shutdown to pay homage

Not one inch of forest should be encroached upon, says Madras High Court

The honey hunters of the hills