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The lone elephant strayed out of its habitat from the Thadagam Reserve Forest in Coimbatore district and entered a sugarcane field at Sokkampalayam near Annur, making a brief appearance on Friday. Photo: K. Ananthan

Forest veterinarian N.S. Manoharan entered the sugarcane field atop a Kumki (trained) elephant in an attempt to tranquilise the wild elephant on Friday night. However, the attempt failed when the 4.5-tonne tusker twitched its tail and inadvertently brushed aside the dart fired at it. Photo: K. Ananthan

Then, as the drug took effect, the kumkis got to work. The three Kumki elephants - Mudumalai, Sujay and Wasim – from the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, escort the wild elephant out of the field at Nagaranai. Photo: K. Ananthan

The wild elephant (second from left) was captured after three days of pursuit by Forest Department personnel. But it did not cause any damage to lives or property, officials said. Photo: K. Ananthan

 

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One of the Kumki elephants (right) was even engaged in a duel with the wild elephant while it was escorted to the waiting truck. Photo: K. Ananthan

The wild elephant was then forced into the truck to be transported to a reserve forest near Bhavani Sagar. Photo: K. Ananthan

The officials on Saturday said the elephant would be monitored and moved deep into the jungle near Moyar, a valley between the Talamalai Hills and the northeastern slope of the Nilgiris. Photo: K. Ananthan

 

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, left, receive flowers as they arrive in Bangalore, Karnataka. Photo: AP

A deer looks for shelter as it rains at IIT Campus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Photo: PTI

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Traditional Hanukkah Menorah lights at Koder House, Fort Kochi in Kerala, as part of an eight day long Hanukkah festival also known as festival of lights. Photo:Thulasi Kakkat

 

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An "enemy oil installation" blasted off by marine commandos at Ramakrishna Beach during the Navy Day celebrations in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Photo: K. R. Deepak

Fishermen spread their nets to catch fish in waters of Daya river in Orissa. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty

 

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Students of Patna Women’s College dance at the annual youth day programme at college campus ,in Patna, Bihar. Photo: Ranjeet Kumar

Workers construct a temporary pontoon bridge over river Ganga in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Photo: AP

 

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A staff of the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical garden holds a 28-day-old male cub of common leopard, on the zoo premises in Guwahati. Photo: PTI

 

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C.Vijayalakshmi working to find a place in the Guinnes Book of World records for the largest bean and seed mosaic ever created Photo : T. Singaravelou

 

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Cricketer Virat Kohli being welcomed as he arrives at a hotel in Chennai for the fifth and last ODI between India and New Zealand. Photo: PTI

 

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Debris from the explosion is scattered over the Sheetla Ghat, one of many stone staircases leading to the Ganges river. Photo: AP

A cop performs stunt on his motorcycle on the occasion of 250th ASC Cops Day in Bagalore, Karnataka. Photo: K. Gopinathan

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Foreign tourists take a boat ride onriver Ganga in Varanasi, Uttar Prades, a day after the blast at Dashashwamedh Ghat. Photo: PTI

Boys play at the flooded Marina beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Photo: PTI

 

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Tibetan artists perform during the 900th anniversary celebrations of the First Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa, at Bodhgaya in Bihar. Photo: PTI

Thousands of Rudishel ducks arrive at the Murkata Village near the Pobitora Wildlife sanctuary in Morigaon district of Assam. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar

 

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A rainbow seen in Dharamshala in the backdrop of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. Photo: PTI

A stock brokers reacts as he watches BSE sensex register a 400 point fall in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Photo: Paul Noronha

 

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A girl has a look of her mustard field as she passes by a scarecrow in Guwahati, Assam. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks at the opening of the Shudseb Ogyen Dzong Nyingmapa Monastery, near Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. Photo: AP

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A pair of ostriches seen after they were released in a special enclosure at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Photo: PTI

Foreign tourists visit Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Photo: PTI

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Naga tribesmen on the last day of the annual Hornbill Festival at Kisama, on the outskirts of Kohima, Nagaland. Photo: PTI

 

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French first lady and global AIDS ambassador Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, with a tilak on her forehead, gives a traditional Indian greeting to onlookers as she leaves Naz Foundation care home for orphaned children with HIV/AIDS in New Delhi. Photo: AP

Members of tribal Chang Naga community dress as warriors to perform during the 6th day of the annual Hornbill festival at the Naga Heritage village on the outskirts of Kohima, Nagaland. Photo: PTI

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People are stuck in knee-length rain water stagnated on the sands of Marina beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Photo: K. Pichumani

NCC cadets paint their bodies and pose for a photograph during a campaign to save tigers, in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Photo: PTI