V.S. Palaniappan

METTUPALAYAM: A team of 50 forest officials has been battling hard since Monday morning to reunite a new born female elephant calf with its mother in the Odanthurai Reserve Forest area at Mettuppalayam, Coimbatore.

Quoting villagers, the officials said a herd of seven elephants had been wandering along the reserve forest border since Sunday night. Around 5.30 a.m.