July 2026

CHENNAI: Streets in Tamil Nadu’s market value guideline register will now be classified as commercial, mixed-use and residential based on the share of commercial electricity connections, as part of a correction exercise ordered by the registration department to address eight categories of anomalies identified by a high-level committee. Officials, however, said manpower shortages could affect…

SALEM: The Attur rural police in Salem district arrested a man on charges of deceiving some women into tonsuring their heads to prevent what he called the “Omega infection.” He had convinced them that those who tonsured their heads would receive “cash rewards” from the state govt. The arrested man has been identified as M…