Reducing gap between guideline value and actual market value Chennai: Streets in Tamil Nadu’s market value guideline register will now be classified as commercial, mixed-use or 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…
Chennai: An unidentified man stole a two-sovereign gold chain and a mobile phone from an injured motorist after accompanying him to a hospital following an accident on the Pallavaram flyover.On Tuesday night, the injured man, Prem Kishore, 32, of Guduvanchery, closed his shop on Butt Road at St Thomas Mount, and was riding home via…
Chennai: Mambalam police arrested three women from Madhya Pradesh for stealing jewellery and cash from shoppers at a commercial establishments in T Nagar. Police recovered ₹6.44lakh in cash from them.The accused were identified as Lakshmibai , 40, Meenakshi, 35, and Khushbu, 40, all from Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.On July 25, a woman shopping at…
Chennai: More than a year after the Red Hills bus terminus was relocated — to a temporary site opposite Puzhal lake — for renovation, the unfinished project has been an inconvenience to around 20,000 passengers every day. It has aggravated traffic snarls on Grand Northern Trunk Road, one of north Chennai’s busiest roads.The temporary facility,…
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss was unanimously re elected as PMK president for another year at the party’s general council (GC) on Wednesday. The incumbent general secretary Vadivel Ravanan and treasurer M Thilagabama will also continue as general secretary and treasurer for another year.This was the first GC meeting held after PMK founder S Ramadoss…
KARUR: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) registered a case against former DMK minister V Senthilbalaji on Wednesday in connection with alleged large-scale irregularities in the functioning of Tasmac between 2021 and 2025. He was also questioned by DVAC sleuths in Chennai. Simultaneously, DVAC officials conducted searches at 45 locations across Tamil Nadu linked…
Sanjeev Sanyal, Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister participated during a special lecture on “The Art of Doing Economic Reforms†held at M O P Vaishnav College for Women, Nungambakkam, Chennai on Wednesday. Chennai: Reforms in the process for reclaiming underlying shares and unclaimed dividends have led to a significant clearance…
Ajay Anand, Partner, Anicut Capital, Chennai: Anicut Capital has launched its second early-stage fund, targeting investments in consumer, enterprise technology, deep tech and financial services startups, with a target corpus of Rs 175 crore.The alternative asset management company is nearing the first close of the fund, having secured Rs 65 crore from existing investors, predominantly…
Freehand founders Abhijeet Manohar and Nitin Jayakrishnan Chennai: Freehand, an AI startup focusing on autonomous supply chain management, has closed $75 million. It aims to capture enterprise spending on legacy software and outsourced labour in the supply chain with its autonomous agents that make decisions and take action. Agents can negotiate rates, enforce contracts, manage…
CHENNAI: Amid complaints of inflated power bills by domestic consumers, the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation (TNPDCL) has identified 3.70 lakh services where high variation in consumption charges has been recorded.In a circular to all distribution circular, TNPDCL chairman Arun Roy has instructed all field officials right from chief engineer to assistant engineers to physically…
