According to school education department officials, a total of 22,478 students appeared for the examinations in Erode, of whom 22,225 passed.
A property dispute tragically escalated in Salem when a 42-year-old man fatally stabbed his father. The altercation occurred after the victim refused to transfer ancestral land. The assailant also injured his sister before neighbours intervened and alerted authorities. The accused has been arrested, and the father's body was sent for postmortem.