Tamil Nadu news live updates: State likely to receive heavy rains today

Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Monday inaugurated a 15km-long flyover at Koyambedu and the one arm of Velachery flyover. The Chennai’s new flyovers were constructed by the state highways department. The highways department started constructing the Koyambedu flyover in 2015 and was supposed to be opened for public use in 2018. It got delayed due to land acquisition issues. It was built at Rs.93.5 crore. Full story here

Schools in Tamil Nadu reopened after 19 months for classes 1 to 8. While some students were happy to reunite with their friends, the younger batch seemed rather reluctant to leave the comfort of their homes. Have a look at some pictures here

Tamil Nadu is likely to receive heavy rain on Monday following a low pressure over the Bay of Bengal near the state's southern coast, the Met Department has predicted.The sky will remain generally cloudy and there would be moderate rain across the state with thunderstorms, the Department added.A report of the Met Department said that there would be low-pressure areas over Sri Lanka off the Tamil Nadu coast with an associate cyclonic circulation extending up to 3.1 km above main sea level.

The family of a deceased man in Trichy was surprised to receive acknowledgement for his second dose of vaccination on his mobile phone which was being used by them. Suspecting misuse of the man’s credentials for vaccination, the family urged the district administration and health department to inquire into the incident. Full story here

Although students are keen to return to classrooms from Monday, schools in Madurai are expecting only low attendance on the first day, especially with rains and Diwali falling on November 4, whereas some private schools are reopening only from next week.A preparatory meeting was held on Saturday in Madurai by school education department officials in the presence of S Nagaraja Murugan, additional state project director of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, and district chief educational officer (CEO) R Swaminathan. During the meeting, apart from officials being instructed on following Covid-19 safety measures, like ensuring availability of masks, hand sanitisers, space in classrooms for maintaining social distance and clean campus, they were also instructed to focus on psychological well-being of students. Full story here

School education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Sunday in Trichy that the school education department identified 1.28 lakh school dropouts in the past five months and have enrolled them back in the school education system. Full story here

In order to avoid traffic congestion during the Diwali festival eve, the state transport department has advised private cars and taxis to avoid the Tambaram-Perungalathur route to reach Chengalpet. Instead, vehicles have been asked to take either the Thirukazhukundram or Sriperumbudur routes to reach Chengalpet so that they can proceed towards Salem or Trichy. Full story here

I loved firecrackers. I read that sentence, and the past tense makes my heart ache. Like it does when I think of my teenage crushes: The ones I let go knowing they would never again be mine, yet I don’t want them to be mine. It wasn’t easy in the beginning, but I suppose adult life provides enough distractions to grow out, grow up and move on. Full story here

Mystery shrouds the death of a 39-year-old woman whose body was found in a decomposed state in a locked house in Ambathur industrial estate on Sunday. Police have launched a hunt for her lover, who is absconding. Police said the man Rejeesh, 43 of Kerala was living with Janaki, 39 of Thiruvannamalai, employed at a private firm. They were living in a separate house in Ambattur Industrial Estate for the past six months. Full story here

Munuswamy Anandan turned entrepreneur at the age of 60 and, using his Rs 30 crore retirement nest egg as seed money, in 11 years has built a Rs 17,500-crore company offering home loans to unattended borrowers in small towns and cities of south India. Full story here

The Greater Chennai Corporation has done 100 per cent vaccination of first the dose in 17 wards and total coverage with double dose in three wards - Old Washermenpet, Park Town and Chintadripet.The city has 200 wards. Manali, Madhavaram, Alandur and Sholinganallur are the safest as they have the highest number of vaccinated people as per Greater Chennai corporation data. Full story here

Air fares to Trichy, Madurai and Tuticorin are higher than Mumbai and Delhi as demand for tickets has shot up for travel on Diwali eve.The one-way fare is 9,500 to Trichy, 10,000 to Madurai and 9,200 to 11,000 to Tuticorin though these destinations could be covered in almost an hour's flight. The fare is also high for the coming days as people are travelling before the festival. Full story here

A bike borne duo escaped with 30 sovereigns of 6 gold chains from a shop in Pammal near Pallavaram in broad daylight on Sunday morning.The victim Kamalesh runs a jewellery and pawn broker shop at Pammal. His house is also attached to the shop. Full story here

A six-member gang has been nabbed for kidnapping and robbing a man to buy weapons to kill a history-sheeter at Red Hills on Saturday night.Police seized a pistol, three country-made bombs, and four swords from them. Full story here

A litre of petrol costs Rs 106.35 in Chennai, while the rate of diesel is Rs 102.59 per litre.

The long-delayed flyover at Vijayanagar junction connecting the road from Taramani with the Velacherry by-pass will be opened to the public by chief minister M K Stalin on Monday. Full story here

The city is likely to get rain on Monday, mostly in the afternoon or night, due to the impact of a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal near south Tamil Nadu coast. A forecast by the met department said that the sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy. Thunderstorms with moderate rain are likely to occur in some areas.

A man killed his daughter by slitting her throat at Villivakkam after she failed to answer questions posed by him about her mother on Saturday night. The accused, Radhakrishnan, 34 of Villivakkam was married to Lavanya, 30, a nurse and the couple have two children. The couple had a love marriage, police said. Full story here

Actor Rajinikanth was discharged from a city hospital late on Sunday evening, bringing relief to scores of his supporters. "Returned home," the superstar tweeted upon reaching his Poes Garden residence. Rajinikanth was rushed to the Kauvery Hospital here on Thursday evening. While initially it was mentioned as a "routine master health check-up" by the star's immediate family, the actor "underwent a procedure" on Friday to get blocks removed from the major blood vessel - carotid artery - on the neck that supplies blood to the brain, neck and face.