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With Cyclone Murasu 260 km from Chennai early on 2 November, schools and colleges were shut in Chennai, Tiruvallur and Eluru. IMD has red alerts for Krishna, Guntur, Bapatla, Prakasam and Nellore, and Telangana has orange and yellow alerts. Landfall is due near Ongole between 11:30 pm and 4 am.
Subhash Gupta2 min
Tamil Nadu has revised auto-rickshaw fares for the first time since August 2013, notifying a minimum of Rs 50 for the first 1.8 km, up from Rs 25, and Rs 25 for each extra kilometre, up from Rs 12. Waiting is charged at Rs 1 a minute, and the night fare is 1.5 times the normal rate.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
Chennai's Central Crime Branch arrested former School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Monday, hours after the Madras High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea. Police say about 177 private schools paid a 'party fund' for approvals; he denies it and the DMK calls it vendetta.
Prateek Rawat4 min
Owners of the vehicles hired by Aavin to deliver milk in Chennai ended a strike that began without notice on 16 October. Aavin says supply to its parlours and outlets was not affected, but retailers say sweets and savouries ran short before Ayudha Puja and want the government to look into it.
Prateek Rawat3 min
A low-pressure area formed off the Tamil Nadu coast early on Wednesday, and Chennai saw up to 15 cm of rain overnight. Schools are shut in four districts, 27 districts are under warning, and the department expects more rain through Friday.
Prateek Rawat4 min
