Chennai news Highlights: IMD forecasts heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu till Thursday – The Indian Express

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As per the weather office, on Thursday, heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Dharmapuri, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Tiruppatur and Ranipet. (file)

Chennai news Highlights Oct 11, 2022: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall in several districts of Tamil Nadu over the next few days. As per the latest observation issued at 10 am by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai, thunderstorm with light to moderate rain is likely to occur in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu and in Puducherry as well as Karaikal area during the next one to three hours. The forecast says heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Nilgiris, Pudukkotai, Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Dindigul, Madurai, Theni, Coimbatore, Erode, Karur, Namakkal, Salem, Tiruchirapalli, Dharmapuri, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Perambalur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Krishnagiri, Tiruppur, Kallakurichi, Tenkasi, Tiruppatur, Mayiladuthurai and Karaikal districts on Monday.

In other news, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin’s remark on a “language war” if Hindi was imposed and his interpretation on the language issue is fallacious as several recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language augurs well to promote regional languages, Tamil Nadu BJP state vice president Narayanan Thirupathy claimed on Tuesday. Stalin’s understanding of the subject was based on media reports. The committee’s recommendation, in fact, paves way for making the regional languages, especially Tamil, as a language of communication between the Centre and Tamil Nadu, he noted.

State Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said that they will not allow any ideology to make its way to schools after a purported video of an RSS training programme at a corporation-run school at RS Puram in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore triggered a row. Addressing reporters, Poyyamozhi said chief educational officers (CEOs) have been asked to pay extra attention to corporation-run schools in cities like Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore though they are run by the respective civic bodies.

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