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Tamil scholar Dr Silamboli Chellappan has been selected for the Dr Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar Award for outstanding contribution to Tamil language and literature.

One needn’t be surprised if the names of leaders like M C Rajah and P M Maduraipillai are missing from the list of great alumni of their college as “both were dalits,” said P Dayanandan, a retired professor.

They used to be sung after the main song, as tukkadas' towards the end of a concert. But Tamil songs have come of age in the Carnatic music circuit with a few dedicated festivals featuring these kritis now becoming an intrinsic part of the season.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A six-year-old tigress, Karishma, a gift from the Mysore zoo to Thiruvananthapuram, is yet to accept the 11-year-old`Malayali' tiger, Rajah. Both are now tentatively let in the open enclosure from the hitherto stuffy cage.

NEW DELHI: Monsoon Session of Parliament began on Monday with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee introducing in the Lok Sabha seven new members in his council of ministers.

Bharathidasan University Registrar C Thiruselvam has tendered his resignation a month ahead of the end of his tenure.

A bus ride in Cuddalore took a terrifying turn for a 55-year-old woman when her seat unexpectedly detached. Thaiyalnayagi fell onto the road, suffering a fractured arm.

A 23-year-old woman with the rare Bombay blood group, from Cuddalore district, gave birth to a boy at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer) after a Puducherry native who shared her blood group donated blood for the C-section delivery. The woman and her newborn are in good health.

The Postgraduate Department of English of St Aloysius College will organize a one day National Seminar on "Revisiting Shakespeare: 450 Years" on February 19. The seminar will commence with the inauguration at Eric Mathais Hall, Maffei Centre for PG Studiesat 9.30 am.

Renowned Tamil scholar and Thanjavur Tamil University former vice-chancellor Avvai Natarajan passed away on Monday. He was 86.An accomplished Tamil orator and writer, he published several books on Vallalar, Bharathi, Kambar and former chief minister C N Annadurai.

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet reshuffle has cost Shahnawaz Hussain the civil aviation portfolio. Rajiv Pratap Rudy will replace him as the new boss of Air-India and Indian Airlines.

It's one the earliest colleges in the state, but Maharaja's College, housed in a century-old building, did not even apply to the UGC for heritage status.

HUBLI: In an accidental fire here on Monday, a woman succumbed to injuries and her husband is fighting for his life.