A TOTAL of 363 exponents between the ages of four and 20 took part in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor-level silambam competition in Taman Muhibbah Hall in Kuala Lumpur, Makkal Osai reported.
The sixth edition of the annual competition, organised by the Kelab Silambam Waja Diri and the Best Empire Silambam Academy, witnessed participation from 30 Tamil schools.
SJK (T) Jalan Bangsar won the competition for Kuala Lumpur with nine gold, three silver and four bronze medals.
Meanwhile, SJK (T) Kinrara was the overall champion for Selangor with six gold, four silver and seven bronze medals.
> Two pairs of twins in India got married on the same day in a ceremony in Bhopal, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Twin sisters Latha and Lakshmi from Madhya Pradesh married twins Anam and Rishabh from Maharashtra.
The wedding attracted an unusually large crowd including relatives, friends and neighbours.
In addition, the priest also said that he has never seen such a pairing among thousands of weddings he has conducted so far.
The newlyweds are reportedly planning to live together as a joint family.
● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
