SP Balasubramaniam laid to rest with full state honours
Chennai: Versatile singer, actor and music composer S P Balasubrahmanyam hailed as "singing moon" and "music cloud" by his millions of fans was laid to rest at his farm house near here on Saturday with a 24-gun salute by Tamil Nadu police.
After the singer's son S P Charan performed the funeral rites amid Vedic chants by priests, 24 police personnel gave a gun salute and later the body was lowered into a deep pit and buried.
With policemen marching along, the body was brought on a bier to the designated burial spot from an enclosure earmarked for people to pay homage and perform rituals.
The farm house at Tamaraipakkam in nearby Tiruvallur district teemed with his fans, well-wishers and celebrities for the funeral and about 500 police personnel were deployed to regulate crowd.
The singer, praised as "Padum Nila" (singing moon) and "Isai Megam" (music cloud) by his fans for his mellifluous voice tested positive for coronavirus and admitted to MGM Healthcare here on August 5 and he died on Friday.
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Mangaluru: Iqra Arabic School secures 100% results in SSLC examination
Mangaluru: Iqra Arabic School Mangalore recorded 100% results in the SSLC examination results announced on Thursday in Karnataka.
A total of 20 students appeared for the SSLC examination from the school of which, two students secured distinction while 13 students managed to secure first class result.
Hafiz Shadin Ahmed s/o Mohammed Shahid topped in the school with 87.36% while Hafiza Zainab Khalifa d/o Dawood Ahmed Khalifa bagged the second spot with 86.72% results.
Bibi Maryam d/o Aslam Bhalli and Safiya Zunab d/o GM Shareef secured the third and fourth spot with 81.60% and 81.28% respectively.
The management of the school and teachers congratulated the students on their success and performance in the SSLC exams.
