Tamil Murasu is a Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 based Tamil language

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 newspaper. Launched in 1935 by Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani

Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani

Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani, or Kosa as he was also known, a Tamil writer and publisher, was born in Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, on 20 April 1903. He received a good education and was effectively bi-lingual in Tamil and English. At 21, he went to Singapore to work as a bookkeeper, eventually becoming...

, Tamil Murasu is Singapore's only Tamil language newspaper. It is one of the sixteen newspapers in Singapore.

Tamil Murasu is the main information source for the Indian community, with its coverage of wide-ranging news, from current affairs to local and foreign news as well as the latest in sports and entertainment, in addition to its strong coverage on news from the Indian community and the Indian sub-continent. The newspaper has established itself as a voice for the Tamil speaking community in Singapore.

Daily circulation

Daily Average Circulation for 2004: 238,504 (weekday) and 304,002 (Sundays)

Daily Average Circulation for 2005: 866,012 (weekday) and 907,117 (Sundays)

External links

Singapore Tamil News

• Official Tamilmurasu Facebook Page