''tabla!'' is a weekly English language newspaper in

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, published by Tamil Murasu. Launched on 10 October 2008, it marked its third anniversary in October 2011 with the launch of the tabla! Community Champion Award. tabla! also presented the Taj Express, a

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that made its world premiere here in Singapore, on June 7.tabla! rolls out new community initiatives
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. 30,000 free copies of the newspaper are distributed every Friday, excluding

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. It is available at all

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outlets in Singapore. It provides local news to the Singaporean-Indian community (and PRs) and includes stories on education, property and transport.

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