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NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 5:

        The Tamilnadu government today announced an incentive of Rs 25 lakh to Viswanathan Anand, who was crowned world chess champion recently at Mexico.

        An official press release here said Anand had made the State proud with his achievements, specially his second world title and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi had announced the grant to recognise his feats.

        The Chief Minister also presented cash awards to 28 sportspersons from Tamilnadu who had won honours at various international events.

        India's top table tennis player A Sharat Kamal received Rs 41.60 lakh for winning gold medals at various meets abroad while Mohammad Zakir (weightlifting) and K Shamini (table tennis) got Rs 15 lakh and Rs 10.20 lakh respectively.