Compiled by RAGANANTHINI VETHASALAM, BEH YUEN HUI and R. ARAVINTHAN
SJK (T) Ladang Bukit Ijok celebrated its opening with a “grahapravesam” (housewarming) ceremony after four years of construction, Makkal Osai reported.
Deputy Education Minister Lim Hui Ying and ministry officials who visited the school last week announced that it would start operating in September.
The school board has proposed to name the school after former Sepang MIC chairman Datuk VK Sellappan who started the effort to build the school.
> As the number of deaths from the train crash in Odissa, India, surpassed 300, devastated Indians are taking comfort in the heroic stories emerging after the tragedy, Malaysia Nanban reported.
One such story highlighted the bravery of four passengers from Kerala who got together to save other injured and trapped passengers.
The men said the screams of the injured passengers were heart-rending but they kept calm and helped as many as they could.
People also turned up at hospitals to donate blood and the state chief secretary, Pradeep Kumar Jena, said more than 500 pints were donated overnight.
The above articles are 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 a >, it denotes a separate news item.
