Compiled by ELISHA MARY EASTER, C.ARUNO and R.ARAVINTAN
A WOMAN in India is unable to vote because the indelible ink used to mark her fingers in a past election has not disappeared after nearly a decade, Makkal Osai reported.
The voter from Kerala, known as Usha, last voted in the state polls in 2016 when her finger was marked with the ink.
However, the ink has remained on her and because of this, the 62-year-old could not vote in the 2019 and 2021 state elections.
She reportedly received no help from the Election Commission on the matter and did not attempt to vote in this year’s national elections for fear of false accusations.
> The Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra) has allocated RM5mil for the Indian community in rural areas and plantations, the daily also reported.
Mitra special committee chairman P. Prabakaran announced the allocation during a visit to the Malaysia Hindu Sangam’s Kedah office recently.
The allocation will be used solely to help out Malaysian-Indians in dire need of financial aid in emergency situations, he said.
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.
