Compiled by TEH ATHIRA YUSOF, C.ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A CHEF from Ipoh has won the Akshaya Chef 2025 award from a hospitality industry body, Makkal Osai reported.
Naresh Balakrishnan, 39, received the award at a ceremony hosted by the Malaysian Indian Chefs Association to recognise Indian chefs, hoteliers and restaurateurs.
Naresh, who runs his own restaurant in Perak’s capital, received the best chef award and the best business growth awards.
> A teenager in Tamil Nadu, India, damaged 25 vehicles with a backhoe in a drunken rampage.
Makkal Osai reported that on Monday morning, residents at a Madurai township were shocked to find their cars damaged or crushed.
The teenager, who was detained and handed over to the police, told the cops that he was angry after a fight with his parents.
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.
