Compiled by BENJAMIN LEE and R. ARAVINTHAN
THE teams from Johor and Perak were declared joint winners of a national-level under-16 football tournament for Indian youths, Malaysia Nanban reported.
The Tan Sri Dr S. Vigneswaran Under-16 football tournament was jointly organised by the Johor Indian Football Association, the Malaysian Indian Football Association, AIMST University, MIED Malaysia and the MIC Youth sports committee.
Held at the Pasir Gudang stadium, 16 teams from nationwide took part.
India Bersatu Kluang and Black Panther FC were ready to play the final match when heavy rain cut short proceedings.
The organisers, team managers and referees agreed to declare the teams as joint winners.
India Bersatu player Panesh was named player of the tournament while Durian Tunggal’s Abiran Vijayakumar won the best goalkeeper award.
MIC Youth sports committee chairman Andrew David said such tournaments were a chance for young footballers to showcase their talents and thanked the participants and supporters.
> The government of Delhi will use AI-enabled cameras to enforce a ban on selling petrol to cars older than 15 years, Makkal Osai reported.
Petrol and CNG cars older than 15 years and diesel cars older than 10 years are banned from the national capital region (NCR) by the Supreme Court in 2015.
The NCR includes Delhi and other cities around the capital city.
The newly elected BJP government of Delhi announced that petrol stations in the city have to comply with the ruling after March 31.
The government has began implementing automatic number plate recognition cameras in the city’s 500 petrol and CNG stations to identify offenders.
So far, 372 petrol stations and 105 CNG stations have been equipped with the cameras.
The ban came into place as a way to combat staggering air pollution levels in the city which consistently ranks among the worst in the world.
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.
