Compiled by JUNAID IBRAHIM, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MARRIED college lecturer was arrested after running away with his student who was engaged to another man, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Identified only as Praveen, 45, he was a professor at a private college in Bengaluru, India.
Despite being married with two kids, he started an affair with one of his female students.
When her parents discovered the affair, they reprimanded Praveen and arranged a marriage for her with someone else.
When she went missing, her parents went searching for her.
Following a report with the local police, authorities located Praveen and arrested him.
> The daily also reported that a five-year-old boy from Johor won a gold medal at an international science innovation competition.
Heshwanth Sivaprakash won the award at the Borneo International Innovation Creativity Expo 2025.
An eco-friendly paper soap called EcoEase developed by the boy won him the award.
Students from 13 countries took part in the competition.
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.
