Compiled by JUSTIN ZACK, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A BALLOON trader in India was killed when his helium cylinder exploded, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Identified only as Saleem, the 40-year-old had been peddling his balloons near the Mysuru Palace in Bengaluru, a popular tourist destination.
Saleem, who was just next to the cylinder when it exploded, was killed on the spot while five bystanders were injured.
> A new book by Malaysian writer Balamurugan Kesavan will be launched in three places in India, the daily also reported.
The 330-page novel is titled Taleju, which refers to a form of the deity Durga worshipped mainly in Nepal.
The book launch will be held in Puducherry, Nagapattinam and Chennai.
Balamurugan, who is also a Tamil school teacher, has written 28 books to date.
(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.)
