Compiled by C. ARUNO, DIVYA THERESA RAVI and R. ARAVINTHAN
A SANITATION worker in Tamil Nadu, India, received a lot of praise after returning 360 grams of gold jewellery she found on the street, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Padma, who works as a street sweeper in Chennai, found a bag full of jewellery near Pondy Bazaa and immediately brought it to a nearby police station.
The police established that the bag belonged to a man named Ramesh, who had filed a report after losing his bag with the same amount of jewellery.
The story went viral online and netizens praised Padma for her honesty.
> SJK(T) Ladang Byram welcomed its pupils with cultural dance and music on their first day of school in 2026, Makkal Osai reported.
The school in Nibong Tebal started the new school year in a new building, which was constructed after a 12-year eviction battle that forced the school out from its original location.
To celebrate the occasion, the school board arranged an array of classical and folk performances.
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.
