Compiled by C. ARUNO, NAN HIDAYAT NAN AZMIE and R. ARAVINTHAN
An Indian student clinched first place in the pre-university essay category of the Hadiah Bahasa Public Bank–Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) competition, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Yakash Thinenthiran, a Form Six student at SMK Ahmad Boestamam in Sitiawan and former pupil of SJK(T) Maha Ganesa Viddyasalai, received RM1,300 in prize money.
The national competition, revived in 2025 after a 27-year hiatus, aims to foster mastery of Bahasa Malaysia among students.
> A 17-year-old student in Tamil Nadu allegedly stabbed his girlfriend multiple times in a fit of rage over her Instagram interactions with other people, Makkal Osai reported.
The suspect was reportedly upset that his girlfriend spent excessive time on the social media platform.
Neighbours found her collapsed in a pool of blood and rushed her to a nearby hospital, while police have launched a manhunt for the suspect.
(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.)
