Compiled by KHOO JIAN TENG, C.ARUNO AND R. ARAVINTHAN
MORE THAN a thousand people were injured in Tamil Nadu while playing with firecrackers in a single day, Makkal Osai reported.
Despite heavy rainfall in many parts of the state, Deepavali celebrations carried on in full force, with fireworks lighting up the night sky.
Among the 1,116 people injured were 597 men, 98 women, and 290 children.
Meanwhile 103, nine women, and 19 children suffered injuries serious enough to require hospitalisations.
Emergency services also received 104 calls related to uncontrolled fires caused by firecrackers.
(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.)
