Compiled by JIA QI CHOK, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

       THE arch welcoming visitors to Melaka’s Little India has been refurbished and returned to its former glory, Makkal Osai reported.

       The arch at the entrance of Jalan Bendahara in the historic city has been refurbished with elements of Indian cultural and traditional elements.

       The refurbishment effort started years ago with then MIC president and former health minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam, then continued by Gadek assemblyman Saminathan Ganesan after a change in government.

       With another change last year, the task fell to former Gadek representative Datuk MS Mahadevan Sanacy with the cooperation of Mayor Datuk Zainal Abu.

       The refurbishment, which was completed well ahead of the upcoming Deepavali festival, has been well received by the Indian community.

       > The daily also reported that three Indian youths were killed when the car they were travelling in lost control and crashed into a parked car, a tree and a house.

       The incident happened in Taman Daya in Johor Baru on Monday at about 2am.

       R. Vimalan and M. Sharvan, both 21, and another unidentified 20-year-old were killed on the spot.

       Two others, S. Meshan Kumar, 21, and P. Agilan, 21, suffered serious injuries and are warded at Hospital Sultanah Aminah.

       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.