Compiled by C. ARUNO, JUNAID IBRAHIM and R. ARAVINTHAN

       THE Selangor government has earmarked RM192,000 for special Deepavali grocery packets for 3,500 Indian families, Makkal Osai reported.

       Selangor state exco member holding the socio-economic development, caring government and employee empowerment portfolio V. Ganapathi Rao said the measure was intended to help Indian families in the B40 category.

       The food packets will be distributed to the families through community leaders in the state.

       The state government has also decided against holding the annual Deepavali open house despite the state being in Phase Four of the National Recovery Plan.

       The decision was taken in view of the pandemic situation, he added.

       > Seven policemen in Tamil Nadu, India, have been suspended for allowing five prisoners to meet with their families after accepting mutton briyani as a bribe, Makkal Osai reported.

       The five men were under remand at the Salem central jail pending their court case.

       They are accused of illegally recording nude videos of several young women and the case caused outrage in the state when the videos were leaked online.

       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.