Compiled by BENJAMIN LEE, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHANHE thought the young woman sleeping on a bus was an easy target for harassment but ended up getting beaten by her, Makkal Osai reported. The female passenger, who was fast asleep while travelling on a bus in India’s Karnataka state, was abruptly awakened when the stranger sitting next to her began molesting her. She immediately filmed the man, berating him as he tried to get away by alighting from the bus. Local police soon pursued the case and identified the culprit as a 28-year-old local man. > The Johor Tamilar Sangam is leading efforts to build a monument to the late writer Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani in the state capital, Makkal Osai reported.

Source: The Star January 05, 2026 01:15 UTC