UAE, Malaysia discuss ways to promote trade
January 31st, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Jan 31 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates and Malaysia Monday vowed to strengthen economic ties and discussed ways to promote trade between the two countries.At a meeting held here between ... Read more...
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Malaysia, India to sign pact to boost economic ties
January 31st, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ipoh (Malaysia), Jan 31 (IANS) Malaysia and India are expected to sign the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) next month to enhance trade and economic activities between the two countries as ... Read more...
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Malaysian minister orders probe in Sikh trainee’s hair cut
January 19th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 19 (IANS) Malaysian Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has ordered a probe into a claim of a Sikh trainee of the National Service that his hair was cut while ... Read more...
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Malaysian minister pledges help for ethnic Indians
December 8th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 8 (IANS) Malaysian will initiate a slew of measures, including access to micro-credit facilities and skills training, to improve the economic condition of its 2.1 million ethnic Indians, a ... Read more...
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India to speed up trade talks with EU, Japan and Malaysia
August 25th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) India is taking proactive measures to conclude bilateral trade agreements with the European Union, Japan and Malaysia, as the future of the Doha round of multilateral trade ... Read more...
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Court rejects Malaysian minister’s plea against daily
August 19th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 19 (IANS) The High Court here Thursday rejected Human Resource Minister S. Subramaniam's plea to stop a Tamil daily from continuing to publish articles which he claimed were defamatory.
Justice ... Read more...
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Indian-origin Malaysian minister denies sex scam charges
August 17th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 17 (IANS) An Indian-origin minister in the Malaysian federal government has denied charges by a political opponent that he was involved in a sex racket and drug trafficking.
Deputy Federal ... Read more...
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Malaysian minister asks Indians to change mindset, rethink field of study
July 19th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 19 (ANI): Malaysia's Human Resource Minister Dr S. Subramaniam has asked the Indian community to change its mindset of having a doctor in every household.Dr Subramaniam advised Indian students ... Read more...
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Nude scenes in films are “unsuitable”, says Malaysian Culture Minister
July 10th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, July 10 (ANI): Dr Rais Yatim, the Malaysian minister for Information, Communications, and Culture, says actors will not be allowed to violate the tenets of Islam and pose nude for ... Read more...
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Anand Sharma to leave for Malaysia, Singapore tonight
July 5th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 5 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma will undertake a four-day State visit to Malaysia and Singapore for which he leaves Monday night.Accompanied by a high-level ... Read more...
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Malaysian minister wants sports betting legalised
June 23rd, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 23 (IANS) A Malaysian minister Wednesday sought sports betting and gambling to be legalised to end the black market and suggested that the revenue accrued be diverted to welfare ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu cut up with Malaysian minister over LTTE
June 4th, 2010 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Anjali Ojha
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Police hope Malaysian Tamil politician P. Ramasamy will keep away from the upcoming World Tamil Conference in India because he is seen as ... Read more...
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God created monkeys, rats for experiments to benefit humans: Malaysian minister
May 31st, 2010 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, May 31(ANI): A Malaysian minister has defended an Indian company's proposed plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying that God created monkeys and rats for ... Read more...
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500 Malaysian Indians jailed abroad for crime
April 13th, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 13 (IANS) About 500 ethnic Indians have been detained abroad for involvement in drugs and credit cards rackets, a Malaysian minister has said.
Tamil newspaper Malaysia Nanban quoted Deputy Foreign ... Read more...
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Shariah caning sentence for women must be fair and just: Malaysian Minister
February 19th, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 19(ANI): Malaysian Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil has said that every punishment meted out to Muslim women must be fair and just.The comment came after ... Read more...
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Countries should be free to decide economic course: Malaysian PM
January 23rd, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 23 (IANS) Countries must be allowed the flexibility and space to determine their economic course even as the world is moving towards globalisation and economic integration, Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamed ... Read more...
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Malaysian minister vows to help poor Malay Sikhs
August 25th, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
Ipoh (Malaysia), Aug 25 (ANI): Perak Menteri Besar Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir met 17 poor Sikh families after he promised to help the community financially.The families from in and around the ... Read more...
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Study in India, Malaysian minister tells students
June 21st, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 21 (IANS) Malaysian students looking to study abroad have been urged by a minister to consider India as an option.
Malaysia's Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department S.K. Devamany ... Read more...
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Role of Keralites in Malaysia lauded
May 8th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Taiping (Malaysia), May 8 (IANS) A Malaysian minister has praised the role of settlers from India's Kerala state in boosting the Southeast Asian nation's rubber industry and asked others of Indian origin ... Read more...
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Detention law to be reviewed: Malaysian minister
April 10th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 10 (IANS) The new Malaysian government wants to relax the Internal Security Act (ISA) which is perceived as stringent and draconian by the political opposition and human rights ... Read more...
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Delay levy on firms for employing foreign workers: Malaysian minister
March 25th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, March 25 (IANS) As global recession-hit Malaysia tightens rules so that jobs are created for locals and entry of foreign workers is curbed, the Human Resource Minister Wednesday said he ... Read more...
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India, Malaysia sign labour agreement (Lead)
January 3rd, 2009 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) After nearly two years in negotiation, India and Malaysia finally signed an agreement Saturday for the "orderly" recruitment and deployment of workers and the procedures for monitoring ... Read more...
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1,500 delegates to attend Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-2009
December 26th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Over 1,500 delegates will participate in the forthcoming annual jamboree of the people of Indian origin, to be held in Chennai in the first week of next ... Read more...
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India, Malaysia to sign labour pact in three months
October 13th, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) India and Malaysia will sign an agreement on recruitment and labour welfare in the next three months.This was decided during the visit of Minister of Overseas Indian ... Read more...
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Action to be taken against Hindraf: Malaysian minister
October 9th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 9 (IANS) A Malaysian minister Thursday repeated the threat that the government would act against the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), but did not specify what the action could ... Read more...
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Mind your own business, Malaysian minister tells colleague
September 25th, 2008 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 25 (IANS) A Malaysian Indian minister's resolve to probe the quality of food served to those detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) has earned a reprimand from his ... Read more...
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Malaysian minister elected CPA chief, defeats Swraj Paul
August 9th, 2008 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 9 (IANS) Malaysian Culture Minister Shafie Apdal was Saturday elected chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) executive committee, defeating India-born British peer Lord Swraj Paul by 50 votes. ... Read more...
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Malaysian Minister elected Commonwealth Parliamentary body chief
August 9th, 2008 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 9 (ANI): Malaysian Unity and Culture Minister Mohamad Shafie Apdal was elected Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association here today.
Apdal backed by India and others won a total ... Read more...
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LS Speaker Somnath to leave for Kuala Lumpur today
August 2nd, 2008 - 11:07 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Somanth Chatterjee will leave for Kuala Lumpur today to attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) meeting.
The conference will witness a direct contest for ... Read more...
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Hindraf leader’’s passport was never seized, says Malaysian Minister
July 14th, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, July 14 (ANI): Malaysias Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Rahim Bakri has told his countrys Parliament that immigration officials had never seized the passport of Hindraf leader P. Waythamoorthy, although ... Read more...
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Castrate serial rapists, says Malaysian minister
July 10th, 2008 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 10 (IANS) A Malaysian minister has demanded that serial rapists be castrated and given hormone therapy to reduce sexual desire. "Uncontrollable sexual desire is no excuse for committing rape. ... Read more...
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Vellu voicing Indian community’s concerns, not racist: colleague
June 22nd, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 22 (IANS) An Indian origin Malaysian minister has come out in support of ethnic Indian leader S. Samy Vellu over allegations that he was being "racist" for demanding the ... Read more...
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Hindraf leader’s passport not revoked: Malaysian minister
May 27th, 2008 - 4:38 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 27 (IANS) Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar has refuted allegations by London-based Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader P. Waythamoorthy that his passport, valid till 2010, had been ... Read more...
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‘Sexy’ school uniforms to stay, says Malaysian minister
May 26th, 2008 - 11:33 am ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 26 (IANS) There will be no change in the uniform worn by girls in Malaysia's government schools although a students' body has said the dress distracted men, and encouraged ... Read more...
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Preventive laws ‘unacceptable’, says Malaysian minister
April 29th, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, April 29 (IANS) Striking a note at variance with his government's stance, a Malaysian minister agrees with the opposition and the legal fraternity that the Internal Security Act (ISA) is ... Read more...
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