10 dead, seven trapped in Malaysia’s landslides (Lead)
May 22nd, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, May 21 (IANS) At least 10 people died and six others were missing as two landslides struck an orphanage Saturday in a village in Malaysia.Nine of the ... Read more...
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Three killed as landside hits orphanage in Malaysia
May 21st, 2011 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, May 21 (IANS) Three people were killed and 11 others trapped when a landslide destroyed an orphanage in Malaysia's Selangor state.The accident occurred about 02.15 p.m. local time ... Read more...
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200 Malay Indian delegates hold key to Selangor polls
November 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), Nov.27 (ANI): About 200 Indian delegates will play a crucial role in deciding between candidates aligned to the Unity team and the Justice Reform team in the Selangor DAP ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian admits links with serial killers
September 18th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 18 (IANS) In a new twist to the probe into a series of killings -- including of four ethnic Indians here, a Malaysian Indian businessman, whose wife was murdered ... Read more...
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Guard accused of dozing off kills colleagues
August 28th, 2010 - 7:03 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 28 (IANS) A security guard in Malaysia shot dead two of his colleagues after they blamed him of dozing off while on duty.
The incident took place at 5.30 a.m. ... Read more...
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3 Malaysian Indians killed in car crash
August 23rd, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Klang (Malaysia), Aug 23 (IANS) Three ethnic Indians were killed early Monday when their car crashed into a road divider in Malaysia.
Selangor state public order and traffic chief Che Hussin Omar said ... Read more...
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Two Indians held in Malaysia with drugs
August 10th, 2010 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 10 (IANS) Malaysian Police have arrested two Indians at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport with nine kilograms of ketamine taped to their bodies.
The men, aged 40 and 28, had ... Read more...
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Senatorship for Malaysian Indian leader
April 28th, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 28 (IANS) Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) deputy president G. Palanivel is among four people who will be made senators, it was announced Wednesday.
A journalist-turned politician, Palanivel was a lawmaker ... Read more...
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Malaysian state grants $5.2 million for Tamil schools
April 16th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 16 (IANS) Malaysia's Selangor state has set aside an additional $5.2 million for the development of 97 Tamil schools in the next five years, executive councillor Xavier JayaÂkumar announced ... Read more...
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Malay Sikhs ask Malaysian Govt to declare Vaisakhi as a national holiday
April 8th, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Petaling Jaya, Apr 8 (ANI): Two prominent Sikhs leaders of Malaysia have asked the government to declare Vaisakhi as a national holiday.Malaysia National Sikhs Movement president (Gerak-sikh) Darshan Singh and DAP chairman ... Read more...
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Caning helped deal with guilt, say Malaysian women
February 19th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 19(IANS) Three Malaysian women who were caned for having illicit sex have regretted their actions and plan to turn over a new leaf.
The New Straits Times carried interviews with ... Read more...
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Malaysian Unmarried Couples Arrested On New Year’s Eve
January 9th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Selangor, Jan 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The unmarried Malaysian couples who were enjoying the New Year's eve with their partner in the hotel rooms of Selangor had never anticipated that their ... Read more...
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Malay government allocates RM4 million ringgits for Tamil schools
November 13th, 2009 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 13 (ANI): The government in Malaysia's Selangor state has allocated four million ringgits in next year's budget for the development of Tamil schools.However, eight Tamil schools may face closure ... Read more...
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Curbs lifted on Malaysian Indian activist
October 4th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 4 (IANS) Malaysian authorities have lifted restrictions on legislator-lawyer M. Manoharan who was the legal advisor of the banned outfit Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf).
Manoharan's wife S. ... Read more...
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Decision to shift Hindu temple in Malaysian city shelved
September 14th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 14 (IANS) Authorities in Malaysia's Selangor state have shelved the decision to relocate a 150-year-old Hindu temple following protests last month. During one of the protests, a severed cow ... Read more...
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Poll-eve charges before Malaysian Indian Congress meet
September 11th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 10 (IANS) Aspirants for Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) party posts are trading charges on the eve of the party's plenary meeting Saturday.
S. Subramaniam, a former MIC deputy president ... Read more...
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Six Malaysians who dragged cow’s head charged with sedition
September 9th, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 9 (IANS) A Malaysian court Wednesday charged six men with sedition for dragging a cow's head during a street protest and then stamping and spitting on it.
Six other people ... Read more...
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Relocation of Hindu shrine in Malaysia put on hold
September 6th, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 6 (IANS) Malaysian authorities have suspended the proposed relocation of a 150-year-old Hindu temple to a Muslim-Malay dominated area after a meeting to persuade the local residents turned ... Read more...
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Give non-Malays privileges at par with Malays: Indian legislator
July 9th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Shah Alam (Malaysia), July 9 (IANS) A Malaysian Indian legislator says privileges granted to ethnic Malays under the Constitution's 'Bumiputera' (son of the soil) provision should also be given to the ... Read more...
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Mohan Singh was a Muslim, rules Malaysian court
July 6th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 6 (IANS) Malaysia's civil high court Monday ruled that deceased art director Mohan Singh had converted to Islam, rejecting a plea of his family that his body be released ... Read more...
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No need to rename Little India, say Malaysian Indians
March 19th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, March 19 (IANS) The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has lent support to a plea by sections of the ethnic Indian community not to re-name "Little India", a locality in Selangor ... Read more...
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Malaysian opposition lawmaker quits after nude photo scandal
February 17th, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 17 (DPA) A Malaysian opposition lawmaker resigned Tuesday in response to a scandal which erupted after her nude photos, believed to be taken without her consent while she was ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian legislator wants to be allowed to attend assembly
February 13th, 2009 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 13 (IANS) Jailed Malaysian Indian legislator M. Manoharan Friday said he will move court yet again to secure his right to sit in the assembly and raise issues concerning ... Read more...
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Malaysian party says all’s well with Indian supporters (Lead)
January 4th, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 4 (IANS) The main Malaysian opposition party is denying that the Indian community is upset with it.The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) staged a rally of its supporters from among ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indians rally behind Anwar,opposition alliance
January 4th, 2009 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 4 (IANS) The main Malaysian opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has staged a rally of supporters among the ethnic Indians at its headquarters here in an apparent bid to ... Read more...
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Ethnic Indian MP accused of exploiting kids
December 17th, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 17 (IANS) Ethnic Indian Lawmaker D. Jeyakumar, arrested for participating in the "Cycling For Change" campaign, will be charged with two offences - exploiting children and organising an illegal ... Read more...
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Malaysian rulers to have final say on yoga ban
November 26th, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 26 (IANS) The Sultans, the constitutional heads in Malaysian states, have cautioned against a hasty enforcement of an edict banning yoga exercises for Muslims, indicating that they, and the ... Read more...
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Malaysian edict against yoga kicks up controversy
November 25th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 25 (IANS) A fatwa (edict) banning the practise of yoga by Malaysian Muslims has kicked up a controversy in the country, with some saying that it had nothing to ... Read more...
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Fatwa banning yoga in Malaysia not yet in effect
November 25th, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 25 (ANI): Sultan of Selangor Sharafuddin Idris Shah has reportedly said that the decision by the National Fatwa Council to ban yoga was not in effect in the ... Read more...
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Hindraf lawyers third bail plea dismissed
November 13th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 13 (ANI): A Malaysian High Court yesterday dismissed the third bail application of Hindraf lawyer M. Manoharan, of India origin, to free himself from detention under the Internal ... Read more...
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Scandal in Malaysia after TV actors caught in ‘close proximity’
November 1st, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 1 (IANS) Two popular Malaysian TV actors were caught in "close proximity" in the early hours in an office, triggering a scandal. Norman Hakim, 32, and Memey Suhaiza, 20, ... Read more...
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Malaysian teacher transferred for racial slur
August 8th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 8 (IANS) A Malaysian school teacher who admitted to using racial slur against ethnic Indian Malaysian students has been transferred despite offering an apology, the media reported Friday. Selangor ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian woman seeks help for kidney treatment
July 23rd, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 23 (IANS) A desperately ill Malaysian Indian woman suffering from kidney failure has sought the help of the public and the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) for raising funds so ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indians caught in crimes prompted by marital discord
June 7th, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 7 (IANS) Malaysian investigators are looking into marital discord, jealousy, money dispute and sex as the possible causes for murders of Indian origin citizens in two different cases. One ... Read more...
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Non-Muslim shrines to get more space in Malaysian state
June 7th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 7 (IANS) Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Christian shrines in Malaysia's Selangor state will be allowed to utilise more space than currently permitted as the state governmnet proposes to lift ... Read more...
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