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Jammu, Kashmir clampdown will be eased
NEW DELHI: India will lift restrictions on people’s movements and communication links in Kashmir in the next few days, the federal government told the Supreme Court on Friday. The court was hearing a petition by a newspaper editor seeking restoration
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Fresh bid to disqualify Gopal Sri Ram as prosecutor
KUALA LUMPUR: Former premier, Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s defence counsel, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah has filed a fresh application to disqualify fiat prosecutor Datuk Gopal Sri Ram from continuing the latter’s role as lead prosecutor in the cases involving Najib and
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Befrienders: Nearly 35% of 30,075 callers show suicidal tendencies
KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 35% of the total 30,075 calls received by the Befrienders Kuala Lumpur in 2018 were from those who have suicidal tendencies, said its executive director Kenny Lim. He said almost half of those who contacted the centre
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GDP growth 4.9% in second quarter 2019
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy expanded 4.9% in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19), after posting a growth of 4.5% during 1Q19, according to the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia. DOS chief statistician Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said
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PSM on Lynas: Pakatan betrayed the people and environment
PUCHONG: The government’s decision to extend Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd’s operational licence is a betrayal to the people and the nation’s environment. In a statement today, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) central committee member Sharan Raj said that the government was
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The mystery man in Goldman Sachs – 1MDB deal
NEW YORK: Andrea Vella was Goldman Sachs’s top dealmaker in Hong Kong. He had a nose for splashy trades, a fondness for the Bentley Continental, and a vague enough resemblance to George Clooney that there was even a joke among
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Remains of female Singaporean kayaker to be repatriated
CHUKAI: The remains of Puah Geok Tin, the Singaporean woman who went missing while kayaking in Endau waters here on Aug 8, will be repatriated to Singapore today. Her youngest son, Louis Pang, 24, said the post mortem on his
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Deconstructing Dr M’s racist rage against Dong Zong
The Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called Dong Zong (the National Chinese School Committees’ Association) racist because of its opposition to the inclusion of khat in the primary school Bahasa Malaysia curriculum. According to Mahathir, “if the education
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Myanmar activists fight to outlaw domestic violence
YANGON: Cradling her one-year-old daughter in a house in southern Myanmar, 22-year-old Nu Nu Aye recalled the reasons her husband gave for beating her. She had not looked after his rooster. She would not have sex with him. In a
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KLCI struggles to stay above 1,600 level
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI was put on a roller-coaster ride yesterday after the overnight big equity rout in the US on Wednesday as rising concern over the global economy haunted the equity markets again. The benchmark index dived to
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