Six Malaysian Muslims were on Wednesday charged with sedition and illegal assembly for indulging in an act that hurt the sentiments of the Hindu community during a controversial demonstration against the relocation of a century-old temple in a Muslim majority neighbourhood in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia will charge protestors who indulged in an act hurtful to the sentiments of the Hindu community in the controversial demonstration against the relocation of a century-old temple in a Muslim majority neighbourhood. The demonstrators will be charged with sedition and illegal assembly.
A part-time Muslim model, sentenced to six strokes of cane for consuming alcohol, will become the first woman in Malaysia to be administered the punishment next week. An arrest warrant has been issued by a Shariah court against Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, who was caught drinking alcohol during a raid at a hotel. Kartika, who pleaded guilty to consuming beer in public, will be held for a week from Monday in a women's prison and will be released after the punishment.
India and the 10-member-group signed the landmark agreement on Thursday in Bangkok. Malaysia International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed said 71 per cent Malaysian goods would enjoy duty-free access to India by 2013 and another 9 per cent by 2016, while tariffs for the remaining 10 per cent would come down to 5 per cent.
Malaysia on Saturday was stuck by its worst ever riots, as thousands of protestors took to the streets demanding abolishing of the draconian internal security law, forcing police to fire tear gas and lobbed water cannons to disperse them.
A Malaysian court on Friday ordered that the passport of an ethnic Indian leader to be returned to him, in a sedition case where he wrote a letter to United Kingdom Premier Gordon Brown seeking his intervention to protect the rights of Hindus in the Muslim-majority country.
The International Air Transport Association on Tuesday criticised the increase in airport development charges imposed by Mumbai and New Delhi, saying the burden on the already beleaguered global airline industry is a 'wake up call' for the Indian government.
With recession eroding profits of the global airline industry, Indian national carrier Air India on Monday said it is taking a "hard look" at its operations and would submit a paper to the government for the revival of the airline.
The airlines worldwide may collectively lose a whopping $9 billion in 2009, a key aviation body said in its forecast, nearly doubling its March estimate of $4.7 billion loss, spelling a rapidly deteriorating revenue environment for the industry.
Swift intervention by a Malaysian naval helicopter on Thursday saved an Indian vessel from a hijack bid by armed pirates dressed in military attire in the Gulf of Aden region, off Somalia.
Abdullah Badawi's remarks come after a ruling by this Muslim-majority country's National Fatwa Council that yoga was haram (forbidden) as it involved chanting of mantras which was against Islamic teachings and that people could deviate from Islam if they performed yoga which has its roots in Hinduism
Worried that Muslims could be swayed by Yoga's elements of Hinduism, Malaysia's top Islamic body on Saturday banned the community from practicing the ancient physical exercise.The National Fatwa Council issued a religious decree telling the Muslims, who comprise two-thirds of Malaysia's 27 million population, that practising Yoga was 'haram' or prohibited in Islam.
Terming India as an important market player in the region, Malaysia has expressed keen interest in strengthening financial ties with the country as the momentum of global business and growth shifts to Asia.
Nath told the Malaysia Indian Economic Conference that Malaysia's proven expertise and track record in infrastructure provided a large window of opportunity for Malaysian companies to invest in India in the infrastructure development projects.
Malaysian Unity and Culture Minister Mohammedd Shafie Apdal was on Saturday elected chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in a bitter contest defeating British Parliamentarian of Indian origin Lord Swraj Paul.
In a controversial turn to the election to a top Commonwealth parliamentary post involving high-profile Labour peer Swraj Paul and a Malaysian minister, the British delegation on Thursday alleged that India and the host country were involved in "shocking deals".
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was released on Thursday on bail after hours of interrogation and staying overnight in the lock-up for a sodomy case.
Anwar, 60, was picked by by police personnel at 10.30 IST and bundled up in a white car less than an hour before a deadline to appear at police headquarters, for questioning in the case filed by an aide on June 28.
"We will not hesitate to take the strictest measures, including using legal provisions against hoarding and profiteering whether in food, cement or steel," Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said. The minister, who is in Singapore to attend the Incredible India @ 60 event showcasing the growth of a resurgent India, told reporters that though there was the provision of 18G of the Industrial Act, "we don't propose to use it."
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has blamed the US' biofuel policy of diverting food grains such as corn for producing bio-fuels for the spurt in food grain prices globally. He also said that lack of adequate regulations in the US sub-prime market has led to global financial uncertainties. He said the demand for staple food was on the rise, leading to higher prices, but diverting food for fuel had also contributed to increase in food prices. He called US' priorities lopsided.
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