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.
Images from Day 11 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
The natural beauty of Langkawi and the idyllic time we spent left us craving for more, says Pamela Sinha.
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.
Making an impressive start at the ATP Malaysian Open, Indian teen Yuki Bhambri demolished fellow wild card Yew-ming SI of Malaysia 6-2, 6-0 in the first round in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
Tiruchirapalli was AirAsia's first destination in India since its inception on December 1 last year.
The new International Olympic Committee president will be elected in Buenos Aires after the Argentine capital on Wednesday beat Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur for the right to host the 2013 IOC session.
Sania Mirza and veteran Rushmi Charavarthy registered contrasting singles victories as India blanked Kyrgyzstan 3-0 in the play-off tie to win back their place in the Asia/Oceania Group I of the Fed Cup tennis tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
Defending champions India face Afghanistan in the campaign opener of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup to be played in New Zealand on January 15.
India's challenge at the Malaysian Open Squash championship came to a premature end after qualifiers Dipika Pallikal and Siddharth Suchde bowed out in the first round of the tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
Angry relatives of Chinese passengers onboard the ill-fated Malaysian airliner clashed with the police outside the Malaysian embassy in Beijing on Tuesday, accusing the government of "deception" even as the search for the wreckage of the jet has been shifted to the southern tip of the Indian Ocean after getting new data.
Shouldn't India have sent their best men to try out new permutations at the Kuala Lumpur tournament?
India's number one female squash player Dipika Pallikal came up with an upset win over higher-ranked Jaclyn Hawkes of New Zealand in her final qualifying match to make it to the main draw of the CIMB Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.
Archrivals India and Pakistan have been clubbed in the same pool in the 2010 hockey World Cup, which begins in Delhi on February 28. Apart from 1975 champions India and four-time winners Pakistan, Pool B also has Australia, Spain, England and South Africa. Defending champions Germany is the top seed in Pool A, which also has the Netherlands, Korea, New Zealand, Canada and Argentina.
We recently discussed airline bloopers and invited readers to share their air travel stories with us. Here, reader Sudipta Kiran Sarkar shares an amusing experience.
Sunder Ramachandran, managing partner at WCH Training Solutions learnt some important lessons in human resource management from a person who was laid off from a private equity firm that paid him $65,000 per annum.
Targeting techies in a lean season, Tourism Malaysia jointly with Singapore Airlines, on Wednesday announced holiday packages to Malaysia, aimed at showcasing destinations beyond the capital Kuala Lumpur, from Bangalore.
Leander Paes and his Italian partner Daniele Bracciali stormed into the semi-finals of the Thailand Open, in Bangkok, defeating the Colombian pair of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah on Thursday.
Arvind Bhat pulled off a stunner and P Kashyap played his heart out but that couldn't save India from succumbing to a 1-4 defeat to Indonesia in their first Group D match of the Thomas Cup finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday.
Seats being offered by LCCs in international routes up from 3% of the total last year to 10%.
Tourism Malaysia and Singapore Tourism Board together with Air India on Tuesday announced launch of a package for Indian tourists.
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.
Mallika met the director in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she was invited as a guest speaker at the Global Brand Forum 2008.
Malaysian Airlines will be launching its operations in the Kochi-Kuala Lumpur sector from November this year. \n
Anaka Alankamony defeated compatriot Saumya Karki in an all-Indian final to clinch the All-Star Malaysian Junior Open squash title.
Five ethnic Indian leaders, detained indefinitely under a draconian security law in Malaysia for organising a rally to demand racial equality, on Tuesday failed to get any reprieve from the high court, which turned down their application for freedom.
The first meeting of Trade Negotiating Committee on signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement started in Kuala Lumpur.
PM Modi on Saturday met PM Abe and invited Japan to be part of the 'Make in India' programme.
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal cruised into the quarter-finals with a straight games win, but Chetan Anand bit the dust in the singles event of the Malaysian Super Series tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Ace India shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Chetan Anand notched straight-game victories to reach the pre-quarter-finals in the season-opening Malaysia Open Super Series in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
Five ethnic Indian leaders, detained by the Malaysian government under a draconian security law, on Monday began a hunger strike to protest their incarceration and the alleged marginalisation of the community in the multi-racial country.
In a major concession to the agitated ethnic Indian community in Malaysia, the government on Sunday declared the Hindu festival of Thaipusam a national holiday.
Giovanni Bisignani, CEO of International Air Transport Association, said Delhi and Mumbai airports were one of the worst contributors to the crisis, for their 207 per cent hike in charges. "There is no room for this nonsense in our future. When demand drops, suppliers cannot divide the same costs among fewer customers. The shape of everything must change," he declared.
Badminton teen sensation P V Sindhu improved one more place to close the gap with ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal in the latest world ranking released in Kuala Lumpur.
If Saina manages to go past Okuhara, the Indian might run into fourth seed Carolina Marin, who is placed in her half of the draw.
The Malaysian authorities have allowed five ethnic Indian leaders, held under a draconian security law for spearheading protest against alleged marginalisation of the community, access to their families.
The new Malaysian-backed Lotus team have dashed Takuma Sato's hopes of a Formula One comeback with them next year, the Japanese driver's management said on Sunday. Lotus F1, run by AirAsia airline entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, are due to announce their driver line-up in Kuala Lumpur on Monday with Italian Jarno Trulli on pole position for one of the two race seats.
The move could affect thousands of people, including Australian cricketers currently playing in the Indian Premier League in India
The tournament will be played at the National Hockey Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, from November 29 to December 9.
Environmentalists are up in arms over a move to release an army of genetically modified mosquitoes to fight Dengue fever in Malaysia, reports said. Reports said the male mosquitoes will be freed in Ketam Island, a village south of Kuala Lumpur, to kill Aedes mosquitoes, which is responsible for Dengue fever.
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