The defending champion needed only 38 minutes to pack off the Indian in the quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championships.
Five ethnic Indians were arrested by police in Kuala Lumpur as death of a young member of the community in custody triggered a huge outpouring of grief. Hundreds of ethnic Indians gathered in pouring rain to join in the funeral procession of 22-year-old A. Kugan, who died eight days ago. The protestors chanted "We want justice" alleging that the youngster's death was a case of custodial killing.
Anup Sridhar and Saina Nehwal cruised into the singles second round but Shruti Kurian and Jwala Ghutta bowed out of women's doubles at the World Badminton Championships.
Hundreds flee Malaysian cinema complex after fire breaks out
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal played her heart out but eventually ran out of steam as French Hongyan Pi beat her in a gruelling quarterfinal encounter of the Malaysian Super Series in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Saina Nehwal staved off the challenge from Hsiao Huan Chen of Chinese Taipei in an edge-of-the-seat second round match to enter the quarter-final of the Malaysian Super Series in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Mohd Ali Qamar and Jitender Kumar won gold medals in the Light-fly and Light-heavyweight categories respectively.\n\n
Saina Nehwal played her heart out but lost to world number six Chen Wang of Hong Kong in an edge-of-the-seat semi-final of the World Super Series Masters Final in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
Saina Nehwal shrugged off her opening match disappointment to become the first Indian shuttler to reach the semi-finals of the World Super Series Masters Finals when she defeated Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia in the group league stage, in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
It was found to be a false alarm.
English Premier League chairman Dave Richards has vowed to help protect Asia from being exploited by money-grabbing clubs.
The Mumbai outfit will take on the Lebanon club at home on September 18 before playing the away leg a week later.
Around 80 men and women are expected to enter the fray.
Voicing concern, the high commission said such incidents would send a wrong signal to Indian tourists who visit Malaysia in large numbers every year.
Both went down tamely in the first round of the Malaysian Open badminton championships.
Malaysia looks forward to utilise the expertise of Indian IT professionals even as the Malaysian construction industry is keen in offering its skills to India, especially in housing projects.
They were found to have failed to adhere to procedures during a crackdown on alleged illegal immigrants in an Indian-dominated locality.
The former India coach will prepare the country's men's and women's teams for the 2004 Olympics.
Meeting a long-standing demand of Indians in the country, Malaysia has approved the recruitment of 20,000 foreign workers from government-approved countries for the Indian-operated service sector.\n\n\n\n
India is committed to protecting the interests, safety and honour of its professionals working in foreign countries, Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi asserted on Saturday.
He was beaten by world No 9, Karim Darwish at the CIMB Squash Open Championship in Kuala Lumpur.
The Torana Gate is a gift from India to mark the launch of Kuala Lumpur's 'Little India' project as a symbol of friendship between the two countries.
Viren Rasquinha suffered a fracture on a left hand finger on Friday and will miss the Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Malaysia.
India will tour from January 2, ahead of the Asia Cup, from February 14 to 26.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who will be leaving for Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, will also highlight the need to counter international terrorism.
"One can't certainly guarantee that we will succeed but at least it is worth a try in view of all the troubles we are facing around the world," Musharaff said.
Indian badminton ace Anup Sridhar talks about his form and chances at the Beijing Olympics.
Chelsea rounded off their pre-season tour of Asia with a 2-0 win over a Malaysia select X1 thanks to goals by Nicolas Anelka and Ashley Cole on Tuesday. The Champions League finalists secured the third win of their three-leg tour in hot and humid conditions in front of a crowd of 80,000 at the Shah Alam stadium in Kuala Lumpur.
BCCI will decide on Saturday whether to accept the proposal for inclusion of the sport at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
The actors arrive in Malaysia for Baabul's premiere.
The two sports were included among the disciplines for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi.
