Vellu denies being discarded by ruling party

Speculation is rife that Malaysia's only ethnic-Indian minister Samy Vellu may be discarded by the ruling alliance in the upcoming election despite defending the government rattled by the massive......

Rejected by ethnic-Indians, Vellu looks forward

Unfazed by a stinging electoral defeat, Samy Vellu, the beleaguered chief of the ethnic-Indian grouping that is part of Malaysia's ruling alliance, has vowed to remain as president of the Malaysian......

End ban on recruitment of priests from India:Vellu

An ethnic Indian leader in Malaysia has appealed to the government to lift a ban on the recruitment of 'urgently needed' priests from India for Hindu temples and Sikh gurdwaras. Samy Vellu, the......

Ethnic Indian minister heckled in Malaysia

Malaysia's only ethnic Indian Cabinet minister Samy Vellu was surrounded and heckled by some youths during the foundation laying ceremony for a Tamil school, a report said on Thursday. The incident......

No ban on recruitment of Indians in Malaysia

Malaysian Minister for Works Samy Vellu clarified that the statement banning Indians from working in Malaysia is false. He issued the clarification on the sidelines of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas......

An all-India express highway, thanks to Malaysia

The Malaysian government will submit a detailed proposal for building an 'all-India express highway' to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the next few months.A part of the total investment required......

Malaysia to streamline recruitment from India

Upset over the rapidly rising cases of Indian workers being duped by job agents, Malaysia Wednesday said a government body will now be the sole agency to recruit workers from India, doing away with......