[DIKEMAS KINI] PETALING JAYA: Kementerian Dalam Negeri menyerahkan kepada polis dan mahkamah untuk memutuskan tindakan yang akan diambil terhadap kumpulan Hindraf yang diharamkan semalam. Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar Syed Hamid berkata, polis akan menjalankan siasatan secara menyeluruh dan terserah kepada mahkamah untuk menjatuhkan hukuman jika mereka didapati bersalah. Tegas beliau, kerajaan [...]

[DIKEMAS KINI] KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yang setakat ini telah memperoleh pencalonan terbanyak untuk jawatan Timbalan Presiden Umno mengesyorkan supaya tempoh kempen pemilihan parti dipendekkan. Ketika mengemukakan pandangan peribadinya hari ini, Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri itu berkata, tempoh kempen yang panjang boleh menjejaskan tugas calon-calon yang memegang jawatan Kabinet. “Semakin pendek tempoh [...]

PETALING JAYA: Pilihan raya kampus bagi pemilihan Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar (MPP) penggal pengajian 2008/2009 sehingga kini menyaksikan dua buah universiti dikuasai proaspirasi. Kedua-dua universiti berkenaan ialah Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) dan Universiti Darul Iman Malaysia (UDM). Keputusan bagi pilihan raya kampus UUM diumumkan pada pukul 10 malam semalam dengan peratusan keluar mengundi sebanyak 82.91 peratus [...]

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi asks consumers to use their purchasing power to force down price of goods which remained high despite a reduction in petrol prices.

KUALA LUMPUR: Consumers and consumer groups should do their part to help force down the prices of goods which have remained high despite the reduction in fuel prices, said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The Prime Minister said although the Government had reduced petrol and diesel prices three times in the last few months, the [...]

JOHOR BARU: A 20-year-old woman has alleged that her husband had repeatedly abused her physically throughout their three-year marriage and had even threatened to circulate her nude pictures should she file for divorce. The woman, who is four months’ pregnant with their third child, said her 25-year-old husband hit and slapped her whenever he wanted [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Asian markets fell sharply in the morning session on Thursday with Japan the worst hit, on rising fears of a global recession despite the coordinated moves by the US and European government to shore up the banking sector. Asian markets registered losses of between 3.67% and 9.8% with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 the [...]

IPOH: Housewife Ng Lwe Mooi had a rude shock when a neighbour crashed her Proton Waja into her house in Taman Tasek Mewah here. Ng, 59, said she was doing her household chores when she heard a loud bang at the front of her house at about 12.30pm. “As I glanced out to check, I [...]

KUALA TERENGGANU: The emergence of three video clips featuring secondary school students engaging in extreme sexual acts will be investigated thoroughly, Deputy Education Minister Datuk Razali Ismail promised. The clips depicting students in uniforms performing sexual acts were widely distributed via the handphone multimedia service (MMS) and video compact discs (VCDS) to schoolchildren. The video [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Labelled a threat to national security, the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has been banned by the government. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar yesterday issued a statement declaring Hindraf, which has been advocating Indian rights since late last year, an illegal organisation. The declaration, he said, was a result of monitoring [...]