Hindraf’s P. Uthayakumar’s lawyer says the sedition charge should be dropped because the Attorney-General has a personal interest in the case.

SEPAKAT… Anggota jawatankuasa Umno bahagian Segambut bersama para pewakilan sepakat mengangkat tangan mengundi Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam sebagai calon Timbalan Presiden Umno pada Mesyuarat Perwakilan Umno Bahagian Segambut di Dewan Tun Dr. Ismail Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC). Mesyuarat juga sebulat suara menyokong dan mencalonkan Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak sebagai Presiden [...]

PETALING JAYA: Ahli Parlimen Pulai, Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamad masih yakin akan berpeluang untuk bertanding jawatan Timbalan Presiden Umno walaupun belum mendapat sebarang pencalonan sehingga semalam. Nur Jazlan berkata, beliau akan menunggu sehingga minggu hadapan, apabila kira-kira tiga suku bahagian selesai bermesyuarat. “Setakat ini, saya tetap akan teruskan niat untuk bertanding walaupun belum mendapat sebarang [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Rakyat hari ini menolak usul pembangkang bagi membincangkan mengenai keputusan kerajaan mengharamkan Hindu Rights Actions Force (Hindraf) dengan alasan perkara tersebut tidak perlu disegerakan. Keputusan penolakan tersebut dibuat oleh Yang Dipertua Dewan Rakyat, Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia dalam kamar. Usul tersebut dibawa oleh Ahli Parlimen (DAP-Ipoh Barat), M. Kula Segaran di [...]

LONDON: Sir Alex Ferguson and Wayne Rooney have warned Manchester United’s rivals that the best is yet to come from the England forward after he continued his remarkable goal-scoring run in the 4-0 victory over West Brom at Old Trafford. Rooney scored one goal, and laid on others for Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani, with Dimitar [...]

SHANGHAI: Britain’s Lewis Hamilton stands on the brink of becoming the youngest Formula One world champion after a stunning pole-to-flag victory in yesterday’s Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton drove faultlessly at the Shanghai International Circuit to claim his fifth win of the season and ninth of his 34-race career. With Felipe Massa taking second, Hamilton now [...]

Simoncelli celebrates his win. IT was too hot to handle but Marco Simoncelli hung on to take the most important podium finish of his career to date, a third place in the Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix yesterday, which crowned him the 250cc world champion. Spaniard Alvaro Bautista of the Mapre Aspar Team did all [...]

Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi in action at the Malaysian MotoGP enroute to winning the race at the Sepang Circuit yesterday. – Pic by HASAN ISMAIL IF Valentino Rossi’s stock was thought to have reached its ceiling, the MotoGP world champion yesterday burst through that by joining the ranks of Australian legend Mick Doohan with [...]

MALAYSIA, after a perfect two wins from two matches, only need a point from today’s last Group A match against Afghanistan to top the group in the 40th Merdeka Tournament competition. Malaysia, who beat Nepal 4-0 on Wednesday and followed that with another 4-0 drubbing of Sierra Leone on Friday, are already through to the [...]

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi handing over the transfer of power instrument to Datuk Seri Najib Razak following their portfolio switch – Abdullah taking over the Defence Ministry while Najib takes over Finance. The ceremony was held at the Finance Ministry in Putrajaya today KUALA LUMPUR, Mon: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad today likened the switching [...]