[DIKEMAS KINI] PETALING JAYA: Badan Perhubungan Umno Perak kini dalam usaha mengadakan perbincangan dengan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Bota, Datuk Nasarudin Hashim bagi memujuk agar beliau kembali ke pangkuan Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN). Setiausaha Umno Perak, Datuk Ramly Zahary berkata, setakat hari ini pihaknya telah berjaya mengadakan rundingan dengan Nasarudin bagi mengetahui punca [...]

KANGAR: Ketua Penolong Pengarah Dakwah Jabatan Agama Islam Sarawak, Dr. Juanda Jaya bakal menjadi Mufti Perlis yang baru berkuat-kuasa Februari ini. Menteri Besar Perlis, Datuk Seri Dr. Md Isa Sabu yang mengesahkan perkara itu di sini hari ini berkata, kerajaan negeri bagaimanapun masih menunggu surat pelepasan daripada kerajaan negeri Sarawak untuk meminjam Dr. Juanda selama [...]

[DIKEMAS KINI] Sambil menyifatkan kenyataan terbaru Presiden MIC, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu semalam sebagai “satu lagi langkah mengelabui mata” semata-mata, Datuk M. Muthuppalaniappan, yang dipecat minggu lalu berkata, beliau wajar dibenarkan bertanding untuk menentukan kebenaran. “Biarkan saya bertanding dan serahkan kepada ahli parti menentukan sama ada kenyataan-kenyataan media saya (sebelum ini) telah memudaratkan parti [...]

LONDON (AP): Manchester United and Chelsea have drawn League Championship opponents in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Premier League leader United will play at either Derby or Nottingham Forest, while Chelsea travels to Watford. The draw for the last 16 of football’s oldest and most famous domestic cup competition was made Sunday. The [...]

JERUSALEM: Palestinian militants detonated a bomb next to an Israeli army patrol along the border with Gaza Tuesday, killing one soldier and wounding three others in the first serious clash since a ceasefire went into effect more than a week ago. Israeli soldiers quickly crossed the border in search of the attackers, and Israel’s defence [...]

Police Update (8:25pm) Roads leading into Johor Baru were jammed up until 6pm, then started to clear. However, police expect congestion after 10pm as Johoreans come back home and Singaporeans return. Reader Update (6:40pm) NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY Irresponsible drivers using emergency lanes to avoid jam along KM336 near Tapah (southbound) make matters worse. Reader Update (6:40pm) [...]

GEORGE TOWN: Malaysians can witness a solar eclipse today from 4.30pm to 7pm. The National Planetarium will have a special programme from 4pm to give the public a chance to see the eclipse as it happens, the National Space Agency said in a statement. Although only a part of the eclipse can be seen in [...]

The Star Online TV crew attended the open house Chinese New Year celebrations of the Malaysia Chinese Association and the Gerakan Party. Camilla Ibrahim reports.

KUALA LUMPUR, Tues: All Umno state assemblymen and members of parliament in Perak have pledged their support to the party leadership. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said this after a meeting with Perak Umno representatives at his house in Jalan Langgak Duta, Taman Duta, on Monday night. Najib was responding to the resignation [...]

IPOH, Tues: Three more Umno state assemblymen are being wooed to join the Pakatan Rakyat, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said today. Speaking to reporters at the Perak DAP Chinese New Year open house here on Monday, he told reporters the three Umno assemblymen had approached Pakatan leaders after the defection of [...]