Author: K PRAGALATH

Penang MIC has been in the news for supporting a resolution by Kedah MIC that passed a resolution to leave the BN coalition. Why did it do so? A well placed source in the state chapter told Harapan Daily that Penang MIC endorsed the resolution during its 79th annual general meeting and would leave the…

The ongoing calls for both MCA and MIC to leave the BN coalition are merely noises to make the grassroots of both parties feel good, said a political analyst “There is a lot of noise because both MCA and MIC are facing tremendous pressure. A lot of their supporters are now at the DAP service…

Following the uproar over the exclusion of silambam in SUKMA 2026, the Selangor government has proposed that the Indian martial arts to be included along with petanque and Muay Thai “in the spirit of unity and to drive the development of national sports”. State youth, sports and entrepreneurship committee chairman Najwan Halimi confirmed this following…

Three Selangor backbenchers have urged the state government to recognise silambam and include it SUKMA 2026. Rajiv Rishyakaran (Bukit Gasing), Preakas Sampunathan (Kota Kemuning), and Gunaraj George (Sentosa) urged Selangor Menteri Besar and state exco to reconsider its current stance on silambam in SUKMA. “Including Silambam in SUKMA would not only honour Malaysia’s diverse cultural…

Melaka sports exco and SUKMA supreme council member representative Datuk VP Shanmugam was once again taken to task over the decision by the sports body to drop Indian martial sports- silambam – from being featured in SUKMA 2026 in Selangor. “In this matter, the only Indian exco that holds the sports portfolio in the state…

The Transport Ministry has taken the approach of encouraging voluntary use of dashcams where as the usage of the global positioning system (GPS) trackers are compulsory. “The MOT via the Land Public Transport Agency (LPTA) supervises and makes it compulsory for all commercial vehicles to be fixed with GPS, in line with Industrial Safety Code…

The police are still investigating the disappearance of Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yueh under Section 365 of the Penal Code for abduction, revealed Home Minister. “The investigation is ongoing and several documents are being completed by the investigation officers before it is handed over to the deputy public prosecutor,” said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin…

Defence lawyers of national DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng took the media to task for linking the ongoing graft trial with the assault on key prosecution witness Datuk G Gnanaraja. “The media should refrain from reporting on matters concerning our client’s trial without first verifying the facts, as such reporting risks compromising the integrity of…