By Rukmini Paarivel Recently, my son, a Form 3 student in a government school in Klang, shared his growing anxiety about entering the science stream next year. He’s eager and capable—brimming with curiosity about science and technology. But instead of feeling excited, he’s worried. And as his mother, so am I. He said something that…
Tapah MP Datuk M Saravanan took to Tamil poetry again to hit out at Perak Exco A Sivanesan who had earlier criticised his poetry by urging him to flush it down the toilet. He used poetic lines to ask about the fate of the air that went through the state lawmaker. The following is the…
Tapah MIC division chief S Krishna Rao took Perak Exco A Sivanesan to task for the latter’s arrogance and accusation made against MIC deputy president Datuk Seri M Saravanan. “The language and arrogance of the statement by Sivanesan today indeed speaks volumes of his capability and capacity to articulate issues and finding solutions to it….
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow instructed the his state exco for housing and environment, Datuk S Sundarajoo to extend the five percent discount to all. “I have instructed the housing and environment exco to engage with property developers and review the policy with a view to extending the discount to all homebuyers,” Chow said…
Perak exco A Sivanesan has fired back at MIC deputy president Datuk M Saravanan by urging Saravanan to flush his poem into the toilet. Sivanesan who is also Sungkai state assemblyman pointed out that the issue of mushrooming Hindu temples were not addressed by MIC when the party was in power. “Simple question for Saravanan….
Penang DAP chairman Steven Sim Chee Keong confirmed that the five percent discount for Indian Muslims to purchase under the Madani Home Ownership Campaign (MOC) would be revised by the state government. “I have discussed the issue with Penang Chief Minister, Chow Kon Yeow. He has agreed for the issue to be raised and revised…
MIC deputy president Datuk M Saravanan penned a poem in Tamil that took a broadside over two issues affecting the Indian/Hindu community. First he took Perak exco for human resources, health, Indian affairs and national integration, A Sivanesan for announcing a ban on constructing Hindu temples on government land in the state for the next…
The five percent discount on selected public housing schemes for Indian Muslims should be given to all locals, said Penang MIC chief Datuk J Dhinagaran. Yesterday Penang Housing and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Seri S. Sundarajoo announced a five percent discount for Indian Muslims to purchase residential and commercial units under the newly introduced Madani…
The U.S. State Department is mulling over a potential allocation of US$500 million to the newly established Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), according to two informed sources and two former U.S. officials. The proposed funding, which would come from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)—currently being integrated into the State Department—would increase U.S. involvement in…
The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on over 30 individuals and entities tied to a “shadow banking” network accused of laundering billions for Iran through the global financial system. The network, involving Iranian nationals and entities in the UAE and Hong Kong, allegedly supports Iran’s oil sales, missile and nuclear programs, and regional militant proxies. This…
