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Wisma Putra coordinating efforts to locate 12 Malaysians in North India

PUTRAJAYA: The Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) is actively coordinating efforts to locate a group of 12 Malaysians who cannot be contacted by their respective families after the heavy rain phenomenon that hit the northern region of India on Sunday. In a statement on Wednesday, Wisma Putra said search efforts were being carried out via the […]

60 dead, 231 injured in ethnic clashes in India

NEW DELHI: Ethnic clashes in India’s northeastern state of Manipur have claimed about 60 lives, according to a senior official. Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh told media that a high-level inquiry will be conducted to identify people responsible for the violence. He put the death toll at 60. “Around 60 people have lost their […]

India receive 6.19 million foreign tourists in 2022

NEW DELHI: India received 6.19 million foreign tourists last year, as compared to 1.52 million in 2021, according to Xinhua, quoting the Tourism Ministry on Friday. Citing data from the Bureau of Immigration, the Tourism Ministry said it was a sign of revival after the COVID-19 pandemic, before which there were 10.93 million foreign tourist […]

India lodges protest after flag pulled down at diplomatic mission in Britain

NEW DELHI: India on Sunday summoned Britain’s top diplomat in New Delhi to lodge a protest over a demonstration held outside its diplomatic mission in London. The Indian national flag at the High Commission was pulled down during the protest. Some of the protesters carried separatist Khalistani flags. “The senior-most UK diplomat in New Delhi […]

Security alert in India’s Punjab state as police seek to arrest Sikh leader

NEW DELHI: India’s Punjab state was on high security alert on Sunday as police launched a manhunt to arrest a Sikh leader. Punjab police said on Saturday they arrested 78 people in a mega-crackdown against the Waris Punjab De (Heirs of Punjab) organisation headed by 30-year-old Amritpal Singh, whom the Indian media has described as […]

Indian farmers march to demand higher prices for onions

NEW DELHI: Thousands of farmers in India’s western state of Maharashtra are marching towards the state capital city Mumbai demanding higher prices for their onion crop. Thursday marks the fifth straight day of their protest march. On Sunday evening, the farmers, including women, set out from Dindori in Nashik district. They planned to travel 200 […]

Promoting Asean-India rapport via media exchange visit

BY ROSMALIS ANUAR NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: The 4th Asean-India Media Exchange Programme 2023, involving 16 media representatives from Asean, successfully concluded Wednesday after seven days of insightful programmes that took the team across two important Indian cities – New Delhi and Hyderabad. They travelled from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, and […]

High Commissioner of India to Malaysia calls on Awang Tengah

KUCHING: B.N. Reddy, the High Commissioner of India to Malaysia, paid a courtesy call on Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan here Today (Sept 20). Awang Tengah and Reddy exchanged ideas and views on a variety of subjects in which Sarawak and India could collaborate on such as digital and semiconductor, biopharmaceuticals, tourism, […]

Convention a golden opportunity to draw tourists from India

KUCHING: A total of 500 delegates are expected for the Travel Agent Federation of India (TAFI) Convention at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching from Sept 20-23. Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts, Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said this would be the first time the convention is held here. “The convention is a […]

Murmu sworn in as India’s first tribal president

NEW DELHI: Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as India’s president on Monday, making her the first person from one of the country’s marginalised tribal communities to serve as head of state. The former school teacher and state governor was elected to the largely ceremonial position last week with 64 per cent of the vote by […]