Malaysia News 2

KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of Hindu devotees thronged Batu Caves, the focal point of the Thaipusam festival on Tuesday where they were joined by a score of local and foreign tourists.

PETALING JAYA: The Bar Council has condemned the Atomic Energy Licensing Board’s (AELB) “almost immediate” decision to grant a Temporary Operating License (TOL) to Australian miner Lynas on Jan 30.

PETALING JAYA: Kita has sacked its Penang and Kedah chiefs for making statements that are detrimental to the party.

ALOR SETAR: Police have seized 225 computers worth about RM225,000, used for illegal online gambling, in the Kota Setar and Kuala Muda districts.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Cranberries, reknown for the worldwide hit Zombie in the early 1990s, are coming to town.

JAKARTA: A total of 121 Malaysian employment agencies are now getting ready to collaborate with their Indonesian counterparts in the placement of maids from the republic to Malaysia starting early next month.

KUALA LUMPUR: The country's Indian community stands to progress further if it forges a closer partnership with the Government said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Tuesday.

KUALA SELANGOR: Three out of four robbers, believed to be Indonesians, were shot dead by the police after a high-speed chase early Tuesday morning at Jalan Parit, Mahang.

YAN: Lembaga Tabung Haji is beefing up its database security by upgrading its computerised system to overcome weaknesses in haj management to stem "express haj".

PETALING JAYA: Parti Kita has been “infiltrated” by people whose sole purpose is to contest in elections and “spoil votes”.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has called on Hindus to continue placing their nambikei (trust) in the Government.

PHARMACEUTICAL saleswomen are willing to sleep with doctors just to boost their sales in Singapore, reported Nanyang Siang Pau.

KLANG: The Government will continue its policy of providing a social safety net for all Malaysians as opposed to the creation of a welfare state to prevent serious economic problems in the future, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

MALAYSIA Nanban reported a shocking incident where a 50-year-old unemployed alcoholic murdered his wife over a family squabble and kept the body in a refrigerator before committing suicide at Koodalpudur village, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

A HUSBAND’S noble intentions to unite his two families backfired when his first wife punched his second wife in the face upon meeting each other for the first time.

PASIR GUDANG: The Aussies may have their Crocodile Dundee, but Malaysia’s reptile hero is Malik Buaya.

KOTA KINABALU: A move is under way to connect the country’s largest wildlife forest reserve, Tabin, with adjacent fragmented forests through wildlife corridors in Sabah’s east coast Lahad Datu.

PETALING JAYA: Two brothers were killed and a woman broke her arm in an accident involving six vehicles on the MRR2 highway oppo-site the entrance to Batu Caves temple.

ROMPIN: Datuk Seri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis will work closely with all state governments to determine the types of houses – and where they will be built – under the 1Malaysia Housing Programme (PR1MA).

GEORGE TOWN: Penang’s “No Free Plastic Bag” policy may be inconvenient to some, but not for staff nurse M. Punita.

GEORGE TOWN: It is merely about 370km away but for Kimberley Ann Estrop-Leggett, leaving Penang for Kuala Lumpur is life-changing as she prepares to do her country proud at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant.

BATU CAVES: The weight of the kavadi that P. Murugan carried for Thaipusam is no match to the burden on his shoulders since childhood.

BATU CAVES: It was the combined faiths of M. Maniam and his wife which pulled them through a stormy patch.

GEORGE TOWN: Many streets here were littered with smashed coconuts as thousands of devotees gathered along the route of the silver chariot procession to fulfil their vows during the annual Thaipusam celebration.

BATU CAVES: It was a fitting pre-Thaipusam tribute as thousands of devotees gathered here while others joined the chariot procession in preparation for the annual festival today.