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Malaysian Hindus hold chariot fest
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 26 The annual Masi Magam Theppa Thiruvila (floating chariot) festival will be held on Sunday at the Sri Singamuga Kaliamman temple in Teluk Bahang. The annual festival is celebrated to honour Lord Sri Singamuga Kaliamman.
Kazakhstan prez inspired by Nehru
Astana, Feb 6 Recalling Jawaharlal Nehru's famous quote that 'success mostly comes to those who act bravely', Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said his country was inspired by India, a rapidly growing power of the world.
Markets along Bangladesh-India border
Dhaka, Feb 3 Bangladesh and India will set up border haats (markets) in April to promote trade and ease problems faced by the local populace, officials said.
India, Malaysia hold strategic talks
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 2 Singapore has over 3,000 Indian firms compared to 400 in relatively bigger Malaysia. Taking a cue from this, India and Malaysia are now looking to bolster their ties that they agree have performed 'below optimum level' thanks to 'a large knowledge gap'.
1.7 mn throng shrine in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 1 Over 1.7 million Hindu devotees on Monday thronged Lord Subramaniam's temple at the Batu Caves near the national capital to celebrate the annual Thaipusam festival.
Clothing line by Indian-origin model
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 25 Kavita Sidhu, an Indian origin model and former beauty queen, will be launching her own clothing line in Malaysia that will feature swim wear and beach outfits.
Indian Art Exhibition opens in Astana
Astana, Jan 20 'Kalpana', an exhibition of 29 digitally produced prints of well-known paintings of eminent Indian artistes representing human figure forms and created over a span of more than a century has opened in this Kazakhstan capital.
Dhaka, India to begin Teesta talk
Dhaka, Jan 16 Bangladesh is initiating a process to expedite talks with India over striking a deal on sharing of Teesta waters, a top Minister has said.
MIC’s Samy Velu calls for unity
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 14 Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu in his message on Thursday on Pongal, the annual harvest festival celebrated by Hindus, asked Malaysians to promote unity.
Dhaka, Delhi agree on agriculture cooperation
Dhaka, Jan 9 Bangladesh and India on Friday agreed on long-term cooperation in agricultural research and technologies, meant to save crops from natural disasters in vast parts of the two neighbouring countries.
Dhaka hopeful of ‘progress’ with India
Dhaka, Jan 8 Though a deal on sharing the Teesta river water was not expected to be signed by Bangladesh and India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's New Delhi visit next week, Dhaka was still hopeful of 'progress' during the summit level talks.
Malaysian Indian artists get platform
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 6 Symbols Art Club, a new platform for Malaysian Indian artists to connect and to express themselves, has begun by holding its first exhibition — Caves on Canvas.
Pak, India exchange nuclear list
Islamabad, Jan 1 Pakistan and India exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities despite tension over the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that has broken the dialogue process between the two countries.
Indian Army chief to visit Nepal
Kathmandu, Jan 1 Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor will be visiting the Himalayan republic this month to be decorated with the honorary title of general of the Nepal Army.
Bangladesh to bridge deficit with India
Dhaka, Jan 1 Bangladesh has pitched for greater purchase of its goods by India to bridge the wide gap in bilateral trade ahead of the summit level talks this month in New Delhi.
Indian goods trains may go up to Dhaka
Dhaka, Dec 23 Bangladesh Railway (BR) is preparing for movement of Indian goods trains right up to the outskirts of the national capital, in a move that would help traders in both countries.
'Little India' mosque in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 19 The sultan of Selangor, Sharafuddin Idris Shah, has opened ‘Masjid India Muslim’, a renovated mosque patronised by ethnic Indians that has become a symbol of tolerance.
Extra Deepavali holiday for Malaysian Indian school kids
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 8 Malaysian Indian school children will get an extra day off to enjoy the coming Deepavali festival, the government has decided following numerous requests from schools and parents.
Curbs lifted on Malaysian Indian
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 4 Malaysian authorities have lifted restrictions on legislator-lawyer M. Manoharan who was the legal advisor of the banned outfit Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf).
G. Palanivel may be new MIC chief
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 21 G. Palanivel, who successfully defended his post as the deputy president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) on Monday, may be the next chief of the group, media reports said.
92 given Malaysian citizenship
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 17 The long wait of over two decades has ended for 92 people, many of them ethnic Indians, who were granted Malaysian citizenship as part of the government's drive to cut the backlog.
SBI bags 'Nepal' visa outsourcing job
Kathmandu, Sep 16 After more than five decades of accepting applications for Indian visa, the Indian embassy here will now outsource the job to Nepal SBI, a joint venture of the State Bank of India (SBI).
Punjabis in MIC's poll nominee list
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 7 Two members of the Punjabi community are, for the first time, on Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) chief S. Samy Vellu's list of nominees for the organisation's poll next Saturday.
South Asian convention in Dhaka
Dhaka, Sep 1 London-based Bengali International (BI) plans to organise a South Asian convention here in December, its chairman Shams Hoque has said.
Malaysian Indian professor honoured
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 31 C.P. Ramachandran, an ethnic Indian, has been made professor emeritus by Universiti Sains Malaysia for his contributions in the field of education, research and community service.
Raja Rammohun Roy remembered in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Aug 28 Raja Rammohun Roy, the 19th century social reformer, was commemorated here with a mural unveiled in his name in Rangpur in northern Bangladesh.
India, ASEAN sign free trade pact
Bangkok, Aug 13 India and the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday signed a major economic pact after six years of talks, hoping to widen the access to their respective markets of 1.7 billion people and push bilateral trade beyond the current level of $40 billion.
Hindus in Bangladesh celebrate Janmashtami
Dhaka, Aug 13 Bangladesh's Hindu community on Thursday celebrated Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, with functions organised in the national capital and other parts of the country.
Malaysian Indian graduates 45 years after dropping out
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 12 Fortyfive years after dropping out, 62-year-old Gurcharan Kaur has earned a first class honours degree -- and the journey had been tough. She used to drive 113 km to the university and return home late at night.
4,000-year-old Mahabharata relic found in Nepal?
Kathmandu, Aug 12 A structure found in the Kathmandu valley is a divine relic that goes back 4,000 years to the time of the epic Mahabharata, says an Indian seer who is in Nepal for a month's rituals dedicated to Hindu god Shiva.
'Shifting of economic power to Asia'
Bangkok, Aug 10 The world economic crisis is expected to shift more economic power to Asia, where signs of recovery are showing sooner than elsewhere, the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) chief economist predicted on Monday.
‘Strengthen Indian Studies Department!’
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 3 A recent move to close the Indian Studies Department at Universiti Malaya (UM) is being resisted by Malaysians of Indian origin. Closing the department is 'disrespectful to the heritage of the Indian community', two NGOs of ethnic Indians have said.
Neighbourhood terror-infested: EAM
Phuket (Thailand), July 23 Without naming Pakistan, India's Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna on Thursday drew the attention of Asian countries to 'India's terror-infested neighbourhood' and called for quicker intelligence sharing and effective cooperation to combat the network of terrorists in the region.
Oz assures Krishna of Indians' safety
Phuket (Thailand), July 22 Ahead of Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Australia August 5, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith on Wednesday assured him that his government was doing everything possible to ensure the safety of nearly 100,000 Indian students in that country.
India, ASEAN set to sign FTA
Phuket (Thailand), July 22 India on Wednesday made a strong pitch for a pan-Asian response to global challenges like financial meltdown and terrorism as it gets ready to sign a free trade area (FTA) agreement in goods at its next summit with the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Thailand in October.
Lanka opens the Ramayana trail
Ella (Sri Lanka), July 23 With a quarter-century of ethnic conflict and terrorism in Sri Lanka left behind, the island nation, known for its sun-kissed beaches and rolling tea gardens, is wooing Indian tourists like never before by developing a Ramayana trail to enable them to visit the Lanka of demon king Ravana.
Forge newer development models: Kalam
Dhaka, July 22 A leading daily newspaper on Wednesday welcomed former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's call for developing alternative sources of energy and new science-based models of development.
Kalam wants India to adopt Bangladesh's Grameen Bank model
Dhaka, July 20 Inspired by Bangladesh's Grameen Bank endeavour, former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has mooted a separate Indian law for micro credit in rural areas, a media report here said Monday.
First international success for Indian racer Lohit Urs
Tampin (Malaysia), July 7 India's Lohit V. Urs claimed his maiden international title when he won the second round of the AAM Malaysian Rally Championship here over the weekend driving an Isuzu D-Max.
Winds of change greet Menon in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 20 Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon's much awaited two-day visit to Nepal to bail out the jeopardised peace process began on Saturday amidst new winds of change blowing through the fledgling republic.
India demolish Singapore in junior World hockey
Singapore, June 8 Indian skipper Diwakar Ram pumped four goals to lead his side to a 10-0 demolition of co-hosts Singapore in their opening Group D encounter in the junior hockey World Cup at the Seng Kang Sports and Recreation Centre here Monday.
Indian painter exhibits works for Bangladeshi connoisseurs
Dhaka, June 4 Indian painter Ujwala Prabhu is yet again exhibiting her works for Bangladeshi connoisseurs on what she calls 'Chokher Dekha, Praner Kotha', which means 'what the eye sees, the heart speaks'.
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