Indian Community In Malaysia

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  Indian Community In Malaysia Praises PM Modi's "Progressive" Leadership

  Distinguished voices of the Indian community in Malaysia on Sunday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "strong and progressive leadership" for the country's 'rapid transformation' during the last 10 years and his "vision of a free, open and inclusi

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  Gobind Singh Deo Becomes Malaysia's First Sikh Minister

  Gobind Singh Deo, an Indian-origin Sikh politician in Malaysia, has become a cabinet minister, the first member of the minority community in the country's history to be appointed as a minister.

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  "If I Was Prime Minister...": Rahul Gandhi On Notes Ban In Malaysia

  Rahul Gandhi, at an interaction with members of the Indian community in Malaysia, took a stinging swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sudden decision to demonetise high-value currency notes in 2016. The Congress president has been a consistent critic of the notes ban decision and the way it was implemented, forcing millions of Indians to stand ...

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  Malaysia Varsity Courts Controversy After It Depicts Hindus As Unclean

  A teaching module published by a leading Malaysian university which depicted Hindus in India as unclean and dirty has generated a controversy and outraged the minority community in the Muslim-majority country.

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  Indian Community Gears Up for PM Modi's Malaysia Visit

  There is palpable excitement in Kuala Lumpur, especially among ethnic and expatriate Indians, who are eagerly looking forward to the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  'Disparate Indian Political Parties in Malaysia Should Unite'

  All political parties representing the Indians should unite and work together for the betterment of the community, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has said.

• Missing Malaysia Airlines plane puts new satellite sensors in the spotlight

  The unexplained fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has thrown the spotlight on some satellite technologies that will make it easier in future for authorities to track and communicate with aircraft over water and uninhabited areas.

• Final words from missing Malaysia jet came after systems shutdown

  The final words from the missing Malaysian jetliner's cockpit gave no indication anything was wrong even though one of the plane's communications systems had already been disabled, officials said on Sunday, adding to suspicions that one or both of the pilots were involved in the disappearance.

• Politician in Malaysia learns Tamil to woo voters

  A member of Malaysia's ruling coalition, who is contesting in the May 5 general elections, is busy picking up key Tamil words to use in his speeches to woo the minority ethnic Indian community in his constituency.

• Political parties in Malaysia ups the ante to get Indian votes

  Ahead of general elections in Malaysia, the 950,000-strong ethnic Indian community, mostly Tamils, is being wooed by both the ruling and opposition parties with catchy Tamil songs, pamphlets and online videos.

• Malaysia to have Tamil announcements at international airports

  Multi-ethnic Malaysia, which has a sizeable ethnic Indian population, is set to have announcements in Tamil language at its international airports. Malaysian Transport Minister Kong Cho Ha has recommended that announcements in Tamil be made available at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and the Low Cost Carrier Terminal starting next year. "T...

• Malaysian Punjabi party gets first woman president

  An ethnic Indian Sikh has been elected as the first woman president of Punjabi Malaysia party, the 24-year-old political group that was formed to take care of the interest of the Sikh community in the country.