Archive - 20 January 2008

The large turnout at the event, according to MIC, proves that the Indian community is solidly behind Barisan Nasional.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi declared a popular Hindu festival a public holiday, in an olive branch to the ethnic Indian community following months of dissent.

A schoolmate who rushed to the aid of K Yashovan after his fatal fall tells Suhakam commissioner N Siva Subramaniam what happened on that day.

Abdullah's nationwide tours, along with an upcoming meeting tomorrow of all BN leaders and another on Tuesday with heads of Umno are seen as evidence of election preparations.