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The serious side apart, party members also permitted themselves some indulgence going on a spending spree at the stalls that mushroomed at PWTC.

An NGO leader claims that the ruling coalition has not engaged with NGOs, unlike Pakatan Rakyat.

TNB struggles to justify its nuclear plans in the face of civil society objections.

It appears as though the newly registered MMSP has to run the gauntlet for some time to come.

Negotiations and talks of unity throw up cracks in the fractured Indian Progressive Front.

Ex-ISA detainee and Hindraf activist K Vasanthakumar has spelled out eight issues which will help swing Indian voters for PAS.

The Indian Muslim Malaysian Congress, Kimma, hopes its 6th application to join the coalition will be successful.

Giving birth to new political parties is an easy task but nurturing and taking care of them is a different ball game altogether.

Undaunted by the massive task ahead, newly appointed party sec-gen S Murugesan wants to win back the community's trust in time for Bagan Pinang.

COMMENT To discerning observers at the AGM, flaws in MIC's top leadership, its grassroots leaders and the community was all to apparent.

MIC 63rd AGM UPDATED 6PM One MIC delegate slammed the government for playing a double game by causing fissures in the Indian community and working against MIC.

The business of politics is serious but so is making money as a huge variety of goods are being sold at makeshift stalls that are now part of most party AGMs.

"The public won't like it if MCMC did not take any action," says deputy information minister Joseph Salang.

The Human Rights Commission comes off badly at a forum to mark its 10th anniversary.

The status of the Indian Studies Department of Universiti Malaya must be clarified beyond doubt, says P Uthayakumar.

MIC delegates have the onerous task of deciding the party's future this weekend when they pick the deputy president of the party.

A group of men on trial for participating in Hindraf demonstrations want to know the whereabouts of funds meant for their legal costs.

The former Hindraf ISA detainee is peeved with Uthayakumar's revelations in his book that the movement had been infiltrated by an unnamed police spy and wants his name cleared.

Subra loyalist KP Samy withdraws from MIC vice presidential race, to give others the opportunity to serve the party and the community.

Sri Lankan High Commissioner Don D Ranasinghe rejects claims that victims of civil war in the country were subjected to violations of human rights.

An NGO comprising doctors says the issue of nuclear energy is too big for just a few to decide on, and that the power to decide must be put in the people's hands.

Hindraf activist V Ganabatirau has accused leader P Waythamoorthy of using money collected for a law suit against the British government to finance his stay in London.

Indian NGOs today kept peaceful assembly as an option if authorities do not take appropriate action to solve the controversies surrounding UM's problematic Indian Studies Department.