Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

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English newspapers

New Straits Time front-paged MIC information chief and also public relations practitioner P Kamalanathan will run against PKR supreme council member Zaid Ibrahim in next week's Hulu Selangor by-election.

Star headlined BN focusing to ensure victory for the coalition after naming P Kamalanathan as Hulu Selangor candidate.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia headlined Bakar Arang assemblyperson Tan Wei Shu quitting PKR.

Berita Harian led with four corners battle in Hulu Selangor by-election with two independent candidates contesting apart from BN P Kamalanathan and PKR Zaid Ibrahim.

Chinese headlines

BN named the MIC information chief P Kamalanathan as candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election became the front page story for Sin Chew Daily and China Press , where the latter describes Kamalanathan is the 'dark horse'.

Oriental Daily reported PKR lost another state seat, when Kedah state rep Tan Wei Shu became the eighth PKR elected rep to quit the party.

Nanyang Siang Pau in an exclusive story, reported the government chief secretary Mohd Sidek Hassan had issued guideline dated March 8 this year, stated that under the government tranformation plan, all civil servant no need to bother any 'support letter' issue by any politician in the future.

Tamil newspapers

Tamil Nesan and Makkal Osai headlined that P Kamalanathan will be the BN candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election.

Malaysia Nanban headlined that MIC president S Samy Vellu would be handing over power his deputy president G Palanivel within the next 13 to 14 months.

Editorial

New Straits Times said Influenza A is back in the spotlight again and so is the problem of obesity which not only increases the risk of dying from H1N1 but is also the underlying cause of modern killers like kidney failure, stroke and heart disease.

Berita Harian said that religion issues should be solved with cautious as it is very sensitive.

MCA vice president Ng Yen Yen recently visited Penang and claimed that the state people thinks building new school is not important created some controversial, Nanyang Siang Pau today urged the government ministers do not simply let word out of their mouth, especially on the chinese education issue.

After BN announce its candidate, Sin Chew opined that the Hulu Selangor by election is the test of the ruling coalition cohesiveness.

A 15 year old secondary school student committed suicide recently suspect because of home work and examination stress, China Press asked the society to learn lesson and do not give overstress the children.

Tamil Nesan opined strengthen measures must be taken to eliminate Aedes mosquitoes.

Makkal Osai highlighted problems regarding the new Bukit Jalil bus terminal.

Malaysia Nanban said reduction of nuclear weapons is vital in curbing nuclear proliferation.