MIS asks Universiti Malaya to appoint Indian-origin head

September 9th, 2009 PETALING JAYA - Malaysian Indian Congress's CWC seat hopeful Jaspal Singh has urged Malay-Indian businessmen to think big and incorporate technology into their ventures for more profit. Singh said Indians should be prepared to work hard and take up challenges to compete at a global platform.

September 5th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The staff of Universiti Malaya's Indian Studies Department have been urged to set aside their differences and work towards uniting the Malay Indian community. In its editorial, Tamil daily Malaysia Nanban said the department should work towards achieving a higher position in world rankings.

September 3rd, 2009 PUTRAJAYA - The Malaysian Cabinet has decided that the Indian Studies Department of Universiti Malaya will remain and to be headed by a qualified Malaysian of Indian origin. Human Resources Minister Dr S.

August 29th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Indian Congress chief S. Samy Vellu has urged Universiti Malaya's vice-chancellor Ghauth Jasmon not to change the name of university's Indian Studies Department.

August 26th, 2009 PETALING JAYA - The representatives of Indian NGOs have been assured by the vice-chancellor of Universiti Malaya that the Indian Studies department in the university will be maintained. Professor Ghauth Jasmon told Indian NGOs' coordinator K.

August 22nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A group of 128 Indian non-governmental organizations have called on the Malaysian Government to appoint an expert in Indian affairs to head the Universiti Malaya's department for Indian studies. The Star quoted coordinator K.

August 18th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A group of India-based Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have expressed their wish for the Malaysian Government to intervene in the controversy surrounding the Indian Studies Department (ISD) at the University of Malaya, to solve the issues immediately. According to reports, a meeting was also organised by the Tamil Foundation in Kuala Lumpur to talk about means to save the department.

August 3rd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - 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.

August 2nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The ongoing power struggle within Universiti Malaya's Indian Studies Department may soon result in a dip in its popularity rating. It is being said that the recruitment of new lecturers from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to teach History, Culture and Art could control the present crisis.

July 31st, 2009 PETALING JAYA - The University of Malaya (UM) Vice-Chancellor Datuk Ghauth Jasmon has said that they would be appointing a new head for the Indian Studies Department at the University within the next three months. Jasmon said that they have taken a temporary measure and appointed Professor Mohd Reduan Ariff as the acting head of the department, the Star online reports.

June 26th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian Indian woman having seven children has petitioned parliament to get the government to order an inquest into the death of her husband while in police custody. M. Manimalai, 40, submitted a memorandum to Deputy Home Minister Jelaing Mersat alleging that her husband A.

May 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Kansas-based, Indian-origin girl Kavya Shivashankar, 13, has become America's spelling champion by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The budding neurosurgeon from Olathe took home more than 40,000 dollars in cash and prizes and the huge champion's trophy.

May 19th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Indian Congress information chief M. Saravanan has asked the Minnal FM to play a more effective role in uniting the country's Indian community.

April 20th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Health Ministry has said that the ongoing Medical Council's inquiry on A. Kugan, who died while in police custody, will be carried out in a fair manner.

January 28th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Opportunities that ethnic Indian artistes get on Malaysia's television and radio network are inadequate, says the deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department. The minister, T.