ALOR SETAR: Aras Niaga Group Berhad is suing Kedah State Secretary Incorporated (SSI) for RM310mil for an alleged breach of a land lease agreement signed in 2020. The group’s lawyer, Firhat Muhammad Fikris said the writ of claim named Kedah SSI, its general manager, and the Kedah state secretary as …

KOTA KINABALU: Strong police presence in the city’s central business district here has helped to allay public fears following two recent snatch theft cases. Kota Kinabalu MP Datuk Chan Foong Hin said police efforts within the city limits have ensured no major crime incidents have taken place over the last …

KLANG: A dog hunt scheduled to take place on April 22, 23 and 24 by the Shah Alam City Hall (MBSA) is drawing a lot of flak from dog lovers and members of the public. According to the plan, residents’ association members from the targeted areas would work as volunteers …

SOFIA (Reuters) – Airports in Sofia and Bucharest on Sunday removed passport check points for those departing to or arriving from most European Union member states as Bulgaria and Romania partially joined the Schengen open-travel zone. The two countries reached an agreement late last year to join Europe’s free-travel area …

KOTA KINABALU: The state government has yet to get any formal word or proposal from a Brunei company that announced plans for implementing the first high-speed rail network project in Borneo that includes Sabah. Deputy Chief Minister III Datuk Shahelmey Yahya said that they only heard about the Brunei company …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian opposition parties united on Sunday to protest against the arrest of a prominent leader weeks before a national election, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party of rigging the vote and harassing them with large tax demands. “Narendra Modi is trying match-fixing in this …

IPOH: The grandfather of the late Megat Ashman Aqif Megat Irman Jefni, 21, who died in a road accident in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, On Saturday (March 30), said that the student’s father will leave for New Zealand on Sunday (March 31), to make the necessary arrangements regarding his son’s …

PARIS (Reuters) – France will deliver hundreds of old armoured vehicles and new surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine in its war against Russia, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Sunday. In an interview with La Tribune Dimanche, Lecornu said that President Emmanuel Macron, following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, …

JOHOR BARU: Almost 500 notices have been issued by the Fire and Rescue Department to shopping malls and supermarkets to eliminate fire hazards in public areas. Johor Fire and Rescue Department director Siti Rohani Nadir said this notice was given after the annual inspection that the department conducted, especially during …

KUALA LUMPUR: It is not for PAS but God to decide whether the party accepts the apology by the management of KK Super Mart over the “Allah” socks issue, says PAS ulama wing chief Datuk Ahmad Yahya. He added the offence was “committed against God, not PAS ulama.” “We do …