NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A court in India essentially banned Islamic schools in the country’s most populous state, a move that could further distance many Muslims from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government ahead of national elections. The Friday ruling scraps a 2004 law governing madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, saying …

SHAH ALAM: The inaugural large-scale customers meet-and-greet day was well-received by the public, says Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan. The Selangor police chief said the programme was held at all 16 district police headquarters and saw people coming as early as 9am on Saturday (March 23). “We organised the Customers …

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A 4-0 triumph for the Netherlands in Friday’s friendly against Scotland might seem a convincing scoreline but coach Ronald Koeman and captain Virgil van Dijk were far from pleased with their team’s performance three months away from the European Championship. Koeman said they were careless in possession …

LONDON (Reuters) – Friday’s shock announcement from Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, of her cancer diagnosis dominated the nation’s newspaper front pages on Saturday, with messages of support combined with criticism of those who had speculated about her health. Kate said on Friday she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy after tests …

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s southwestern Papar-Beaufort districts and parts of the state capital continue to record unhealthy air quality levels amid new localised fires. According to the Environment Department website, the Kimanis area, located between Papar and Beaufort, continued to record air pollution levels above 155 API as of 4pm Saturday …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Daniel Ricciardo’s hopes of a happy return to Albert Park after missing last year’s Australian Grand Prix suffered a major blow on Saturday as the RB driver failed to make it out of the first session of qualifying. The Western Australian’s fastest lap of Q1 was deleted …

KUALA LUMPUR: A company has come forward to claim the suitcase filled with over RM500,000 in cash found at a shopping mall’s parking lot, says Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan. He said that the company had lodged a police report in Shah Alam on the matter and …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Mercedes endured their worst qualifying session of the season at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, leaving seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton crushed and team boss Toto Wolff seeing no hope of catching Red Bull in the short term. Hamilton was eliminated in Q2 to qualify 11th, …

KOTA KINABALU: The family of the 17-year-old boy killed during a fight with dormitory mates at a vocational college in Lahad Datu on Friday (March 22) are in a state of disbelief and shock. The grieving family members who were outside the Lahad Datu district hospital’s Forensics Department, however, told …

KOTA KINABALU: Thirteen civil society organisations are still pursuing a judicial review on Sabah’s Nature Conservation (NCA) deal with a Singapore-based company to carry out carbon credit trade. Civil Society Alliance spokesperson Cynthia Ong said that the judicial review is set to be heard by the Kota Kinabalu High Court …