
Bangalore: Passengers of a Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur were stranded at the Bangalore International airport on Sunday after the flight returned to the airport, after almost making a landing at Kuala Lumpur. The passengers of Flight MH193D were not informed about the cause of the delay even after a wait of over 3 hours. They were finally taken to a nearby hotel to be accommodated on another flight...

03:11 PM, Apr 15, 2012

New Delhi: Indian shuttlers competing in the qualifying round of the Malaysian Super Series suffered contrasting defeats to crash out of the prestigious tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. 16-year-old prodigy PV Sindhu, who won three senior level titles in 2011 to jump to world number 31, played her heart out before losing 21-17 16-21 18-21 to Lydia Li Ya Cheah in the women's singles qualifiers. RMV Gurusaidutt too fought...

06:36 AM, Jan 11, 2012

Karachi: The two of planes of Pakistan International Airlines, which received bomb threats while flying and were grounded at Istanbul and Kuala Lumpur, have been cleared to resume their flights. PIA aircraft were given clearance after authorities at the two airports conducted thorough search, a PIA official said. The official said the bomb threats were received through emails while the aircraft were in mid-air, and the identity of the sender...

07:53 AM, Sep 08, 2011

Kuala Lumpur: Several ethnic Indian religious organisations, including the Malaysia Hindu Sangam, have expressed outrage over the sale of slippers bearing the impressions of a Hindu deity and called for action against the importer of the footwear, media reports said. MHS president RS Mohan Shan said this was tantamount to disrespecting the Hindu religion. A Tamil newspaper reported that slippers with the impression of the deity had been on sale...

11:38 AM, Feb 12, 2011

Kuala Lumpur: To give thanks to a powerful god for blessing him with a longed-for daughter, Sharma Muthu will skewer his tongue with a spear for Malaysia's largest Hindu festival. The government official will be one of many thousands who will go into a trance and pierce their bodies with hooks and spears to honor Lord Murugan, the god of war and fertility, at his limestone cave temple in the...

04:22 PM, Jan 13, 2011

Kuala Lumpur: A Qatar Airways aircraft enroute from Manila to Doha made an emergency landing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Wednesday, after one of its pilots died of a heart attack mid-air. A spokesman for the airways said the pilot, a 43-year-old Indian national, complained of chest pain and the co-pilot requested to land at KLIA around 11.30am. "The plane, an A330 Airbus with about 250 passengers...

08:29 AM, Oct 14, 2010

147 soap bars hollowed out, repacked with 7.5 kg of drugs say authorities. ...

10:41 PM, Feb 01, 2009

Karachi: The PCB has lost hopes of a bilateral series with India early next year after getting a cold response from BCCI officials during the Asian Cricket Council meeting in Singapore this week. According to a report in the Jang, it is unlikely that India will host Pakistan for the scheduled future tour program Test series in March-April next year. The report said there were many hurdles in the way,...

08:02 PM, Mar 30, 2008

A 100-year-old Hindu temple in southern Malaysia has been demolished following a court order. ...

03:42 PM, Dec 01, 2006

The 452-m high twin towers in Kuala Lumpur are believed to be the world's tallest high-rise of 20th century. ...

09:53 PM, Sep 15, 2006