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Kuala Lumpur, Mar.20 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) wants the Government to provide more funding for Indian entrepreneurs.
Its president, S. Samy Vellu, said that since 2008, the MIC-owned Social Strategic Foundation (YSS) and Tekun have provided loans totalling RM11mil to 1,481 Indian businessmen.
“I have directed YSS to conduct a study on the progress achieved [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Mar.20 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) wants the Government to provide more funding for Indian entrepreneurs.
Its president, S. Samy Vellu, said that since 2008, the MIC-owned Social Strategic Foundation (YSS) and Tekun have provided loans totalling RM11mil to 1,481 Indian businessmen.
“I have directed YSS to conduct a study on the progress achieved [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 (ANI): Rejecting former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s demand to immediately step down as the Malaysian Indian Congress Chief, S. Samy Vellu has said that he would stick to his original plan and resign in 2012.

“He (Prime Minister Najib Razak) is aware of my retirement plan. I will keep [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 (ANI): Rejecting former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s demand to immediately step down as the Malaysian Indian Congress Chief, S. Samy Vellu has said that he would stick to his original plan and resign in 2012.

“He (Prime Minister Najib Razak) is aware of my retirement plan. I will keep [...]

Putrajaya (Malaysia), Sep 19 (ANI): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has warned that Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu will become a liability to the Barisan Nasional in the next general election since his leadership has failed.

Mohamad suggested that Samy Vellu should step down and take responsibility for the party’s failure in [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep 18 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress president S. Samy Vellu has said that he will personally apologise to former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad over the ’slipper garland’ insult by a MIC member during the recent party congress.

He said [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep.16 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has suspended a delegate who suggested a garland of slippers for former Prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The Star quoted MIC President S. Samy Vellu as saying in a statement: “With the powers vested in me as the president under the MIC constitution, I have suspended [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep. 13 (ANI): The team chosen by Malaysian Indian Congress president S. Samy Vellu has won all top four positions at the party elections held on Saturday.

The clean sweep has silenced Samy Vellu’s critics who were saying that the MIC president was losing grip on the party, the Star Online reports.

G. Palanivel [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep. 7 (ANI): In an unprecedented move, the Malaysian Indian Congress has kept two Punjabi hopefuls on the preferred list of candidates for the party’s central working committee (CWC).

MIC President S. Samy Vellu has endorsed J. [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep. 7 (ANI): In an unprecedented move, the Malaysian Indian Congress has kept two Punjabi hopefuls on the preferred list of candidates for the party’s central working committee (CWC).

MIC President S. Samy Vellu has endorsed J. Randhir Singh from Johor and G. Jaspal Singh from Selangor among 27 candidates, who will be [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep. 4 (ANI): T. Ananthan, who is contesting as for a seat in Malaysian Indian Congress central working committee has declared that five delegates who vote for him in September 12 elections will get free air tickets to Chennai.

The former journalist is offering five return air [...]

Petaling Jaya, Aug 31 (ANI): Former Federal Territory Malaysian Indian Congress chief, V.K.K. Teagarajan, who is making a second bid for the vice-presidency, wants to draw up a plan to boost the economic status of the Indian community.

“I have 20 years involvement in the Indian Chamber and have the knowledge to contribute positively to the [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 29 (ANI): 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.

“He has to listen to the views of the Indian community. Tamil is our life,” he said when asked to comment on Ghauth’s statement over renaming [...]

Petaling Jaya, Aug. 29 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress will have to regain Malay-Indian community’s confidence and work hard to prove that it is still relevant to the country, party chief president S Samy Vellu has said.

“There might even come a time when many won’t even realise that there is a party representing the Indians [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 26 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress chief S. Samy Vellu has expressed disappointment over reports that many top party leaders are indulging in caste politics in the wake of election for top party posts.

On the list could be former deputy president S. Subramaniam, who is [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 20(ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has said that he will complete his full term of office and hand over the reins only in 2012.

“I have decided to complete the term, following numerous requests from branch and divisional leaders, to prevent a break-up in [...]

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Aug 18(ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has claimed that certain members of the party were indulging in money politics, which was now creeping into the party.

Vellu said this before announcing the results of the MIC Youth and Wanita polls on Sunday, [...]

Kuala Lumpur, July 13 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu has hit out at the railway firm Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd for denying the party permission to rebuild a 75-year-old Tamil school in Perak.

Tamil Nesan quoted him as saying that the railway company had forgotten the sacrifices made by Indians who played [...]

Kuala Lumpur, July 7 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress has sought an assurance from Universiti Malaya that an Indian will head its Indian Studies Department.

The MIC wants a commitment from the university after an uproar over its decision to appoint a non-Indian, the Star Online reports.

MIC President S. Samy Vellu said the party wanted an [...]

Kuala Lumpur, July 5 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress has been moving silently on the ground, wooing disgruntled Indians who are angry with the handling of several issues by the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat.

The campaign mounted by MIC president S. Samy Vellu had received encouraging response, especially from Indian non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

In Perak, the [...]