PUTRAJAYA: Forty-two of the 145 victims of the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, last Tuesday are still receiving treatment at hospitals, according to the Health Ministry. It said that 24 victims were being treated, including one in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Hospital Ampang, while 18 others were at private hospitals. It said a 65-year-old man...
PETALING JAYA: Terengganu’s hopes of finishing in the top four of the Super League are fading after they lost 0-1 to Selangor on Saturday. With only two matches remaining, the Turtles are in fifth with 32 points, behind Sabah with 36 points and a game in hand. Finishing outside the top four will see Terengganu fail to...
KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) will implement its TNB Fire Relief Assistance programme, offering a one-off 100% rebate on one month’s electricity bill for customers whose homes were affected by the gas pipeline blaze in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya. TNB, in a statement on Thursday (April 3) said this rebate will be based on the March 2025 billing...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Territory Road Transport Department (JPJ) detained a foreign man suspected of smuggling untaxed liquor at the Sentul Toll Plaza on the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway on Wednesday. Kuala Lumpur JPJ director Hamidi Adam said the Indian national was apprehended during a special operation under Ops Hari Raya 2025, which began at 3pm. "An inspection of the cargo...
A VIDEO circulating on social media shows a minor accident between two cars with the wing mirrors of both vehicles being hit. However, instead of stopping to exchange information and discuss any settlement, one motorist continues on his way. The other follows him to some shophouses and confronts him, after which a scuffle ensues. It is said that...
(Reuters) -Lionel Messi's bodyguard Yassine Cheuko has been banned from protecting the Argentine forward from the touchline during Inter Miami matches. The former Navy SEAL gained widespread recognition after social media videos showed him closely watching the crowd to stop potential pitch invaders from harming the eight-times Ballon d'Or winner. Major League Soccer has now decided to...
(Reuters) -Manchester City striker Erling Haaland will be out of action for up to seven weeks after suffering an ankle injury, manager Pep Guardiola said ahead of Wednesday's Premier League home game against relegation-threatened Leicester City. The 24-year-old Norway international, who has scored 30 goals in 40 matches in all competitions this season for City, picked...
BANGKOK: A Chinese construction company is facing questions over the deadly collapse of a Bangkok skyscraper -- the only major building in the capital to fall in a catastrophic earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people in Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar. The 30-storey tower, still under construction, was to house government offices, but the shaking...
GEORGE TOWN: A car thief who drove away with a five-year-old boy from Kampung Banggol Mosque, Pokok Sena in Tasek Gelugor near here Sunday night (March 30), was nabbed seven hours later in Selangor on the North-South Expressway. Penang police chief Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said that at around 8pm, the father of the boy who has...
JOHOR BARU: A man has been killed after the motorcycle he was on collided with another ridden by a 12-year-old boy in Kampung Sri Aman here. Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Balveer Singh said police received a report at 9.45am on Monday (March 31). "The 65-year-old man was exiting a junction on his way home when...
