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Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party
The Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party ( ms, Parti Makkal Sakti Malaysia; ta, மலேசியா மக்கள் சக்தி கட்சி, Malēciyā Makkaḷ Cakti Kaṭci; abbrev: MMSP) is a political party in Malaysia that seeks to champion ethnic Malaysian-Indian issues. MMSP is an offshoot but unaffiliated of the apolitical NGO of Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) formed by its former coordinator R.S. Thanenthiran and his detractors faction aligned to the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN)'s United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) government then whoes actrocities the movement had been fighting against. It had even copied the NGO's slogan of People's Power (மக்கள் சக்தி / Makkal Sakti) as the party name. The MMSP which was officially launched by the new Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak then on 10 October 2009, has been allegedly sponsored by Barisan Nasional (BN) although the party had denied at the beginning, MMSP maintains friendly relations wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidian Parties
Dravidian parties include an array of List of recognised political parties in India#State, regional political parties in the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, India, which trace their origins and ideologies either directly or indirectly to the Justice Party (India), Justice Party and the Self-Respect Movement, Dravidian movement of C. Natesa Mudaliar, C. Natesanar and Periyar E. V. Ramasamy. The Dravidian movement was based on the linguistic divide in India, where most of the North India, Northern Indian, East India, Eastern Indian and West India, Western Indian languages are classified as Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan, whereas the South Indian languages are classified as Dravidian languages, Dravidian. Dravidian politics has developed by associating itself to the Dravidian people, Dravidian community. The original goal of Dravidian politics was to achieve social equality, but it later championed the cause of ending the domination of North India over the pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Straits Times
The ''New Straits Times'' is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first), having been founded as a local offshoot of Singapore-based ''The Straits Times'' on 15 July 1845. It was renamed as the ''New Straits Times'' on 13 August 1974. The paper served as Malaysia's only broadsheet format English-language newspaper; however, following the example of British newspapers ''The Times'' and ''The Independent'', a tabloid version first rolled off the presses on 1 September 2004 and since 18 April 2005, the newspaper has been published only in tabloid size, ending a 160-year-old tradition of broadsheet publication. The ''New Straits Times'' currently retails at RM1.50 (~37 US cents) in Peninsular Malaysia. As of 2 January 2019, the group editor of the newspaper is Rashid Yusof. In 2020, the paper was listed as the 5th most trusted in a Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Reuters In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
