KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat welcomes any good deeds to resolve the party crisis but he is firm in his intention to defend the MCA presidents post in the coming party election.

GEORGE TOWN: Paper replicas of life-sized mahjong table sets complete with foldable chairs and a seafood steamboat spread are among the hot selling items this year for the Qing Ming or Chinese All Souls Day.

PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin, founder of Naza Group, was posthumously awarded the National Press Club (NPC) Business Visionary Award 2010.

KUALA PILAH: Three family members were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with another at the KM17 of Jalan Seremban-Kuala Pilah.

PETALING JAYA: A 58-year-old woman is seeking the publics help to locate her mentally-ill husband who went missing a week ago.

KUALA LIPIS: The Internal Security Act would be amended as a package together with six other security-related acts to ensure a comprehensive change in dealing with security issues in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR: The line-up of the top contenders for the upcoming party election is being finalised with 24 hours to go before they file their nomination papers Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of hours allocated for teaching English in national schools will be increased from 2011.

KUCHING: Six people, including a policeman, were killed in two road accidents in Betong about 300km from here.

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Road Transport Departments (JPJ) year-round Ops Checkmate , launched on March 1 to reduce road accidents, has already nabbed more than 1,700 traffic violators.

PETALING JAYA: The Mingguan mStar roadshow, that is entering its fourth week, will be at Plaza Damas, Sri Hartamas and Tesco Shah Alam from noon until 3pm today.

KLUANG: It is up to the Attorney-General to look into the claim that Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim used the Yang di-Pertuan Agongs name to launch his bid to topple the Government in 2008.

KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas has discovered a huge tract of oil reserves that could significantly reduce oil prices, claimed former Petronas chairman Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

KUALA LIPIS: The New Economic Model (NEM) to be launched at the end of this month will give equal emphasis to rural development as it does to other sectors, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

PETALING JAYA: German pop rock outfit Tokio Hotel is set for a concert at Central Park Avenue at 1 Utama on May 1.

PETALING JAYA: Parents and teachers have lauded the Governments move to provide a lifeline for students who are not academically inclined.

KUALA LUMPUR: A lorry driver was slashed to death by four assailants armed with parang as he was having his dinner at a restaurant in Bangsar.

JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian couple found dead in a block of flats along Bedok North road in Singapore were cremated at separate ceremonies on the island.

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has lauded the Transport Ministry for making those bidding for Port Klang Authority (PKA) projects of over RM1mil sign integrity pacts.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two people were killed and four others seriously injured in two separate accidents along the Middle Ring Road (MRR2) here.