News 24/7 Entertainment Politics Life Business Specialty MIC takes up case of 187 Indian students for scholarship thecheers.org    2008-05-22 06:41:29     () K Kuala Lumpur, May 22 : The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has appealed to the Government to reconsider the appeal of 187 Indian high achievers who were unsuccessful in their applications for Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships this year. More in World news news British man responsible for Pentagon hack alludes to possibility of U.S. military tribunal When a drunk passenger tried to open aircraft's door at 35,000ft! European Airlines fly planes with known defects: Survey The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has appealed to the Government to reconsider the appeal of 187 Indian high achievers who were unsuccessful in their applications for Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships this year. MIC president S. Samy Vellu said that he made the appeal during a meeting with Chief Secretary to the Government Mohd Sidek Hassan. He said Sidek was very receptive and promised to do his best to help. This year, only 72 Indian students received PSD scholarships out of the 2,000 scholarships awarded. Samy Vellu said MIC secretary-general S. Subramaniam, who is the Human Resources Minister, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department S.K. Devamany and MIC Education Bureau chief T. Marimuthu would also meet PSD director-general Ismail Adam over the issue. The Star Online quoted him as saying to students to inform the party headquarters if they received fresh offers of scholarships from the Government. (ANI) © 2007 ANI Click for more News about World-news TAGS: World-news    The Cheers NEWS is looking for new contributors more One in five Brit pupils drinking six pints a week Most of the schoolchildren in Britain are downing six pints of beer a week, shows an official report. "Daring attack on US base could be harbinger of deadly phase of war in Afghanistan" Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has said that last weekend's raid by about 200 militants on a US base in eastern Afghanistan, near Pakistan, killing nine US troops, could be "the harbinger of a dangerous new phase in the war there". US agrees to supply 5 lakh tons of wheat to food-crisis-hit Pak 18.Jul 2008 The US is learnt to have agreed in principle to su...read Anwar Ibrahim says 'no' to foreign forensic expert fearing fabrication 18.Jul 2008 Malaysia's former deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ib...read Josef Fritzl's incest kids refuse to testify against him 18.Jul 2008 Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl's kids with his dau...read Previously... Lack of sanitation killing 5,000 children every day from diarrhoea: UN Pak supporting US' war on terror for self-interest, says Gilani Brit blokes are biggest bedroom liars! Indian pilgrims' caught in immigration scam in New Zealand devastated Pak Taliban flouting peace pact by still recruiting militants in NWFP

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