In the country’s biggest haul of ketamine hydrochloride, worth more than Rs 20 crore in the international market, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 197 kg of the drug from a Malaysia-bound container at the Chennai port on Tuesday. The method used to send the consignment was novel - ketamine was packed in red-colored packets shaped like onions!

DRI officials, after receiving a tip-off about the concealment, checked a container named ‘Bangalore onion’ that was ready for shipment after Customs clearance. They found packets of the drug, placed in the corner of the container, next to some onions.

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 19 : Two to three Malaysians are either barred from leaving for India or deported daily due to fake visas issued to them. The Indian High Commission has uncovered a scam following the loss of 2,000 visa stickers from its visa centre at the Jalan Duta Chancery.

So far, 50 Malaysians have been redirected back here since October after landing at Indian airports, The Star reported.

It is learnt that the High Commission informed airline companies of the loss and revocation of the said visa stickers.

Newspaper advertisements were also placed, stating that Malaysians and other foreign nationals could not use the lost visas (serial numbers published) to travel to India.

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 19 : The Malaysian Indian Congress Youth has proposed the setting up of a Tamil League in a move to attract international attention to the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Adviser S. Vell Paari said the league should be a United Nations-recognised body, similar to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

“I believe a new league of Tamils representing their resident country should be established in Tamil Nadu to diligently and vigilantly guard over the political, economic and social agenda of Tamils living all over the world,” he said in a statement.

Putrajaya (Malaysia), Nov 19 : The Malaysian Government’s Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) has said that the National Fatwa Council will come out with a ruling on yoga exercise this week.

Director-general Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz, Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim), remained tight-lipped when asked if the fatwa would ban Muslims from taking up yoga.

However, he said, the council and Jakim would not hesitate to issue a fatwa or rulings to ensure Muslims do not deviate from the teachings of Islam.

“Just like the ruling we issued recently on tomboyish behaviour, our decision on yoga has to be made to preserve the faith of Muslims,” The NST Online quoted Wan Mohamad, as saying.

Figure out this one - 39 oncologists (cancer specialist doctors) treating more than 40,000 new cases of cancer every year in Malaysia.

However, according to the country’s Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, Malaysia should ideally have eight oncologists per million population.

Speaking after opening the First Asia Pacific Conference on Healthy Policy and Planning, Liow said, “With about 26 million people, we need about 200 oncologists.”