Seminars to reach out to 10,000 school-leavers

THE 1Malaysia Indian Student Movement (1MISM) will meet 10,000 potential university students in a series of seminars to help them get into public universities, Makkal Osai reported.

Association president Mahaganapathy Dass said 1MISM had been conducting such seminars and workshops for SPM and STPM leavers for the past five years.

“The association is keen on ensuring the 7% allocation given to Indian students since 2013 is filled every year,” he said.

The 1MISM chief, who spoke to 200 students at a seminar at Universiti Malaya on Saturday, said the seminars would take place in 14 locations around the country to reach as many students and their parents as possible.

> A wedding in Madhya Pradesh, India, had to be delayed by 12 hours after the bride’s family insisted that the groom shaved his beard, the same daily reported. The incident started right before the ceremony.

The bride’s family refused to budge and the groom was equally adamant about keeping his beard.

Both families kept at it for more than 12 hours when police were called in to resolve the dispute.

The local police chief managed to calm the groom down and advised him to shave off his beard.

He eventually agreed and the wedding ceremony took place.