Maranatha Academy has offered a scholarship to study for a Master’s degree at Sharda University in India to Ireen Navicha, who represented Malawi at the Miss World pageant in Vietnam. Announcing the scholarship, Maranatha Academy Director Dr Ernest Kawonga said the gesture was a way of honouring Navicha, a former student of the school, for […]
Members of Malawi’s Indian community came together in a proud show of unity as they marked India’s 80th Independence Day at a special ceremony held at the Indian High Commission in Lilongwe. The milestone celebration saw dignitaries and community members gather to honour the day India threw off the shackles of colonial rule — with […]
Malawi has paid tribute to the Indian diaspora’s decades-long contribution to the country’s economic and social development, with a senior government minister using the occasion to call for a more serious and strategic partnership between the two nations. The gathering in Blantyre on Friday evening, held under the theme “Bridging Nations: Celebrating the Indian Diaspora’s […]
A Court in Mzuzu has sentenced an Indian national with three month imprisonment but suspended to three years [meaning he should not re-offend in the period otherwise he will get custodial sentence] and slapped him with K700, 000 fine for slur. The Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Mzuzu made the ruling after Anand Mandivar pleaded […]
The Senior magistrate court in Mzuzu has convicted a 32-year-old Indian national, Anand Mandivar, for insulting Human Rights Defenders Coalition(HRDC) official Happy Mhango , a ‘dog’ in public. Mandivar pleaded guilty when he appeared before the court after his arrest. Senior Resident Magistrate Godfrey Nyirenda convicted Mandivar on his won plea. The court adjourned for […]
Malawi Police in Mzuzu on Tuesday arrested a 32-year-old Indian national, Anand Mandivar for allegedly calling another person, a Malawian citizen, a ‘dog’ in public. The incident happened at Kentam Mall in Mzuzu where the two were seeking services from a mobile phone operator. According to Mzuzu police spokesperson, Paul Tembo, the suspect did not […]
The new Indian High Commissioner Subbia Gorpalalerishnan says his government is committed to enhancing bilateral relations for the two countries socio-economic development. Speaking at Mtunthama State lodge in Lilongwe on Tuesday when he presented his letters of credence to President Lazarus Chakwera, the new envoy said although the two countries already enjoy good bilateral relations, […]
A stubborn Indian investor Chandra More who was reported to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) executive member Billy Mayaya on December 23 2020, who alleged that the investor called him to facilitate a reversal of his (More’s) immigration status following his deportation from the country. has now resorted to issuing […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it has delayed to investigate bribery attempts on Human Rights Defenders Coalition ( HRDC ) executive member Billy Mayaya and Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda by Indian businessperson Chandra Shekhar More due to Covid-19 but assured that the complaint is being processed. ACB principal public relations officer Egrita […]
Embattled Minister of Youth and Sports Ulemu Msungama has admitted that he is paranoid with his hair loss but has denied that he underwent a hair transplant during his recent medical trip to India, which he conceded was a cost to the taxpayer. Briefing journalists in Lilongwe on Tuesday, Msungama said government funded his air tickets […]
Minister of Youth and Sports Ulemu Msungama has justified his trip to India where he went for a medical help on a leg problem and said he had taken advantage of the trip to undergo a back and head surgery. In an audio voice notes he sent to Nyasa Times reporter, Msungama confirmed that he had travelled […]
A Malawian woman is in police custody in India after she was allegedly caught trafficking cocaine. Indian authorities have identified the woman as Ellen Kasakatira. They say she arrested after she was found possessing 1,000 grams of cocaine. “Officers of Mumbai zonal unit had received input that one passenger Ms Ellena Kasakatira, a female Malawi […]
Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) report has projected that 2.6 million people as requiring humanitarian food assistance. Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Agnes Nkusa Nkhoma disclosed this Monday in Lilongwe during official handover ceremony of 1,000 tonnes of rice from Indian Government. She said the food assistance would be required during the lean season from November, […]
A statue of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled at the Indian High Commission in Malawi’s capital city Lilongwe. The unveiling comes on the birthday of the revered political leader, a world known civil liberty activist and Indian nationalist who was born on 2nd October 1869. Indian High Commissioner to Malawi Anurag Bhushan […]
Indian government has pledged to continue supporting Malawi in its developmental agenda and commended the Indian community for contributing to the development of the country’s economy and society. This was said by Indian High Commissioner Anurag Bhushan in his speech at the Indian Embassy in Lilongwe, on Saturday during the Indian Independence Day celebration. “I am happy […]
Superstitions have existed in every country and culture throughout the world and they often survive even as science and rationality become the norm. What leads to the development of a superstition and why people continue to believe them is often a mystery, but they can have a remarkable power over those that do. Latin America […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has halted the immediate deportation of 67 Indian workers at Salima Sugar company whom the government said had no work permit. Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda granted the stay for judicial review on their case. This means the court will hear the whole case before making its determination on whether they should […]
The Indian High Commission to Malawi has warned Indian citizens in the country to ensure that they have work permits to avoid arrests and deportations. The advisory has come after Immigration authorities rounded up close to 100 Indian nationals in Lilongwe for working without work permits in Salima and Lilongwe. The advisory letter reads: “It […]