PEKAN BARU: Perlis menteri besar Shukri Ramli has brushed off calls for Perikatan Nasional (PN) to cut ties with Dr Mahathir Mohamad, an adviser to the four PAS-governed states, over his recent comments about non-Malays.

PETALING JAYA: A Bersatu leader has urged the education ministry to explain the “stern action” taken against one of its officers after the latter banned two traditional Tamil songs from being performed at a carnival in Penang last week.