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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from West Bengal and Election Commission to a PIL which alleged that the state govt was denying benefits of social welfare schemes, including ration, to people whose names were deleted from the voter list because of doubtful citizenship during special intensive revision (SIR).On a PIL by Prasenjit…
An Irish national who helped a shadowy international syndicate in a bid to smuggle an alleged fugitive drug trafficker out of Australia via a remote Northern Territory town has pleaded guilty to his role in the million-dollar plot. Stephen Frances Roche this week pleaded guilty in the NT Supreme Court to attempting to pervert the…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday warned two Ghaziabad private hospitals and a doctor that if they failed to voluntarily pay compensation to parents of a grievously injured sexually assaulted girl, who died due to refusal of treatment, it will impose costs that would have a chilling impact.When a doctor, accused of refusing admission to…
Most musicians would be disappointed if their performances were met with silence. But not Alison Ware. Every fortnight, the Canberra harp therapist performs for some of her most attentive audience members — rhinos, lemurs, lions and a school of Amazonian fish at the National Zoo and Aquarium. For the past five years, Ms Ware has…
Beach days sound simple until you’re standing in a parking lot with a 4 ½-year-old who insists on carrying everything by himself, a 21-month-old who changes her mind every five minutes and a 9-month-old who still needs naps, shade and a surprising amount of gear. After our first beach trip of the summer, I realized…
A Canberra mother had concerns for her daughter’s safety at a childcare centre in the city’s north-west for more than a year before the ACT regulator ordered it to shut. Alison Sweeney, whose daughter attends Edge Early Learning in Higgins, said she was not surprised the Children’s Education and Care Assurance (CECA) issued the centre…
NEW DELHI: In a likely breakthrough in govt’s attempts to muster a two-thirds majority in Parliament to pass the Constitution amendment bill to increase seats in Lok Sabha and implement women’s reservation law from 2029, DMK, which has 22 members in Lok Sabha, said it is open to negotiation if govt can guarantee that the…
Mike Risk loves watching the Australia’s only mainland colony of gannets at Point Danger on Victoria’s rugged south-west coast. The majestic flock of about 300 seabirds nests on a cliff on the edge of the roaring Southern Ocean at Portland, a four-hour drive west of Melbourne. Usually Mr Risk will marvel at the birds as…
The moonshine stomp, the mountain goat and the rocking chair — these are just some of the dance moves echoing through Tasmania’s Rowella Community Hall on any given Sunday. The former church, nestled alongside the River Tamar, north of Launceston, is now one of the state’s busiest community halls, hosting everything from social nights to…
In Queensland’s cattle country, beef is big business. From grazing to abattoirs and the quintessential butchery, the industry is the fabric of the west. But outback butcher shops are shutting up shop due to economic pressures and a lack of apprentices. “It’s pretty devastating to everybody,” said Tarj Wiles, who managed Julia Creek’s only butcher…