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Ayatollah Khamenei funeral NEW DELHI: Bihar governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain and Union minister of state for external affairs Pabitra Margherita will attend the funeral ceremony of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on behalf of the Indian government, ANI reported citing Iranian sources.Iran had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the…

Akal Takht gives Punjab govt 1 month to amend anti-sacrilege law (File: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Akal Takht on Monday gave the AAP-led Punjab government one month to amend the Jagat Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkaar (Amendment) Act, 2026 in line with Sikh sentiments.The directive came after the Sikh legislators and ministers appeared before…

A former University of Wollongong (UOW) deputy vice-chancellor says he “utterly” rejects allegations he ignored recruitment concerns within the university’s governance division. The Independent Commission Against Corruption is investigating allegations former chief governance officer Alyssa White improperly influenced recruitment processes to benefit associates and friends. Sean Brawley served as UOW’s deputy vice-chancellor (strategy and assurance)…

CHENNAI: Former AIADMK minister M R Vijayabhaskar on Monday resigned from his MLA post. He handed over his resignation letter to Speaker J C D Prabhakar. He was the sixth AIADMK legislator to resign, bringing down the AIADMK’s numbers from 47 to 41 amidst the ongoing exodus of AIADMK functionaries, including former ministers, MPs, and…

Four fatal crashes in 12 days in South Australia’s Limestone Coast region have prompted an urgent safety call for the state’s regional roads. The warning comes as police are still at the scene of a crash at Eight Mile Creek, near Port Macdonnell, where a car struck and killed a man walking on Galpins Road….

India has urged the European Union to exempt it from proposed restrictions on metal scrap exports, warning that the move could disrupt supplies, increase production costs and affect the country’s steel and aluminium industries.Under the EU’s revised Waste Shipment Regulation, exports of non-hazardous waste, including recyclable metal scrap, to non-OECD countries will be banned from…

The desperate search for a 46-year-old woman who disappeared in southern Western Australia last week has ended with her being found safe and well. Jodie King, a resident of Darkan in WA’s southern Wheatbelt, had been missing since Wednesday, sparking a large search party with family, friends, police and SES volunteers. WA Police confirmed today…

Detectives are investigating the apparent theft of four enormous copper-rich tugboat propellers worth about $2 million in Western Australia’s north. The heist appears to be one of the most daring authorities have seen, as each propeller weighs about 2 tonnes and measures almost three metres across. The propellers belong to tugboats like this one, approaching…

A security guard who was allegedly stabbed to death at a train station in Melbourne’s outer north has been honoured with a permanent tribute. Aidan Becker, 22, was killed when he allegedly tried to rescue a 14-year-old boy from an alleged machete attack at Mernda train station on March 6. Four teenage boys have been…

A security guard who was allegedly stabbed to death at a train station in Melbourne’s outer north has been honoured with a permanent tribute. Aidan Becker, 22, was killed when he allegedly tried to rescue a 14-year-old boy from an alleged machete attack at Mernda train station on March 6. Four teenage boys have been…