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NEW DELHI: Opposition leaders across party lines on Saturday condemned the Delhi police action at Jantar Mantar after activist Sonam Wangchuk was taken to Safdarjung Hospital during his indefinite hunger strike. The leaders alleged that police used force against peaceful protesters, accusing the centre of suppressing dissent and questioning its response to Wangchuk’s demands over…

Expensive university degrees are making it harder for young Australians to buy a home, economists say, as pressure mounts on the federal government to scrap the Job-ready Graduates scheme, which has seen the cost of many arts degrees soar past $50,000. In Canberra, 20-year-old Chith Weliamuna is halfway through his double degree in law and…

NEW DELHI: The Army engaged in cross-border firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after troops detected suspicious movement near the border, officials said on Saturday.According to the officials, Army personnel opened fire after spotting suspected terrorists near the LoC.The exchange of small arms fire was reported from the…

An Australian man has been filmed being pushed to the ground and handcuffed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in a violent confrontation at Las Vegas airport.  The footage, posted to social media, shows 57-year-old Phu Nguyen being handcuffed by plain-clothes officers as he yells “let me go”. The incident took place in terminal 3…

Pearl Fitton rummages excitedly through her bag of new purchases on the counter of an op shop in Geelong’s northern suburbs. “Look at the price on that!” she exclaims, pulling out one of two saucepans with a $2 price tag sticky-taped on. Along with the saucepans, there are two pairs of shoes and a colander….

Dipke announces hunger strike (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday announced that he has begun an indefinite hunger strike, saying the fast starts “right now” after activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from the protest site at Jantar Mantar earlier in the day.Announcing the decision on X, Dipke wrote, “I…

The Raiders look to keep their finals hopes alive, hosting the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Canberra stadium. Later, the second-placed Warriors welcome the Dragons to Auckland. The day’s festivities end with the Bulldogs taking on the embattled Wests Tigers at the Sydney Olympic park. In the NRLW, the Raiders host the Roosters, the Warriors host…

When the Tarapur Atomic Power Station opened in 1969, India was a proudly independent nation, keen to make a name on the global stage. The country was developing at a rapid pace and economic self-reliance was front of mind in the wake of massive famines and wars with its neighbours. And as India restarts those…

Rescue crews are searching for a man after his canoe capsized in the Goulburn River, two hours north-east of Melbourne. Police say the 53-year-old man and a friend were canoeing at Ghin Ghin, north-east of Yea when their boat flipped just before 10:45 this morning. One of them made it to safety and called for…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the planned maiden launch of Vikram-1, India’s first privately developed orbital launch vehicle, as “a historic new frontier” for the country’s space programme as Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace prepared for Mission Aagaman from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.The mission, scheduled for lift-off at 11.30am, marks the first…