Appealing for restraint, CM Yogi said devotees should uphold the values associated with Lord Ram, Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva. NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath Friday appealed to Kanwar yatris to maintain discipline during the annual yatra, warning that anti-social elements are “attempting to provoke violence and damage” the pilgrimage’s image.He urged…
The Swans take on the Crows in a Friday night blockbuster at the SCG in what could be a preview of this year’s qualifying final. Second-placed Sydney lost to Fremantle last week, but Dean Cox’s men are still in prime position to host a qualifying final. The Crows have won four of their last five…
A man who “left” his stepfather to “rot” before the body was found in a mummified state has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment. Nikola Golem lied to his mother about her husband’s death for more than a year, and let the “mentally unwell and fragile” woman sleep beside the decomposing body, Brisbane’s Supreme Court…
A truck driver has been charged over a crash involving a passenger train on one of Perth’s main rail lines that left at least three people injured. Police allege the 33-year-old man drove a truck towing a dog trailer onto an activated railway crossing in Guildford’s town centre during a weekday afternoon peak hour in…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the rapid electrification of Indian Railways over the past 12 years has helped the country withstand global energy disruptions, claiming the rail network would have come to a “complete standstill” during the ongoing Middle East crisis if the same situation had arisen before 2014.Addressing a gathering…
The developer of land at Mount Barker and the owners of a local restaurant are incensed with the South Australian government after finding out land will be compulsorily acquired and bulldozed for a new school. Aston Hills Mount Barker developers Lanser said they had been working on their master plan for more than 16 years…
A former educator charged with the sexual abuse of a child at a greater Darwin school holiday program had recently worked in the classrooms of a school in the Darwin area, the ABC can reveal. The 40-year-old man was arrested by Northern Territory Police last month and charged with an indecent touching or act and…
A Mount Gambier man who has previously admitted going naked in two local food businesses has now pleaded guilty to another similar charge of indecent behaviour. Darrin Kingsley Brown, 54, had previously pleaded guilty to two indecent behaviour charges relating to being nude while at a Subway restaurant in Mount Gambier on April 27 and…
Moira Deeming’s political career as a Liberal is over after the party’s state executive voted to revoke the MP’s candidacy for the November state election. The Liberal Party disendorsed Mrs Deeming on Friday night in an emphatic vote against her. She had alleged her partyroom colleague Matthew Guy had assaulted her at a community event…
The construction of 12,000 homes will be fast-tracked as part of a controversial housing development on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The state government green-lit the Aura South project at Halls Creek south of Caloundra on Friday, declaring it a priority development area (PDA). The declaration will see planning and development powers transfer from the Sunshine Coast…