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New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English, front right, celebrates with his wife Mary English at a party function in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo: AP)

Final vote count in New Zealand election tightens close race

Both sides will need to talk with the small New Zealand First party, led by maverick 72-year-old lawmaker Winston...

7 Oct 2017 12:19 PM IST

Crew members looking out the cockpit windows of a RNZAF P3 Orion during search operations for wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. (Photo: AFP)

Australia has 'better understanding' of where Malaysian plane MH370...

The hunt for the plane was the largest in history and the ATSB said the challenge was working with limited data.

3 Oct 2017 11:38 AM IST

Hindu Council of Australia called on MLA to voluntarily take the advertisement off air. (Photo: Youtube grab)

Highly insulting: Hindu community in Australia protests lamb ad...

IFA president Nihal Agar said on Sunday the MLA had not listened to the Indian community's earlier concerns when the ad...

25 Sept 2017 10:52 AM IST

Melbourne-based father Sagardeep Singh Aroras son Sidhak Singh was banned by Melton Christian School from wearing a traditional Sikh patka. (Photo: Facebook)

Australia: Sikh family wins case over son wearing turban to Christian...

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled in parents' favour, finding the school had discriminated against...

19 Sept 2017 3:22 PM IST

LGBT rights activists said womens safety shouldnt be used to discriminate against gay couples (Photo: AFP)

Australia church cancels wedding after bride backs same-sex marriage...

The survey is non-binding but PM Malcolm Turnbull has vowed to hold a vote in parliament if the majority of Australians...

15 Sept 2017 12:17 PM IST

Pauline Hanson, leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation minor party, sat wearing the black head-to-ankle garment for more than 10 minutes before taking it off as she rose to explain that she wanted such outfits banned on national security grounds. (Photo: Twitter)

Australian senator argues for ban of full-face Islamic coverings in...

Three senators including Hanson argued over her bill before a majority of senators shut down debate until a later date.

14 Sept 2017 11:10 AM IST

Hindu Council of Australia called on MLA to voluntarily take the advertisement off air. (Photo: Youtube grab)

After India complains, YouTube pulls out Australian ad showing...

Though the full ad of 2.11 minutes, has been taken off but the teaser video of 31 seconds is viewed in the India domain.

12 Sept 2017 3:02 PM IST

Hindu Council of Australia called on MLA to voluntarily take the advertisement off air. (Photo: Youtube grab)

Indian high commission takes up Ganesha lamb ad issue with Australia

In a video ad released by Meat and Livestock Australia, Lord Ganesha along with other religious figures is found to be...

8 Sept 2017 6:18 PM IST

LGBT rights activists said womens safety shouldnt be used to discriminate against gay couples (Photo: AFP)

Australian court dismisses challenge to gay marriage survey; Turbull...

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, a supporter of same-sex rights, welcomed the ruling, which was handed down in...

7 Sept 2017 2:35 PM IST

Screenshot from the video. (Photo: YouTube)

Australia: Hindus upset over Ganesha in lamb ad 'making the world a...

Indian Society of Western Australia spokesman Nitin Vashisht said the Ganesha ad was insensitive.

5 Sept 2017 8:12 PM IST

Indian-origin bus driver Manmeet Alisher. (Photo: Facebook)

Australia: Indian-origin bus driver's killer was former mental patient

Alisher died when an incendiary device similar to a Molotov cocktail was allegedly thrown inside his bus, setting him on...

31 Oct 2016 9:52 AM IST