The Huranga Festival is a traditional event held during Holi at a temple in northern India, dating back more than 500 years. The celebration involves women playfully tearing men's clothes and striking them with the torn fabric, while men retaliate by drenching the women with watercolours. Thousands of locals and tourists gather annually to participate in this unique cultural tradition.

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Char'd Chicken Belfield has won 2Day FM's Chicken Shop Showdown competition. A busload of listeners travelled around Sydney taste testing charcoal chicken establishments across the Harbour City. The winner was announced on 2Day FM Breakfast with Nathan and Emma.

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Australia's only manganese alloy smelter, Liberty Bell Bay in northern Tasmania, faces potential closure after ASIC applied to the NSW Supreme Court to wind up the business. The company has failed to lodge annual reports for five years, with smelting operations paused for almost a year due to worsening financial conditions. The smelter's British owner Sanjay Gupta, who is also facing legal issues over a coal mine and had his Whyalla steelworks taken over by the South Australian government, says the company will strongly oppose the wind-up attempt.

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Kyle Sandilands is reportedly preparing legal action against his employer ARN following his public dispute with co-host Jackie O, seeking an $88 million payout on the grounds that ARN lacks cause to terminate his contract. A senior staffer from the Kyle and Jackie O Show has expressed devastation on social media about the programme's end, describing the team as a family.

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Sydney's M1 Metro line will undergo full closures on multiple weekends starting tomorrow, including several weekends in March and the Easter long weekend. The shutdowns are required for major testing and system upgrades as Sydney Metro prepares to extend services to Bankstown later this year.

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A Queensland Coroner's Court has determined that 19-year-old Canadian backpacker Piper James died of drowning after being attacked by a dingo on K'gari (previously known as Fraser Island) in January. The court found Ms James drowned following the dingo attack, with suggestions she may have entered the water to escape the animals, though this has not been confirmed.

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The Iranian women's football team faces threats from their home government after initially staying silent during the national anthem at the Asian Cup on the Gold Coast. State TV labelled them 'wartime traitors' following their subtle protest before the match against South Korea, prompting the players to perform a military salute and sing the anthem before their subsequent game against the Matildas. Around 200 demonstrators rallied outside the stadium, calling the team 'hostages to the regime' with concerns they face severe punishment, including potential jail time or execution, upon their return to Iran.

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Military conflict involving Iran has spread to southern Lebanon, with explosions reported in Beirut's southern suburbs. Iran continues launching missiles at Israel and neighbouring countries, with Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system facing challenges from cluster warheads. The US Central Command has released footage showing a strike on an Iranian drone carrier vessel.

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A 38-year-old man from Ferntree Gully was arrested after reversing into a police vehicle in Melbourne's CBD at 3:15am. Police had attempted to stop the Kia due to erratic driving, but the driver turned into a dead-end laneway on Latrobe Street and collided with officers as they blocked his escape. Police allege they found false plates and drugs in the vehicle, with two male officers escaping physical injury.

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Victorian women over 18 will be able to obtain the contraceptive pill directly from pharmacists without a doctor's prescription from July under the Chemist Care Now scheme. More than 850 pharmacies will participate in the program, with pharmacists required to conduct consultations before dispensing. GPs have criticised the move, expressing concerns it weakens patient safety regulations.

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