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BPF stakes claim to form govt in Bodoland Council, to invite Sarma for oath
A delegation of Bodoland People's Front (BPF), which swept the elections to Assam's Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), met Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya at the Raj Bhavan in Guwahati on Sunday and staked a claim to form the next government in the autonomous council.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Stree to get a spin-off
STREE is set to get an animated spin-off. Recently, at the trailer launch of Maddock Horror Comedy Universe's upcoming film Thamma, actor Shraddha Kapoor announced the animation film Choti Stree, which will revolve around her character from the 2018 film.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
WHY UNDERSTANDING MKT VALUATION MATTERS
THE cyclical nature of financial markets is a valuable lesson to learn when training to be an investor.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
NEP has changed edu sector, opened doors for int'l univs: British Council
THE National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has been truly transformative for the landscape of India's education landscape, said the Country Director India of the British Council, Alison Barrett.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC raps ED for 'arbitrary' probe, grants bail to three
THE Delhi HC has criticised the ED for what it termed a “manifestly arbitrary” approach in a 641 crore money laundering case, while granting bail to three accused.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
VAAKVANI BEYOND INDIA
TODAY is Maha Saptami, an important day of the Durga Puja festival, which celebrates goddess Durga. School holidays are declared for this day in West Bengal, Tripura, and Assam.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Shah rejects Maoists' truce offer, welcomes surrender
REITERATING the government's resolve to completely annihilate violent Naxalites by end of March next year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday rejected the ceasefire offer given by Maoists, saying if the extremists want to surrender and lay down arms, they are most welcome to do so and assured that security forces would not fire a single bullet.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
PLANNING THE WEDDING SKIN
Skin is the big focus area of the Great Indian Wedding Season, that’s kicking off now, but don’t neglect the body and hair too
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
14 surrender amid crackdown in Leh; curfew and net ban on
AMID the crackdown by police following the mob violence in Leh on statehood and 6th Schedule demand on September 24, which resulted in the deaths of four people and injuries to 80 others, at least 14 individuals have surrendered to the court.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Navy holds 1st submarine ops in S China Sea
IN a significant display of capability and team work with international maritime forces, the Indian Navy carried out its maiden mating exercise with the foreign navy submarines far-off from Indian shores.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sabarimala gold pedestal found from house of sponsor's kin
MISSING FOR SIX YEARS
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
PMLA appellate tribunal orders release of BMW in Soren land scam case
IN a significant decision, the Appellate Tribunal constituted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has issued a directive to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to release a BMW X7 luxury vehicle seized from the Delhi residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sexual 'predator' godman held, sent to police custody
Traced to a hotel in Agra, iPad & three phones recovered from him
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Household wealth inequality remains stark despite rapid growth: Report
A close to 29% jump in equity investments has pushed up the average wealth of households, measured in terms of gross financial assets, by 14.5% in 2024, which though on an annualised basis is up only 20 bps from 14.3% in the previous year.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pradhan calls on Nitish to seal seat-sharing deal, announcement likely soon
SEAT-sharing deal among NDA partners for assembly elections has almost been sealed after Union minister and BJP's election in-charge for Bihar Dharmendra Pradhan's meeting with Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar in Patna on Sunday.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Zubeen's family files plaint with CID, seeks probe
THE family of music legend Zubeen Garg filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), seeking a thorough probe into his death under mysterious circumstances while swimming in Singapore on September 19.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Musicians can't afford to have favourites'
URUGRAM-based artist Manan Bhardwaj does things differently. He does not like to stay in Mumbai because he finds it uninteresting to network with big artists. Instead, he prefers to stay in Gurugram, where he was born and raised. In his words, “People in Haryana are straightforward. That spirit is there in my music as well.”
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
LIC MF aims ₹1L cr AUM by year-end
LIC Mutual Funds aims to achieve to ₹1 lakh crore assets under management (AUM) by the end of the current financial year, its managing director & chief executive Ravi Kumar Jha told TNIE.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
ED to soon attach assets of some cricketers, actors in online betting case
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) is preparing to soon attach assets worth crores of rupees of certain sportspersons and actors under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as part of its probe into a case linked to an online betting and gaming platform.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Armed forest guards to be deployed in Palamu reserve on lines of Kaziranga
FOREST officials in Jharkhand are mulling to deploy armed guards by providing weapons to the forest personnel in Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) on the lines of Kaziranga Tiger Reserve and other National Parks located in other states.
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September 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
US revokes Colombian president's visa
THE US State Department said it would revoke the visa of Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro, who returned to Bogota on Saturday after being accused of \"incendiary actions\" during a pro-Palestinian street protest in New York.
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September 28, 2025
The Morning Standard
The Non-Brahmin Priests of Hinduism
RESURRECTING FAITH
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September 28, 2025
The Morning Standard
SHREE CHARANI LIVING HER DREAM
21-year-old from Andhra Pradesh, who was juggling between various sports before cricket, is all set to play in a ODI World Cup. Gomesh S tries to understand the making of the spinner
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September 28, 2025
The Morning Standard
Promises kept, Bihar people will celebrate 4 Diwalis: Shah
SETTING the poll agenda for BJP workers and leaders ahead of assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said people of Bihar will celebrate four Diwalis this year, each representing a different achievement or promise.
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September 28, 2025
The Morning Standard
Drone sightings raise alarm at Danish military facilities
Repeated activity disrupts air traffic, raising Europe security concerns
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September 28, 2025
The Morning Standard
Siddu goes on rounds, suspends engineers and keeps contractors on toes
CHIEF Minister Siddaramaiah's event-filled Bengaluru rounds led him to lose his cool several times and order the suspension of an engineer on Saturday.
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September 28, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Inhuman and humiliating': She lived to tell her harrowing tale
Had to wear prison clothes until my return to India, says 73-yr-old after being deported from US
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September 28, 2025
The Morning Standard
Battle for Asian high: More than just a final
Stage set for first ever Asia Cup final between India and Pakistan
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September 28, 2025
The Morning Standard
TN steadily moving to top in agri sector: CM
CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Saturday took pride in saying that Tamil Nadu has been steadily moving towards the top rank in the agricultural sector, coming first in crop productivity, second in production of maize, oilseeds and sugarcane, and third in millets and groundnuts. He said 47,000 acres of barren land have been brought back under cultivation.
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September 28, 2025
The Morning Standard
Flavour Factory
In 2018, Raipur brothers Akash and Ashish Agrawalla founded ZOFF Foods—short for “Zone of Fresh Foods”—with a bold idea: revive the forgotten aroma of Indian spices using zero-human-touch processing and cool grinding technology. Early skeptics were silenced when a Delhi retailer toured their fully automated, dust-free plant and came away impressed. ZOFF now employs a workforce that is 70 per cent from Chhattisgarh, with senior leaders choosing Raipur over metro cities. Its spices travel far beyond the state, reaching homes across India and even the Middle East. Running a business from a Tier II city, CEO Akash admits, has its hurdles—limited packaging vendors, testing labs, and slower freight timelines—but the benefits are clear: lower costs, access to fresh raw materials, and a community that celebrates their growth as its own.
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