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Social media post sparks Gujarat Garba chaos
A social media dispute late on Wednesday night sparked violent communal clashes in the Bahial village of Gandhinagar, leaving the Navratri festival in disarray.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Proposal put forward to declare 2024 Wayanad landslide a geoheritage site
A groundbreaking proposal has been put forward to designate the site of the 2024 Wayanad landslide-the largest recorded in India’s history-as the country’s first landslide geoheritage site.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Strengthen balance sheet: FM to banks
FINANCE minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday asked banks, especially those under her watch, to strengthen their balance sheets so that they can fund more to the high cash-burning infrastructure sector.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
DON’T MOTHER AWAY THIS CRISIS
THE surge of campus suicides is a silent scream echoing off concrete hostel walls, one we can no longer afford to ignore or smother beneath well-intentioned policy.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Housing sales drop 9% YoY in top 7 cities in July-Sept quarter: Anarock
Total sales value increases by 14% in third quarter
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
No govt role for Hamas after war ends: Abbas
PRESIDENT of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, speaking over a video after the United States denied his visa, told world leaders on Thursday that his people reject the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and pledged that the militant group would have no role in governing the Gaza Strip after the war ends and must hand over its weapons to his administration.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Saini announces ₹2,100-monthly aid for women, 20 lakh to benefit in first phase
HARYANA CM Nayab Singh Saini launched the Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana for women's welfare on Thursday, marking the 109th birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Team BJP: Pradhan for Bihar, Yadav for Bengal, Panda for TN
MORE than a fortnight ahead of the anticipated announcement of poll dates for the Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP on Thursday appointed Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan as the state’s election in-charge.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Digital payments: Reserve Bank issues new authentication norms
TO ensure robust security and user protection as the digital payments ecosystem grows manifold, the RBI has issued a comprehensive framework for strengthening the authentication mechanisms in digital payments effective next April.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bobby Brown cast in Perfect by Gia Coppola
MILLIE Bobby Brown is set
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Court relief to journalist, gag order on corporate house reporting lifted
A district court on Thursday set aside a civil court's gag order restraining journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta from reporting about Adani Group and directed the trial court to rehear the matter.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ambulance must reach patient before pizza is delivered: Gupta
\"THE ambulance should reach before a pizza\"—with this message, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday flagged off 11 new Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) ambulances, bringing Delhi's fleet to 277.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
One arrested for running illegal recruitment agency, 148 passports seized
A 36-year-old man, Imran Khan, was arrested on charges of running an illegal recruitment agency and deceiving job seekers by promising overseas employment in Gulf countries, police said on Thursday.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
CPWD to strengthen govt buildings for earthquake safety
THE Central Public Works Department (CPWD) is set to launch a comprehensive structural safety audit of government buildings under its jurisdiction, with a primary focus on high-risk structures in the national capital such as hospitals, schools, colleges, and institutional buildings.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Accenture revenue rises 7% to $17.6 bn
ACCENTURE reported revenue of $17.6 billion for the fourth quarter ended August 31, a 7% year-on-year rise , the IT services company said on Thursday.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Despite Kerala opposition, Raja re-elected gen secy of CPI for third straight term
THE Left party veteran D Raja has been reelected as the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) for a third straight term, as he gets an exemption from the age limit rule for all members of the party secretariat.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Entire nation celebrating GST festival: Modi in Raj
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to adopt ‘Swadeshi’ in their buying-selling culture to strengthen local industries and make India self-reliant.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Satellite images show that Iran conducted missile test
IRAN has likely carried out an undeclared missile test at its Imam Khomeini Spaceport, satellite photos analysed by The Associated Press showed Thursday, underlining Tehran’s effort to maintain its weapons program despite the 12-day war with Israel in June.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Day after, FCRA licence of Wangchuk’s NGO axed
MHA cites financial irregularities and violation of norms by SECMOL
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Begin talks, don't leave ‘void’ in Ladakh, Oppn tells govt
A day after violent clashes in Ladakh, Opposition parties urged the Centre on Thursday to engage with the people of Ladakh to address their concerns, warning that if a void is left in the border state, someone else would try to fill it.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
75% of 425 additional CAPF companies to join fight against Maoists
FOLLOWING recent successes against Left Wing Extremists in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to move over 75% of the 425 additional Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) companies—originally deployed for Amarnath Yatra and then kept in Jammu & Kashmir—to Naxal-affected areas for a final offensive against the extremists.
1 min |
September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bandmate detained, SIT raids houses of Zubeen’s manager, S’pore fest organiser
A Special Investigation Team (SIT), set up to probe the death of Assam’s music legend Zubeen Garg, has detained his longtime bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
CLEARING THE AIR NOT INTERESTED IN ASSERTING OURSELVES ON KASHMIR, SAYS U.S.
KASHMIR is a \"direct issue\" between India and Pakistan and the US has no interest in \"asserting\" itself between the South Asian neighbours on the matter, a senior State Department official said here on Wednesday.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
5 rob cab driver, flee with vehicle in Haryana dist
FIVE people allegedly robbed a cab driver at gunpoint near Hilalpur toll in Nuh area of Haryana early on Thursday and fled with his vehicle, police said.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Contract for 97 Tejas Mk1A firmed up
IN the face of fast depleting combat squadrons of the Indian Air Force, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has inked a deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for 97 LCA Mk1A aircraft (68 fighters & 29 twin seaters) with associated equipment for the Air Force (IAF) at ₹62,370 crore.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Paris court jails Sarkozy for 5 years in Libya funds case
A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya, a verdict that the still-influential conservative leader denounced as “a scandal.”
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Siddu proposes, Azim Premji disposes: No trespassing through Wipro
NO, MINISTER
1 min |
September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Keeping up with collagen for skin
KIN, the body’s largest organ, is a protective barrier against the outside world and a mirror of health, lifestyle, and age.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
At G20 meet, EAM calls out ‘double standards’ in global response to conflicts
SPEAKING at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting on the sidelines of the United Nationals General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar called out “double standards” in the global response to conflicts and urged the world to show zero tolerance for terrorism.
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September 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
In a 1st, Agni-Prime missile testfired from railway-based mobile launcher
SHOWCASING advanced launch platform capabilities, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with the Strategic Forces Command (SFC), has successfully launched the Intermediate Range Agni-Prime missile from a rail-based mobile launcher in a full operational scenario.
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