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Man shot dead in Narela
A 55-year-old man was allegedly shot dead over a property-related dispute in outer north Delhi's Narela area, police said on Saturday.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
Justice not just for those who can afford it: CJI
CHIEF Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday asserted that the law was not just for those who could afford it, but for anyone who was in dire need of it.
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January 04, 2026
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In five years, more tigers died outside protected reserves
INDIA'S tiger conservation success story has a flip side.
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January 04, 2026
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The Age of Anxious Peace
India’s internal security environment in 2025 reflects a complex interaction between longstanding conflict patterns and rapidly evolving threats.
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January 04, 2026
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SC order on Khalid's bail tomorrow
THE Supreme Court will on Monday pronounce its order on the bail petitions of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and five others in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
One killed, two hurt after being run over by bus
IN yet another incident adding to the growing list of accidents caused by Ama buses, an autorickshaw driver was killed and two passengers were injured when a bus hit them from behind on Saturday.
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January 04, 2026
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Dense fog to persist, yellow alert issued
MODERATE to dense fog is expected to persist over the capital in the coming days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, issuing a yellow alert for dense fog on Sunday.
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January 04, 2026
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Banks see sharp rise in deposit, credit in Q3FY26
DRIVEN by high festive demand and GST rate cut-induced shopping spree, both public and private sector banks have turned the low-credit-growth-lower deposit growth tides in the third quarter clocking high to mid double digits growth in advances and deposit accretion.
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January 04, 2026
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Kerala MLA gets jail for destruction of crucial evidence
IN a major loss of face for the Kerala’s ruling LDF just months before the state assembly elections, its legislator from Thiruvananthapuram and former minister Antony Raju was on Saturday handed a three-year jail sentence by a local court in a 35-year-old evidence-tampering case.
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January 04, 2026
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Maduro's rise from union leader to embattled ruler
NICOLAS Maduro, who rose from unionised bus driver to Venezuelan president and oversaw his country's democratic undoing and economic collapse, was captured on Saturday during an attack by US forces on his capital.
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January 04, 2026
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Called by the Desert
Fifteen years ago, scrolling late one night, Tokyo resident Mayumi stumbled upon a clip of Kalbelia dance—black skirts flaring, khartal clapping, bodies moving like flames, “I don’t know why, but tears rolled down my cheeks,” she says.
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January 04, 2026
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Over 100 nabbed, accounts frozen in passport and visa fraud cases at IGIA in '25
DELHI Police's IGI Airport unit has arrested around 130 people involved in visa and passport fraud cases in 2025.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
Teen beaten to death by classmates in Vellore
A 19-year-old student doing his second-year BA at Vellore's Voorhees College was allegedly bludgeoned to death with an iron rod by two of his classmates in a suspected dispute over relationship with a girl.
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January 04, 2026
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RETURNING ROUTES OF THE HILLS
A botanist traded research career to ignite homestay revolution in villages of Uttarakhand, writes Narendra Sethi
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January 04, 2026
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Slavery destroys heritage too: Modi
At opening of Piprahwa Buddhist relics display, PM calls it 'inseparable part of our civilisation '
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January 04, 2026
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Cong multi-phase counter to G-RAM-G to begin on Jan 10
THE Congress on Saturday announced the first phase of nationwide 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram' (Save MGNREGA campaign ) from January 10 to demand the withdrawal of the VB GRAM-G Act, and restoration of MGNREGA as a rightsbased law, the right to work, and the authority of panchayats.
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January 04, 2026
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TIME FOR A RESOLUTION ON REST
I returned from Uttarakhand when the Char Dham yatra season was coming to an end.
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January 04, 2026
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Cong probe team for Indore deaths, BJP ‘mob’ battle it out
STRUCK by the killer diarrhoeal outbreak, the Bhagirathpura locality of Indore, India's cleanest city, turned on Saturday into a battleground between the ruling BJP and opposition Congress.
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January 04, 2026
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US-bound Air India passengers stranded
THE 335 passengers on board AI-173, an Air India Boeing 777 flight from Delhi to San Francisco, faced an unexpected delay on Saturday, leaving them fuming.
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January 04, 2026
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Stalin announces Assured Pension Scheme
New scheme to provide pension equal to 50% of employee's last-drawn salary; state government to fully bear cost
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January 04, 2026
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Devyani, SFIL merger: Recipe for growth?
The two Indian franchises of Yum! Brands have joined hands to revive growth, beat competition
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January 04, 2026
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‘CEC removing names illegally from voter lists’: Abhishek repeats charge
CONTINUING his attack on the Election Commission (EC), Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged on Saturday that the names of eligible voters were being arbitrarily deleted from the electoral rolls during the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in West Bengal.
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January 04, 2026
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A Peptide-perfect Pout
The winter air always makes its first announcement on the lips.
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January 04, 2026
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TMC Rajya Sabha MP returns to Cong ahead of assembly election
WITH the West Bengal Assembly polls in the offing, Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Noor returned to the Congress on Saturday, saying she wants to carry forward the legacy of her uncle and former party stalwart Ghani Khan Choudhury.
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January 04, 2026
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And the Mountains Echoed
Anuradha Roy’s first non-fiction book explores the slow making of a home in Ranikhet and a life chosen by stillness
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January 04, 2026
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The Bads of Bollywood
Hindi cinema is discovering that the fastest way to stay relevant isn't to play the hero-but to risk becoming the villain
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January 04, 2026
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Admin targeting students over library surveillance protests, claims JNUSU
THE Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union said Delhi Police served enquiry notices to current and former union office bearers over protests against surveillance measures in the university library.
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January 04, 2026
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Military-backed party claims majority as Myanmar announces 1st poll results
MYANMAR's military-appointed election body has begun announcing the winners of the first phase of its three-part general election, saying that the military-backed party has won the majority of seats, as widely expected.
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January 04, 2026
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THE TOP GLOBAL TRENDS & THREATS IN THE NEW YEAR
N 1898, Mark Twain wrote about the telectroscope in his short story 'From the London Times of 1904'.
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January 04, 2026
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PLGA strength down to 66 from 400: T'gana DGP
AS many as 20 CPI (Maoist) underground cadres, including People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion commander Badse Sukka alias Deva and Telangana state committee member Kankanala Raji Reddy alias Venkatesh, surrendered before the Telangana police on Saturday, handing over 48 firearms.
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