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DKS says sorry for singing RSS anthem
KARNATAKA Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, also KPCC president, on Tuesday apologised to his party colleagues and also members of the INDIA bloc for reciting the RSS anthem inside the Legislature Assembly recently that triggered a controversy.
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August 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Punjab, Himachal reel under rain fury, floods
INCESSANT rainfall over the past few days has thrown life out of gear in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, with swollen rivers, flooded villages, road blockades and widespread disruptions prompting authorities to issue high alerts and shut schools across several districts.
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August 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Vodafone Idea in advanced talks to raise ₹5,000 crore via debt financing
TELECOM service provider Vodafone Idea is reportedly in advanced talks to raise about ₹5,000 crore through debt financing, as part of its ongoing turnaround strategy.
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August 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Players will gain experience & adapt: Senthilnathan
ROUND three of the All-India Buchi Babu Invitational tournament saw both Tamil Nadu teams put out reasonably good performances, despite brief blips, here at the Gojan college grounds at the outskirts of the skirts on Tuesday.
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August 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
ONGC to launch crude and refined fuel trading unit for group companies
STATE-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is planning to establish a trading unit for crude oil and refined fuels for its group companies, said Rajarshi Gupta, managing director, ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of ONGC.
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August 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Heavy rain floods Hanoi as typhoon Kajiki kills 4 in Vietnam
HEAVY rain fell Tuesday in parts of Southeast Asia after a tropical storm made landfall in Vietnam, causing at least four deaths, damage to homes and flooding in the capital and coastal areas.
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August 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Student Unions Demand Rollback of Metro Fee Hike, Call It 'Unjustified'
The Students' Federation of India (SFI) and the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) headquarters, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the recent metro fare hike.
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August 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Cong chief's 'MP women consume more alcohol' remark triggers uproar
MADHYA Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari has stirred a major political storm by claiming that women in the state consume more alcohol than anywhere else in the country.
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August 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Delhi rolls out draft startup policy— ₹200 cr fund, 5,000 ventures by '35
Women entrepreneurs
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August 27, 2025
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BJP nationwide campaign on local products
AMID trade tensions between India and the United States, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in close coordination with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is preparing to launch a nationwide \"Swadeshi Jagran Abhiyan,\" aimed at boosting the domestic consumption of Indian-made products.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
A Milestone and a Mandate
ON August 14, after an 18-year gap, India's sovereign credit rating was upgraded for the first time by S&P Global Ratings.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Modi pushes self-reliant road map ahead of Trump penalty deadline
Small shopkeepers, farmers and cattle breeders' interests will remain govt priority, says PM
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
BCCI faces ₹1,000 cr shortfall as smaller leagues suffer most
The corridors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are no stranger to their sponsors facing significant headwinds.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Capital Gains By Wife On Gift Taxable In Husband's Hand
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Bangalore has ruled capital gains from sale of a property gifted by husband to his wife should be taxed in husband's hands, not the wife's.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Man Jumps Into Yamuna While On Video Call
A 21-year-old man allegedly jumped into the Yamuna River from a bridge while on a video call with his sister in southeast Delhi's Sunlight Colony area.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
5 journos among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
GAZA'S civil defence agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with Reuters, the Associated Press and AI Jazeera mourning their slain contributors.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
10 Pilgrims Killed, 41 Injured as Truck Rams into Trolley
In a major road accident, ten people were killed and 41 injured when a truck rammed into a tractor-trolley carrying pilgrims in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district in the early hours of Monday, police said.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
India Alerts Pak on Possible Flash Floods
WITH the weather office issuing a red alert on Sunday predicting extreme rainfall over the next two days in J&K, India formally notified Pakistan about the potential risk of flash floods in the Tawi and Sutlej rivers as a gesture of good neighbourliness.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
A EUROPEAN AFFAIR IN DELHI
DELHI's dining scene is vibrant, and now restaurateur Sahil Sambhi of Japonico, Bawri, and Vietnom fame, has unveiled his latest venture, Latango, an all-day European bar in Nehru Place.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Cool capital: Monsoon showers bring relief as temp drops 5° below normal
A spell of monsoon showers on Monday brought much-needed relief to Delhi, pulling down daytime temperatures to well below seasonal norms.
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August 26, 2025
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Amazon, Flipkart data to help govt assess inflation
Statistics ministry to overhaul the way retail inflation data is collected and measured
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August 26, 2025
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Majhi cabinet approves policy to create 10 lakh jobs for IT/ITes sector
THE state cabinet on Monday approved the Information Technology Policy-2025 which aims to establish Odisha as a leading hub in technology and innovation.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
SSC Students Demanding Justice Brutally Beaten at Night, Alleges Kejriwal
The Aam Aadmi Party has alleged that Ramlila Maidan turned into a scene of brutality as Delhi Police, under the BJP government, unleashed a violent lathi-charge on students protesting against irregularities in the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examinations.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Epstein Accuser Giuffre's Memoir in October
A posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre, who accused disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Britain's Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, will be released in October, according to the publisher.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Alter'nates between good and intense
Reader, this review of \"The Alters\" might be tainted by the fact that I had to restart the game multiple times from early checkpoints.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Implement new GST rates faster: Auto industry
Hit by a sudden decline in sales and enquiries, the automobile industry has urged the government to hasten the implementation of new GST rates, seeking their rollout before the start of the festive season in the second half of September.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fitch Maintains Status Quo in India's Ratings at 'BBB-' With Stable Outlook
A week after its larger peer S&P upgraded India's ratings to BBB with a stable outlook—after holding a BBB- rating for 18 years, Fitch has chosen to remain in status quo to affirm the BBB- ratings with stable outlook, despite citing the robust growth and solid external finances of the country.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Festive season: Job bonanza for gig workers
Experts see festive sales to grow in double digits compared to last year as discretionary spending returns to forefront
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Neighbours clash over parking, two arrested
A parking dispute between neighbours in west Delhi's Subhash Nagar area turned violent, leaving two men injured, police said on Monday.
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August 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Vietnam Evacuates Lakhs as Typhoon Nears Landfall
VIETNAM has evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and closed schools and airports as it braces for Typhoon Kajiki, its strongest storm of the year so far.
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