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Cong says discrepancies in final list, 247 voters found in single household
ACCUSING the Election Commission (ECI as the ‘B-team’ of the ruling BJP, the Congress on Saturday launched aa scathing attack on the poll body and alleged that the number of voter names deleted exceeds the victory margin of the last assembly election in some constituencies in Bihar.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Centre makes U-turn on cough syrup; MP, Rajasthan, TN ban it
HOURS after denying that controversial cough syrup Coldrif, which led to deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan did not contain industrial chemical diethylene glycol (DEG), the Union Health Ministry on Saturday made a U-turn and confirmed its presence based on a report of Tamil Nadu’s Food and Drug Administration department.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Drive against stray dogs after coaches attacked at stadium
A day after two foreign coaches participating in the World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi were bitten by stray dogs at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched an intensified drive to capture canines from the venue. Officials said four teams have been deployed across the stadium premises to prevent such incidents from recurring.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
CAQM cracks whip on stubble burning
IN an attempt to curb stubble burning ahead of the pollution season, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has empowered deputy commissioners across Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh to take penal action against government officials failing to enforce the ban.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
No FASTag, be ready to pay double toll in cash from Nov 15
FROM November 15, vehicles without a valid FASTag will be allowed to pay 1.25 times the regular toll fee if they use UPI payment mode.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fishy Business and Family Feuds
This murder mystery of quirky characters blends Bengali gothic literature with sharp humour and sly feminism
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC dismisses mosque panel plea against bulldozer move
THE Allahabad High Court on Saturday refused to stay the bulldozer action on a mosque, a marriage hall, and hospital allegedly built on government land in Sambhal dismissing the petition filed by the Muslim party.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Silent Bowls, Sacred Flavours
In a quiet corner of Busan, Korea where the city seduces with the aroma of street-food, the air holds a different rhythm.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
The Lost Art of Agenda-free Conversations
I spent last weekend in Fuengirola, a seaside town on Andalusia's Mediterranean coast. Successive waves of cultures and subcultures have shaped this Spanish region, each leaving its imprint in indelible ways.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gill new ODI captain; Rohit, Virat in but no long-term guarantees
SHUBMAN Gill was named as the men’s ODI captain of the national team, a post previously held by Rohit Sharma.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
The Collector's Pour
What began with stamps and miniature bottles grew into one of the world's most extraordinary whisky collections
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
PRIMER ON U.S. GOVT SHUTDOWN
A US government shutdown takes place when Congress fails to pass necessary funding legislation, forcing many federal operations to pause.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bandmate claims Zubeen was poisoned
IN a startling claim, late singer Zubeen Garg's bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami has alleged that the singer was poisoned by his manager Siddharth Sharma and the organiser of the 4th edition of the North East India Festival Shyamkanu Mahanta.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Israel halts Gaza strikes and prepares for US-brokered peace, hostage talks
Hamas conveys its acceptance of parts of Trump’s plan; Israel official says no forces have yet been removed from the territory
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Jadeja, a rare breed with non-stop returns
AROUND 1890, Karl Elsener, a Swiss inventor, had found out that his country needed a lot of tools to carry out everyday tasks. He designed a product capable of carrying blades, screwdrivers, corkscrew and a can opener. Over the decades, the company kept innovating. In 2025, the Swiss Army Knife retains its singular pride of place as it’s sui generis.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Honey, I Shrunk the Netherlands
Madurodam in The Hague is preserving Dutch heritage and identity with its ornately designed, functional miniatures
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Revisiting Childhood in Frames
Anoop Lokkur's Don't Tell Mother, which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival, is an intimate tale of a child navigating violence
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Migratory species in Himalayas under threat of rising temp, says UN report
A recent report by the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) has raised alarms over the impact of rising temperatures on migratory species in the Himalayas and northern India.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
How skipper Rohit made India the winning machine
AT 2.36 PM on Saturday, Rohit Sharma’s white-ball era as the Indian captain came to a quiet end.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
The Man Who Taught a Village to Draw
Artist BA Reddy's three-decade-long journey at Sanskriti School has turned weekend art lessons into lifelines for countless children
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Incentive scheme for critical minerals launched
THE ₹1,500-crore National Critical Minerals Mission scheme would provide incentives in two forms — capital expenditure (Capex) subsidies and operational expenditure (Opex) support.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Modi assails ‘theft’ of Jan Nayak honour
Karpoori Thakur lauded that way; Cong ‘bestows’ it on Rahul
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ultra-conservative Takaichi could be 1st Japan female PM
JAPAN’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultraconservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pakistan govt, protesters sign agreement to end violent protests in PoK
AFTER days of violent unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the federal government and protesters on Saturday signed an agreement to end the ongoing demonstrations that have left at least 10 people dead and hundreds injured.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
50K HOUSES HIT Russian drones, missiles pound Ukraine's power grid
RUSSIAN drones and missiles pounded Ukraine’s power grid overnight into Saturday, a Ukrainian energy firm said, a day after what officials described as the biggest attack on Ukrainian natural gas facilities since Moscow’s all-out invasion more than three and a half years ago.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Insurers cut agent commissions to offset input credit losses
Distributors, agents claim pvt insurance companies are slashing their fees by up to 18%
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Thousands take to streets in Barcelona over Gaza war
TENS of thousands of people are marching in Barcelona as Spain, Italy and Portugal gear up for mass demonstrations to protest Israel’s war in Gaza.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sabarimala temple panels' gold plating row gets murkier
PUSHED to a corner after its vigilance wing recovered documents revealing gross irregularities and mismanagement in the gold covering of the sanctum at Sabarimala temple, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has decided to approach the High Court seeking a comprehensive investigation under its supervision into the entire episode since 1999.
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October 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
HE WHO SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER
VETERAN journalist, writer and columnist, who was Director of Express Publications (Madurai) Private Limited and Editorial Advisor to The New Indian Express, Thayil Jacob Sony George-popularly known as TJS George or TJS passed away on Friday afternoon at a private hospital in Bengaluru. He was 97.
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October 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rajnath: India targeted terror infra in Pak, not civilians after Pahalgam
Defence Minister says India won’t compromise whenever its pride and dignity are at stake
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