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Actor Dileep free in sex assault case
IN a verdict that stirred up disbelief, agony and pain among a large section of people who had supported the survivor, the Ernakulam District and Principal Sessions Court on Monday acquitted actor Dileep in the 2017 actor abduction and sexual assault case, after concluding that the prosecution failed to establish the conspiracy charge.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fire NOC rejected for RML hospital’s trauma building
THE Delhi Fire Service has refused to renew the fire safety certificate for the trauma building of the RML hospital here after inspections revealed serious lapses, including non-functional fire safety systems, missing fire check doors, damaged hydrants, and inadequate access for fire tenders, officials said on Monday.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gupta takes entire cabinet to Golden Temple darshan
CM Rekha Gupta took her entire cabinet to Amritsar on Monday in a politically significant move, with Manjinder Singh Sirsa being most visible by her side as she paid obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib at the Golden Temple.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Two sent off for Real in Celta defeat
REAL Madrid crashed to a damaging 2-0 home defeat by Celta Vigo on Sunday in La Liga, finishing the game with nine men after red cards for Fran Garcia and Alvaro Carreras.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Zelenskyy says more work needed to end war
UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday hailed “important steps” after talks in Geneva with the US, but said more work is needed to negotiate an end to the war with Russia.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
India, EU hold 14th round of trade discussion in Delhi
UNION Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday held meetings with European Trade and Economic Security Commissioner Maros Sefcovic here.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
TRANSPLANT Doctors restore Sudan soldier’s finger from toe
\"AFTER the injury, I could not even hold a glass of water or eat by myself.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
How Spain became more Spain than ever before
ON Wednesday, the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium will witness a slice of history.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt wants to replicate China province growth model in T’gana: CM
MAKING it clear that the goal was to increase Telangana's contribution to India's GDP to 10% by 2047 from the 5% at present, CM Revanth Reddy on Monday said that his government aims to model the state's economic growth on China's Guangdong province.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
In a first, Meitei MLA visits Kuki relief camp
IN a fresh sign of thaw, Manipur BJP MLA Yumnam Khemchand Singh, who belongs to the majority Meitei community, visited two Kuki-Zo villages on Monday.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Tirupati Police reaches Odisha to meet Sanskrit varsity sexual assault survivor
THE investigation into the alleged sexual harassment and blackmail of a first-year postgraduate student from Odisha by two assistant professors of National Sanskrit University, Tirupati, has been intensified.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
DMRC partners IIT to take riders home
THE Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has signed a MoU with IIT-Hyderabad's Technology Innovation Hub for Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN) to advance next-generation mobility solutions aimed at strengthening last-mile connectivity and public transport networks.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fertilisers in India: what really works
VERY gardener's dirty little secret?
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Guv reserves TN Siddha univ bill for Prez
Passed in 2022, but Ravi returned it after prolonged delay with some questions and suggestions for amendments
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
5 IAS officers as special roll observers for SIR in Bengal
THE Election Commission of India (EC) on Monday appointed five more IAS officers as Special Roll Observers (SROs) to intensify the second phase of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Delegation from Tokyo varsity begins India-Japan higher edu conclave ‘25
THE India-Japan Higher Education Conclave 2025 opened in New Delhi on Monday with OP Jindal Global University (JGU) hosting a high-level delegation from the University of Tokyo to mark the start of a six-day, tricity India tour aimed at strengthening academic cooperation between the two countries.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
33 surrenders in 10 days; Naxal nos. in single digit
A total of 33 surrenders in 10 days have shrunk the number of armed naxal cadres to single digits perhaps for the first time in more than three decades in the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh (MMC) Special Zone.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fallout S2 new look unveiled
PRIME Video has unveiled a new clip from Fallout Season 2.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
TRAI sticks to its fee plan for satellite waves, rejects DoT recommendation
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has refused to modify its earlier recommendation on satellite communication spectrum charges, maintaining its proposal of 4% of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) plus %500 per urban subscriber per year, with rural and remote users exempted.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Four civilians among five killed as Thailand-Cambodia clashes reignite
Both countries trade blame for fresh fighting; tens of thousands evacuated from border areas
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Goa trip ends in 'loss beyond comprehension', last rites held
BHAVNA Joshi, her husband, and her three sisters left Delhi on December 4 for a long-awaited holiday to Goa.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Court extends NIA custody of 4 accused in Red Fort blast case
A Delhi court on Monday extended the National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody of four accused in the November 10 Red Fort blast case by four more days.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Investment proposals, MoUs signed during meet
CHIEF Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said the State economy is firmly back on a high-growth path, releasing figures that showed Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) grew 11.28% at current prices in the second quarter (July-September) of 2025-26, reaching ₹4,00,377 crore.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Delhi first Assembly in India to operationalise real-time digital audit
DELHI
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Leader, among 12 Maoists, lay down arms in C’garh
RENOUNCING the ideology of the CPI (Maoist) a total of 12 cadres surrendered with their weapons in Rajnandgaon district, around 100 km west of Raipur, in the early hours of Monday.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
WHEN SAYING SORRY IS LESS THAN ADEQUATE
More than issuing apologies, India's biggest airline must compensate those who faced cancellations and reward their front-office workers who fielded the flak. Otherwise, it may lose its hard-earned brand mojo
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Originally from Nepal, Kanpur chef among dead
ROHAN (28), a resident of Kalyanpur in Kanpur, was a chef at the night club in Goa where 25 people died in a blaze and he figured among the deceased.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
Probe panel told to submit report within 7 days: CM
GOA CM Pramod Sawant on Monday said four people were arrested in connection with the fire at a nightclub in Goa that claimed 25 lives.
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
AN AFTERNOON WITH PICASSO
To mark the 144th birthday of Pablo Picasso, Delhi's Red House, puts together a painting experiment to pay homage to the life, ferocity and the passion of the master’s works
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December 09, 2025
The Morning Standard
‘UCC about women security, not surveillance’
Religious freedom fully intact in U'khand, allegations driven by professional agitators, says CM Pushkar Singh Dhami
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