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Russian missile hit on Ukraine’s Dnipro kills four
Macron calls Ukraine ongoing peace talks ‘potential turning point’
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
After death, ‘drugs sold here’ protests erupt
A few days after a youth died of suspected drug overdose in Punjab’s Maur Kalan village in Bathinda, the irate villagers are expressing their anger ina novel way.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
... Priyanka asks why no discussion on crucial issues
MOUNTING a counteroffensive to Prime Minister Modi’s ‘drama’ jibe, the Congress on Monday said that the PM has once again delivered his “dramabazi delivery’ instead of addressing the key issues before Parliament on the first day of the winter session. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked the PM, saying, “Drama is not allowing democratic discussions about issues that matter to public.”
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
ONUS ON THE EXECUTIVE TO ALLOW INCLUSIVE DEBATES, CLEAR HOUSE JAM
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi set the tone for a stormy winter session of parliament by poking the opposition to snap out of brooding over its Bihar debacle and offered them “tips” to improve performance without indulging in “drama”, drawing a volley of protests.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
GST collection growth slows down in November
Karnataka, Telangana grows 4% UP,Bihar among weak performers
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
DELUGE, DESTRUCTION & DEATHS RISE ACROSS ASIA
Floods, landslides kill over 1,100 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sin goods makers face more scrutiny
AS Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced two Bills in the Lok Sabha to tax ‘sin’ goods, businesses will once again have to recalibrate their pricing models and compliance frameworks —even as experts say the overall tax incidence on these products is unlikely to rise significantly.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Flying out of city to get costlier after tribunal order, SC to hear on Dec 3
FLYING out of the Delhi airport could get costlier if the plan by its private operator to hike the user development fee (UDF) is approved.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Waqf boards fight portal glitches
Delhi, Haryana, Punjab bodies blame Umeed website bugs for delay in registering properties
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Top seers expelled from Juna Akhara amid rift
A major rift has surfaced within Uttarakhand’s spiritual leadership with the expulsion of two senior Mahamandaleshwars—Swami Prabodhanand Giri and Swami Yatindr Anand Giri—from the Shri Panch Dashnam Juna Akhara.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Trial court sends Al Falah University founder to 14-day judicial custody
Pe aiso i court
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
MHA tells Haryana not to seek separate Assembly building in Chandigarh
WITH 14 months left for the Punjab Assembly election and to avoid another controversy, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declined the Haryana government’s proposal to construct a separate assembly building in Chandigarh.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
POLICE SEEK SURVIVOR OF SATURDAY'S INCIDENT
THE Delhi Police are trying to trace a man who escaped the fourstorey building in south Delhi that was gutted by a fire that killed four people, with investigators suspecting petrol as the cause, an officer said on Monday.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Omar on backfoot over OBC reservation review report
THE Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir faces growing political and community pressure ahead of the submission of the Cabinet Sub-Committee’s reservation review report, with OBC groups demanding a steep quota hike and Kashmiri leaders warning against any dilution of the Residents of Backward Areas (RBA) category.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Elderly man robbed of ₹3.5L after withdrawal; 3 arrested, 2 absconding
THREE men who posed as customers inside a bank, identified an easy target, and robbed an elderly man of %3.5 lakh outside at a secluded spot in Swaroop Nagar area were arrested, police said on Monday.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
After living in Bengal dist for 35 yrs, B’deshi couple get citizenship
Applied for citizenship at a CAA camp on Oct 10
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Overall consumption picks up post-GST rationalisation
Officials say cumulative growth of impacted goods rises to 15% in Sept-Oct '25 period compared to 8.6% in the same period a year-ago
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Delhi-Dehradun Expressway ready, opens for first trial run
THE much-awaited Delhi-Dehradun Expressway was opened for a trial run on Monday.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Two arrested for theft, resale of cars; 2 stolen cars recovered
THE Delhi Police has busted an interstate gang involved in stealing and refurbishing vehicles with the arrest of two accused, and also recovered two cars, officials said on Monday.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Lost our only breadwinner, says victim's family
THE family of 23-year-old Rohit who died after being hit by a speeding Mercedes in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Kunj, said their only hope for a better life is lost. According to relatives, Rohit was the sole breadwinner and had been saving to open his own restaurant someday.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ahluwalia says India's underlying growth is 6.5%
DAYS after India reported a higher-than-expected Q2 GDP growth rate of 8.2%, some economists firmly believe that the underlying growth is only 6.5% or thereabouts.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt not averse to taking up SIR discussion: Rijiju
UNION Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that the Government is open to a detailed discussion on the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, but urged the Opposition not to insist on a strict timeline, clarifying that their request for a debate is under active consideration.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
L-G visits FSL to review criminal law preparedness
LIEUTENANT Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday visited the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Rohini toreview the progress in implementation of the new criminal laws.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sukhu reward for info on drug peddlers in HP
IN order to curb the drug menace, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to give reward money to the informers to give information about drugs (Chitta) with a minimum of %10,000 to a maximum of 210 lakh.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Will continue to back Lanka: PM
IAF special flights airlift 2,000 Indian nationals stranded in Sri Lanka over past 2 weeks
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Traffic behind bad city air, finds study
AMID the worrying levels of pollution in Delhi, a new study on early winter in the capital and its adjoining areas have pointed out that the city’s air quality falls between ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ even when the contribution of farm fires has reduced. This basically means that local sources are adding to the pollution.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Law panel not in favour of statutory backing of model code of conduct
THE Law Commission is of the opinion that bringing in law to implement the model code of conduct (MCC) will hamper its enforcement during polls and “might” result in whittling down the powers of the Election Commission, which will not be conducive to holding, time-bound and fair elections.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Secrets from the beauty book
COME winter, most people start cribbing about stretched skin, peeling lips, straw-like hair, and the general dryness that takes over.
2 min |
December 01, 2025
The Morning Standard
Cyclone Ditwah: Four dead, 234 houses damaged in TN
CYCLONE Ditwah, which weakened into a deep depression on Sunday night, resulted in at least four deaths in Tamil Nadu and the inundation of around 56,000 hectares of paddy fields in the delta districts even as it brought relatively less rainfall than expected.
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December 01, 2025
The Morning Standard
APEX COURT MUST REVISIT RULINGS ON ENVIRONMENT LAWS
LAST week, a Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, sitting with Justice Joymala Bagchi, delivered a reminder that the Court does not have a “magic wand” to clear Delhi's air.
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