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CELEBRATING A SAGE FOR THE AGES
I write these words in the wake of the release of my newest book, The Sage Who Reimagined Hinduism, by the Vice-President of India at the Sivagiri Ashram established by the peerless Sree Narayana Guru more than a century ago.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
Snake bite claims 13 lives in 50 days in U'khand amid climate-change scare
CLIMATE change is increasingly being cited as the primary driver behind the alarming surge in wildlife attacks across Uttarakhand, with recent data suggesting the impact extends beyond bears and leopards to include venomous snakes becoming unusually active during winter months.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
A Search Called Home
In his debut novel Our Friends in Good Houses, journalist Rahul Pandita unveils a stark portrayal of a man's search for home.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
Raj conducts raids in Aravalli areas, 7 FIRs filed
THE Rajasthan government has stepped up enforcement across the state to curb illegal mining and protect the fragile ecology of the Aravalli mountain range.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
TARIQUE RAHMAN THE HEIR RETURNS TO AN ANGRY VACUUM
WHEN Tarique Rahman removed his shoes and placed his feet on the ground beside a Dhaka car park on December 25, the gesture carried the weight of unfinished history.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
Include additional 151 vacant posts in key public service cadres, says Majhi
FACING backlash over omission of Group A services in the notification for Odisha Civil Services Examination-2025, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday directed the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) to include additional 151 vacant posts in the key cadres.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
Mob attack on police during raid on TMC leader
SIX policemen were injured after a mob attacked them during a raid at the residence of a local Trinamool Congress leader Musa Mollah on Friday night.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
Tripura imposes curbs with B’desh
A Tripura district has issued prohibitory orders under section 163 of the BNSS along a stretch of the Bangladesh border following the apprehension about possible militant movement and infiltration.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
₹51L COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENT VICTIM
A Delhi tribunal has awarded over ₹51 lakh in compensation to a man who suffered 70 per cent permanent disability after being hit by a rashly driven truck in March 2023.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
NTR Vaidya Seva spending up by 60%, says minister
THE NDA government has significantly scaled up spending under the NTR Vaidya Seva Scheme, raising monthly expenditure to ₹310 crore from ₹193 crore during the previous regime, Health Minister Y Satya Kumar Yadav said.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
Trump's Venezuela action sets dangerous precedent, says Takshashila chair
IN a blatant expression of unbridled power, US President Donald Trump struck Venezuela and abducted sitting President Nicolas Maduro and his wife from their heavily guarded location in Caracas Calling the US action extraordinary and setting a \"dangerous precedent,\" Chairperson, IndoPacific Studies Programme, Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru, Manoj Kewalramani said that \"legally speaking, this operation stands on a weak footing.
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
'Need two years to tackle pollution'
BJP MP says 10 months too short a period to judge govt performance on 'long-term' challenge
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January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
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.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
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
The Morning Standard
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
The Morning Standard
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
The Morning Standard
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.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
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
The Morning Standard
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
The Morning Standard
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
The Morning Standard
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
The Morning Standard
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.
1 min |
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
The Morning Standard
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
The Morning Standard
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
The Morning Standard
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.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Morning Standard
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
The Morning Standard
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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