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Little impact of excess rainfall during monsoon season on kharif crops likely
EXCESS rains during the monsoon season will have a limited impact on kharif crops, particularly paddy production, in the states, so the total agricultural output in the country will remain steady, officials said.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bihar Cong orders probe, Khera speaks differently
THE Bihar Congress ordered a probe on Friday after a controversial video mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother, Hiraben, appeared on social media.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
TURNING TRUMP'S TAUNTS INTO OPPORTUNITY
Despite the unprecedented use of coarse language on the US side, India has remained restrained. Now, the Americans need to blink. And India needs a stronger negotiating machinery
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
New-look Pak face big India test
With the rivalry returning to sport, all eyes will be on how Agha-led side fares vs Surya & Co
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
EX-TEACHER HELD FOR POSTING COLLEAGUE'S MORPHED PHOTOS
A 22-year-old former contractual teacher of a government-aided school has been arrested for allegedly creating fake social media accounts to upload morphed and objectionable images of a colleague using AI tools, police said Friday.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
AAP student wing faces controversy
False candidate claims, internal suspensions, questions on campus presence spark debate.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Will ensure safe return of DTC bus from Nepal, says minister
THE Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus operating between Delhi and Kathmandu that was stranded in Nepal due to the ongoing political turmoil is at a safe location, Delhi transport minister Pankaj Singh said on Friday.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Withdraw order on mining projects'
CHIEF Minister MK Stalin has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately withdraw the recent Office Memorandum (OM), issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), which exempts the requirement of public consultation for mining projects involving atomic and strategic minerals notified in the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Lokayukta court questions SIT reports in K'taka illegal mining
A Special Court for the trial of cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act has raised serious questions over the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Lokayukta probing illegal mining filing 'B' reports (closure reports) and letting off the prime accused in the chargesheet in many cases.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
SEBI EASES IPO NORMS, PUBLIC FLOAT REQUIREMENTS
The board approves proposal to reclassify REITS and InvITs as equity instruments, while expanding the definition of strategic investor to include QIBS
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Tickets still available
EVEN if all ad inventory has been sold off, there's a demand supply mismatch in terms of ticket sales. Per platinumlist, the Asia Cup's ticketing partner, tickets can still be bought, with less than 48 hours to go for the game.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
2020 riots: SC defers bail plea of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam
THE Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to September 19 bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and seven others in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in the national capital.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Task Cut Out for Interim Govt Head Sushila Karki
The economic impact has been severe.
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Yearning for justice, political solution on eve of PM's visit
MANIPUR'S Imphal and Churachandpur have been decked up with the posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit on Saturday—the PM's first trip to the state since ethnic violence broke out two years ago.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE DIGITALLY
WHAT is the true meaning of a certificate? I found asking myself the question while reading about some Andhra Pradesh colleges withholding certificates from nursing students and asking them to work for a \"service period\" of a year in an affiliated hospital before being \"released\".
3 min |
September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
3,000 electric heaters to be distributed in bid to curb winter air pollution
IN a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at tackling winter air pollution, the Delhi government will provide over 3,000 electric heaters to Resident Welfare Associations (RWAS), forest guards and workers in unorganised industrial areas who often depend on open burning for warmth.
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Tech boost: Kerala app to alert owners if vehicles obstruct path in parking lots
BLOCKED by a vehicle at parking? The app LetMeGoo offers a way out.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Four held for mobile theft during Mumbai Ganesh visarjan
DELHI Police crime branch has arrested four men for stealing mobile phones during the 'Lalbaugcha Raja' Ganesh idol immersion and other visarjan sites in Mumbai. A total of 45 high-end mobile phones were recovered.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Senior Odisha official caught for accepting bribe of 15,000
CELEBRATED as the topper of Odisha Civil Services Examination in 2019, Aswini Kumar Panda's career has taken vicious turn in flat six years.
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Relentless reformer who made democracy accountable
first met Professor Jagdeep S Chhokar in 2006, when I was the youngest in the Election Commission of India.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Didi plea to include health, PDS cards as valid rejected
THE Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected the West Bengal government's request to include Swastha Sathi and ration (PDS) cards as odocuments to prove eligibility to be included in the voters' list during the course of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state's electoral rolls, sources said on Friday.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gen Z Pick Sushila Karki Sworn In As Interim PM
Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice's demand to dissolve Nepal's parliament accepted
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Won't interfere in Koodalmanikyam temple matter: HC
KERALA HC on Friday declined to interfere with the decision of the Koodalmanikyam Devaswom Committee to appoint a member of the Ezhava community as 'Kazhakom' staff at the Koodalmanikyam temple in Irinjalakuda, Thrissur.
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC: Seize entire records on Sabarimala gold-plating
TDB files an affidavit tendering unconditional apology in the case
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
2 killed as crane runs amok in Kanniyakumari
A huge crane ran over a 19year-old college student and a biker standing on the road, killing them on the spot, after the driver of the mammoth vehicle lost control of it due to a suspected brake failure in Kanniyakumari on Friday evening.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC removes Mandhira Kapur's name from order in Sunjay Kapur will dispute
THE battle over late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's vast estate took another turn on Friday, with the Delhi High Court directing that his sister Mandhira Kapur's name be removed from its earlier order in the ongoing dispute over his purported will.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Russia says Ukraine peace talks frozen
MOSCOW said Friday that peace talks with Kyiv were on \"pause\" as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin still had plans to try to capture the whole of Ukraine.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rahul targets BJP with 'vote chori' firestorm
Spends two hours training city & dist party chiefs
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Repatriation of antiquities highest in past 10 yrs, says PM
HIGHLIGHTING that the repatriation of antiquities has been the highest in the past 10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the countries are returning stolen cultural objects because they recognise that India can do justice to them.
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September 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Freestyle wrestlers look to end dry run
IN this decade, Bajrang Punia was the last male freestyle wrestler from India to win a medal at the senior World Championships.
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