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MCD inquiry report finds licence approval after expiry in B&B fire case
A fire that killed 23 people at a B&B in Delhi’s Hauz Rani has now exposed far more than a single administrative lapse, with an internal Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) inquiry pointing to repeated clearances despite expired licences, overlooked violations, and a pattern of regulatory failure that persisted for years until it ended in tragedy.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
All 3 missing seafarers dead
Two bodies recovered; another vessel with 20 Indian crew members comes under attack
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Tap youth power for growth: PM
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked states to tap into India’s 70-crore youth population and convert this unique demographic dividend into a development dividend for the country’s progress.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
₹370 biryani remark row escalates, NCW summons comic; FIR in Mumbai
AS controversy over inappropriate comments made during a recent show by a stand-up comedian, Pranit More, in Gurugram rages on, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday summoned the comedian and the audience member—Himanshu Jangra, a web developer—who was involved in the exchange.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Top court judge refuses to hear Jacqueline plea
SUPREME Court judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra on Thursday recused himself from hearing a plea of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez against a Delhi court order framing charges against her in a ₹200-crore money laundering case.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
3 held for duping DRDO employee of ₹15L in online investment scam
THREE men—Sandeep Sain (30) and Parikshit (23) of Haryana and Sachin Jhakkar (25), of Rajasthan—have been arrested for the crime for allegedly duping a government employee serving with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of more than ₹15 lakh in an online investment scam.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Hindi literary awards renamed after Savarkar, Vajpayee: Govt
THE Delhi government’s Hindi Academy has renamed several of its literary awards after prominent leaders, including V D Savarkar, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Madan Mohan Malaviya.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Banks raise rates on NRI deposits, offer up to 6.6%
WITH the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announcing a dollar swap facility for Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR(B)] deposits, banks have raised interest rates by 300-350 basis points on dollar-denominated NRI deposits, with some offering as much as 6.6% for tenures of three to five years.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
US hoping Balogun and strikers can shine
FOLARIN Balogun chose to play for the United States precisely because of the opportunity he’s about to get over the next few weeks.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Gangster Vainket Garg extradited from Georgia
WANTED gangster Venkatesh Garg alias Vainket Garg was extradited from Georgia to India on Thursday in a coordinated operation carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in association with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Haryana Police, officials said.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Manu to lead India at Asiad
Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker will compete in two events at the upcoming Asian Games as the NRAI announced the Asian Games squad on Thursday.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
2 dead, several houses torched in Manipur
VIOLENCE broke out in Manipur’s Senapati district on Wednesday night after the remains of six Naga hostages were recovered by police.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
‘ENFORCEMENT OF PCPNDT ACT MUST BE DONE STRICTLY’
‘THE Supreme Court has come down heavily on the socially entrenched patriarchal bias for a male child and covert use of sex-selection methods. On Thursday, it said that the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act must be strictly enforced until societal mindset changes.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Dinos long gone... will their footprints survive?
NEARLY 200 million years after dinosaurs left their footprints in what is now Telangana, researchers fear the marks may not survive the next four to five years.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Gym operator murdered, Bishnoi gang owns act
A gym operator was shot dead after motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on him near Fawwara Chowk in Hansi town of Haryana on Thursday morning.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Climate wild card El Nino is here, experts warn of costly spell
EL NINO, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced on Thursday.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
5.4 lakh homes' delivery expected to get delayed
A record 540,400 housing units, scheduled for completion across the top 7 cities in 2026, face execution risk as the West Asia crisis continues to disrupt global trade routes, commodity markets, and supply chains.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
CM highlights Swarna Andhra Vision
CHIEF Minister N Chandrababu Naidu presented Andhra Pradesh’s ambitious vision for Swarna Andhra @2047, aligned with the national objective of Viksit Bharat @2047, at the 11th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog in New Delhi on Thursday.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
1 Lakh prizes named after literary figures, social reformers
AWARDS carrying a cash prize of ‑1 lakh each include the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Hindi Sahityakar Samman, Baba Jorawar Singh Samman for children’s literature, Swami Vivekanand Yuva Pratibha Samman, Vidya Niwas Mishra Samman for Hindi journalism and the Dr Vijay Kumar Malhotra Hindi Sevi Samman for promotion of the Hindi language.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
5 VISUALLY IMPAIRED DENIED BOARDING AT B'LURU AIRPORT
THE wee hours of Thursday turned into a nightmare for five visually impaired musicians at Bengaluru airport after they were denied boarding on a Cathay Pacific flight to Boston.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Trump shifts gears on Iran strikes, says deal ‘approved’
Tehran has yet to comment officially on a possible deal with the US
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
12 cops hurt, 16 held as Belfast unrest branded ‘racist thuggery’
POLICE arrested 16 people during a second night of disorder in Northern Ireland sparked by a brutal Belfast stabbing, a senior minister said Thursday, condemning rioters for “racist thuggery”.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
No more arbitrary fee for coaching
Govt starts work on policy to regulate industry with focus on students’ mental health, rights
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
‘If released, I’ll kill again,’ says murder convict after getting death sentence
A 33-year-old man in Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, facing capital punishment in connection with a murder case, vowed to repeat the offence if freed from prison.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Centre extends excise duty relief to petrol blended with higher ethanol
THE government on Thursday extended central excise duty exemptions to petrol blended with 22%, 25%, 27% and 30% ethanol.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Homemakers are ‘nation builders’: SC
Fixes domestic care loss at ₹30,000 monthly in accident claims @ Slams entrenched patriarchal bias for male child
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Trump plans to nominate Jay Clayton for US intel chief post
DONALD Trump said on Thursday that he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
MAKING ENGINEERS WHO CAN ENGINEER NATION'S SUCCESS
The reason India fails to build deep-tech titans despite having a huge talent pool lies in how we train our engineers. Four simultaneous reforms can put us on the map
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
PUBLISHING IN POST-TRUTH WORLD
IN 2014, Penguin Random House India (hereafter, Penguin for convenience) settled out of court with Dinanath Batra, the ageing general secretary of RSS school network Vidya Bharati and founder of an organisation committed to purging Indian education of foreign influences.
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June 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
43-year-old man from Kerala Nipah positive
THE state health department has stepped up surveillance and containment preparedness in Kozhikode district after the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, confirmed Nipah virus infection in a 43-year-old man from Ramanattukara.
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