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Hotline maintenance vehicle launched in city
In a significant step toward modernising urban infrastructure, CM Rekha Gupta on Saturday inaugurated Delhi's first-ever hotline maintenance vehicle, a state-of-the-art unit designed to perform live electrical repairs without disrupting power supply.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
17 Projects Worth ₹8.5 Cr Unveiled During State Visit
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated 17 projects, worth ₹1,203 crore, from Manipur capital Imphal and laid the foundation stone for multiple development projects, worth more than ₹7,344 crore, at Churachandpur.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Private cultural events at select ASI heritage monuments in the offing
The Ministry of Culture is considering a policy amendment to allow private cultural events at select Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)-protected sites under the 'Adopt a Heritage' programme.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
What's the real fiscal cost of GST reforms?
WHEN the Finance Ministry undertook the task of GST rate cuts, it maintained that the exercise was a step towards easing the burden on common man rather than being too concerned about loss of revenue.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ashoka University & IMD partner to boost research
IN a bid to enhance climate research and weather prediction in India, Ashoka University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nepal's Search for Ideological Identity
Nepal's rulers have learned a harsh lesson. Power is fleeting when promises are broken and public trust squandered.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Documenting Nature, One Photo and Pedal at a Time
DHRUBAJYOTI Kalita is a grassroots environmental worker, but in many ways, he is also a historian in his own right.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ghana Gives Grand Goodbyes With Planes, Peacocks, And Playful Coffins
A giant pink fish, a colorful peacock, an airplane painted with the national flag. These are just some of Ghana's fantasy coffins, known as Abebuo, which translates to \"proverb.\"
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
India beat Switzerland in Davis Cup
EVEN though N Sriram Balaji and Rithvik Bollipalli lost a tight doubles tie to Jakub Paul and Dominic Stricker, Sumit Nagal beat Henry Bernet 6-1, 6-3 to help India cruise past Switzerland in the World Group I tie of Davis Cup Qualifiers on Saturday.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Direction for regular SIR encroaches EC's exclusive domain, poll panel tells SC
THE Election Commission (EC) has informed the Supreme Court that any directive to conduct SIR of electoral rolls at regular intervals across the country would amount to an \"encroachment\" upon its exclusive constitutional domain.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ancient Anchors, Modern Machines, and the Anatomy of Being Indian
With Bihar boiling in ballot battles, identity is back on the burner. Not as just names on voter lists, but as the existential question: What does it mean to be Indian?
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Alprazolam making unit in T'gana school busted, 3 held
TELANGANA anti-narcotics wing, Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE), busted a drug manufacturing unit in a school in Old Bowenpally, Secunderabad, and arrested three persons on Saturday.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Centre and State Need to Act Urgently in Punjab
North India has been overwhelmed by floods, particularly Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Boxer Meenakshi continues to author happy story
BARELY 24 hours after confirming a medal at the ongoing World Championships, Meenakshi Hooda is now a step closer to the pinnacle — a gold medal.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
THE QUIET REBEL WHO IS AGAINST MEDIOCRITY
ANUPARNA Roy is arguably one of the best things to happen to India, and more specifically, West Bengal.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Major drug haul, 2 vehicles seized from MP district
MADHYA Pradesh police seized a major amount of drugs, associated chemicals and related processing equipment, collectively worth over Rs 5 crore in Agar-Malwa district on Friday.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Adani Group plans $60 bn investment in power sector by FY32
INDUSTRIALIST Gautam Adani-led Adani Group is looking to invest around $60 billion up to FY32 in the power sector, especially in renewables, generation and transmission/ distribution.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Kerala Draft Bill to Kill Dangerous Wild Animals Approved
In a politically significant move ahead of the upcoming elections, the Kerala cabinet on Saturday approved a draft bill empowering the chief wildlife warden to order immediate killing of any wild animal that enters residential areas and injures a person.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
After HC, Taj Palace hotel and two Max hospitals receive hoax bomb threats
THE Taj Palace hotel and Max hospitals in Dwarka and Shalimar Bagh on Saturday received a bomb threat email prompting the authorities to check the premises thoroughly before declaring it to be a hoax, officials said.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
MODI BALM FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED
OVER two years after ethnic violence hit Manipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met with families displaced by the conflict in both Churachandpur and Imphal, reaffirming his government's commitment to peace and rehabilitation in the strife-torn state.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sebi incentives to boost mutual fund penetration: Amfi
THE mutual funds industry Association of Mutual body Funds in India (Amfi) - has welcomed the reforms announced by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to increase mutual fund penetration, including cash incentives for first-time women investors and reclassifying investments in REITs as equity.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
FBI Chief Patel in a Soup After Blunder in Kirk Killing Probe
HOURS after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel declared online that \"the subject\" in the killing was in custody.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
MODI GOES EXTRA MILES IN MANIPUR
WHEN a rainy day struck Manipur on Saturday, the odds were that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may not make it to Kuki heartland Churachandpur, but he did an Atal Behari Vajpayee.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Medium is the Message
Fifteen years ago, when Rasika Kajaria founded Exhibit 320 in Delhi's Lado Sarai, she envisioned more than a white-walled gallery.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
12 Soldiers, 35 Militants Killed in Clashes Near Afghan Border
Pakistani security forces raided two hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border in the past two days, triggering fierce clashes that killed 12 soldiers and 35 militants, the military said Saturday.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
After Nitish, BJP announces candidate before seat deal
THE BJP on Saturday announced its candidate for the Motihari assembly seat even though seat-sharing deal among the NDA allies has not been finalised. Pramod Kumar will be the party's candidate from the Motihari seat once again.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
The Wickedness that Spawned Wicked Women
No thanks to Elon Musk, in all the time wasted on checking my Twitter (or whatever the tech bros are calling it now) feed, there is not a peep from the people I choose to follow even if I make it a belaboured point to click on 'Following' not 'For You'. Instead, I am bombarded with state/corporate/pharma-sponsored trolls and bots who are out to scam me, sell me something I don't need, or simply ruin my day. However, the most insidious posts and videos on my timeline are about badly behaved and dangerous women.
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pahalgam victim's widow for boycott of match
Cricket body accused of ignoring sacrifices of 26 killed in attack Sena holds 'Sindoor' stir, says skipping Asia Cup will send strong signal
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
He has the Last Word
Love for words and strategy made Scrabble player Madhav Gopal Kamath the first Indian to win the Youth World Scrabble Championship
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September 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Mizoram Gets Rail Connect for the First Time
INDIGENOUS fruits and spices of Mizoram are set to receive a major boost with the inauguration of the region's first rail connectivity on Saturday by PM Narendra Modi.
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