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Najafgarh drain to be 57-km highway
Govt to develop elevated road, two service roads on both banks in ₹454 cr revamp project
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
In a 1st, Bihar to conduct panchayat polls through EVMs, not ballot papers
FOR the first time, Bihar is set to conduct panchayat elections next year through electronic voting machines (EVMs), in a shift from traditional ballot papers.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Interim bail for Umar Khalid in 2020 riots case
A Delhi court on Thursday granted interim bail to former JNU scholar Umar Khalid, an accused in the alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots, allowing him to attend his sister's wedding later this month.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Four arrested for trying to circulate demonetised currency worth ₹3.59 cr
THE Delhi Police has busted a racket and arrested four men for allegedly attempting to circulate invalid demonetised currency worth ₹3.59 crore.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Top leader surrenders in MP, Naxals on back foot
TWO Naxalites carrying cumulative rewards of ₹43 lakh on their heads surrendered before the security forces in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Power failure for local stars
Another setback from Gill, Yadav leads to 51-run defeat as South Africa level series 1-1
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
ROW OVER QUALITY OF KERALA MEDICINE
THE Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed a protest during Zero Hour from the CPI(M) over allegations of spurious and substandard medicines in Kerala.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Almost a quarter of real estate buyers in Dubai are NRIs
WITH the new property ownership norms under which the Dubai government has allowed foreigners to own residential and commercial properties on a freehold basis, the real estate market in the city-state has seen a major shift and almost a quarter of units have been snapped up by NRIs.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
US trade officials conclude 3-day visit
A high-level delegation from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), led by Deputy US Trade Representative Ambassador Rick Switzer, concluded a three-day visit to India on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Campaign launched to save Aravallis from mining, ensure water security
ENVIRONMENTALISTS and civil society groups on Thursday launched a campaign to save the Aravallis, country’s oldest mountain range, from ‘senseless definitions and excessive mining’.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC suspends ex-judge for abuse of power
THE Madras High Court has suspended former Kancheepuram Principal Sessions and District Judge Pa U Chemmal, who came under scrutiny after ordering the remand of a Deputy Superintendent of Police for allegedly failing to act on a complaint registered under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Prez visits Manipur amid shutdown call by rebels
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu arrived in Manipur on Thursday on a two-day visit amid a shutdown called by a body of banned insurgent groups.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Don launches ‘Gold Card’ for US citizenship wannabes
US President Donald Trump announced the launch of a million-dollar 'Gold Card' offering a pathway for immigrants to US citizenship, saying that it is a 'shame' that students from India and China have to go back to home countries.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
KIIT-KISS, FIVB Launch 'Kanya Kiran' Women's Volleyball Empowerment Initiative
The Kanya Kiran Women's Volleyball Empowerment Initiative, being billed as the 'Volleyball Mahakumbh', a joint programme by KIIT-KISS and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), began today here.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
T'gana sees dip in cybercrime losses: Minister
IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu said a comprehensive roadmap for strengthening the state’s digital security architecture has been included in the ‘Telangana Rising Vision-2047’ document.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bangladesh to hold its first election after mass uprising on February 12
BANGLADESH will hold national elections on February 12, 2026, the country's Election Commission announced Thursday, marking the country's first tryst with democratic renewal since last year's student-led uprising that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and forced her into exile.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
100 booked, 40 detained as farm stir against ethanol unit steps up in Raj
FORTY people, including a Congress leader, were detained and over 100 others booked in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district on Thursday, a day after a clash broke out between farmers and police during a protest over the construction of an ethanol factory in the district.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
India faces $131-bn deficit with 6 FTA partners
AS India is aggressively pursuing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with several countries and regions, the country has a combined trade deficit of more than $131 billion with six of the 11 regions it is actively involved in negotiations, revealed the data from the Ministry of Commerce.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
IMPEACHMENT NOT THE RIGHT TOOL FOR JUDICIAL DISAGREEMENT
THROUGH an impeachment notice in the Lok Sabha against a high court judge over what essentially was a judicial disagreement in Tamil Nadu, the opposition INDIA bloc weaponised a sparingly-used constitutional tool to serve political ends.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt prohibits repeated road excavation
THE Delhi government on Thursday announced strict measures to curb pollution, directing all civic and utility agencies to follow a common framework and avoid repeated road digging.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rangeela was a celebration of life'
HIRTY years may have passed, but the girl who danced into our hearts as Mili still lights up the screen with the same magnetic glow.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ghazni era, southern and eastern dynasties in focus in NCERT Class VII book
THE Class VII Social Science Studies textbook (Part-2) released recently by the National Council of Educational Research and Technology (NCERT) places significant emphasis on the brutal regime of Mahmud of Ghazni.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Austria parliament approves ban on headscarves in schools
AUSTRIAN lawmakers on Thursday voted by a large majority in favour of a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move rights groups and experts say is discriminatory and could deepen societal division.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Special accounts, tax incentives for corp bond investment: NITI Aayog
NITI
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC considers assisted death option for 31-year-old in vegetative state for 13 yrs
NOTING that the court cannot allow a 31-year-old man with 100 per cent disability, quadriplegia, and in a vegetative state for 13 years to continue suffering, the SC on Thursday directed AIIMS to constitute a secondary medical board to examine his condition and submit a report on whether life-sustaining treatment can be withdrawn under passive euthanasia.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
ACCESS FOR DISABLED MUST COVER ALL SPACES
HE Supreme Court's December 2 judgement on ensuring full accessibility for persons with disabilities inside prisons is far more than a routine legal directive.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Over 600 British Empire artefacts stolen from museum, say police
MORE than 600 items from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire were stolen from a UK museum in September, police said Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Maha debt moves up from ₹7.8L cr to 9.3L cr this year
WITH continuous high-interest borrowing and the tabling of over additional ₹75,000 crore supplementary demands in the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly, the cumulative debt burden of Maharashtra is projected to go up from ₹7.82 lakh crore in 2024-25 to ₹9.32 lakh crore by the end of the current financial year.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fire dept issues strict safety advisory to hotels & clubs
THE Delhi Fire Services (DFS) on Thursday issued a comprehensive fire safety advisory for the upcoming festive season, directing all owners and occupiers of restaurants, hotels and clubs to strictly comply with evacuation plans, maintain clear exits and escape routes, keep their Fire Safety Certificates (FSC) valid, and ensure all firefighting equipment is fully functional.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Houseboat mishaps spark safety concerns in Kerala's tourism hubs
A series of houseboat accidents across Alappuzha and Kottayam districts has triggered concerns over tourist safety and exposed serious regulatory lapses in Kerala’s iconic backwater tourism sector.
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