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SP STEPS UP OFFENSIVE, ‘IRREGULARITY IN SIR EXERCISE’
FOLLOWING the NDA's thumping victory in the recent Bihar Assembly elections, Samajwadi Party (SP) firebrand Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the BJP government and the Election Commission of conspiring to delete more than 50,000 voters from each Assembly segment where his party and the INDIA bloc fared strongly in the last general elections.
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November 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Head’s 69-ball ton powers Oz to victory
MAKESHIFT opener Travis Head smacked an explosive 69-ball century to power Australia to victory in a high-octane first Ashes Test on Saturday as England meekly surrendered in the Perth Stadium cauldron.
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November 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Kuldeep’s mastery makes it an even contest on Day 1
AT first glance, the bare basics of the scoreboard — South Africa 247/6 in 81.5 overs — tells you something about the day’s play.
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November 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
US court asks Byju’s founder to repay $1 bn
IN a fresh setback to Byju Raveendran, the promoter of edtech company Byju’s, a US court has ordered Raveendran to pay back the default amount of $1.16 billion to BYJU’s Alpha and US-based lender GLAS Trust Company LLC.
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November 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
35-yr-old man held for killing brother-in-law
A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his brother-in-law in Delhi's Swaroop Nagar area over a family dispute, police said on Saturday.
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November 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gupta begins Atal Canteen project, first ₹5 meal outlet to come up in Timarpur
CHIEF Minister, Rekha Gupta on Friday laid the foundation stone of the first Atal canteen in the Timarpur area, marking the fulfilment of a key promise made by the BJP. The government has planned to open 100 such canteens, named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, with an aim to provide affordable meals to underprivileged people.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Kotak Bank announces 5:1 stock split
THE country’s fourth-largest private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank on Friday announced a 5:1 stock split after 15 years.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
IndiGo to invest $820 mn in financial services business to acquire aircraft
INDIAS largest airline —-IndiGo — will invest $820 million (₹7,294 cr) in its wholly-owned subsidiary — InterGlobe Aviation Financial Services IFSC Private Limited (IndiGo IFSC) — to acquire aviation assets and enable ownership of aircraft.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Unions growl, India Inc weighs 4 Labour Codes' notification
Minimum wage and social security for all, including gig workers; retrenchment rules eased for employers
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Re hits all-time low of 89.61 against USD
THE rupee, the worst among its Asian peers and has hit many lifetime lows this year, tumbled to a new all-time low on Friday, breaching the psychologically sensitive 89-mark for the first time.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
877 held in cyber fraud crackdown
In a major operation that lasted 48 hours, police round up 4,317 suspects and file 360 FIRs
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ashes, Bradman and power of imagination
THE Ashes is upon us. Cricket's most storied rivalry inevitably brings to mind the greatest batter the game has known.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC judge recuses from Azam Khan cases just before scheduled hearing
ALLAHABAD High Court Justice Sameer Jain, on Friday, recused himself from hearing all matters related to Samajwadi Party leader and former MP Azam Khan, including 2016 Yatimkhana (orphanage) case.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Oil refiners’ operating profit set to rise by 50% to $18-20/barrel
OIL marketing companies’ (OMCs) operating profit is likely to surge more than 50% to $18-20 a barrel this fiscal from $12 last fiscal on the back of stronger marketing margins due to stable retail prices and favourable crude oil dynamics.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Friday trailer out
DHEENA takes justice into his own hands against a gangster and politician in the trailer for Friday, the upcoming gangster crime thriller film.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Chess WC: Semifinal ties in balance after Game 1
CHINA'S GM Wei Yi and Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev could not breach the defences of their respective opponents with white pieces as both the semifinals of the World Cup 2025 end in draws on Friday.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Moscow tells Kyiv: Negotiate now or lose more
Russia’s warning comes a day after Trump unveiled a 28-point peace plan that calls on Ukraine to cede territory
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC seeks EC's reply on fresh SIR pleas
THE Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and other states.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
No renewal of fire safety certificate for LNJp, Smoke detectors fail test
A recent inspection by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) has flagged extensive fire-safety failures across several blocks of Lok Nayak Hospital, raising concerns over the preparedness of one of the capital’s busiest government medical facilities.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Four students quizzed, cops to question teachers today
DELHI Police on Friday questioned four students of a private school after a Class X student leaped to his death from Rajendra Place metro station.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
SP relooks at tieup after Cong’s Bihar drubbing
PITCH FOR AKHILESH TO LEAD INDIA BLOC IN UP, CONG COUNTERS
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Iran rejects IAEA resolution, threatens more reprisal actions
IRAN’S foreign ministry called a resolution by the UN atomic watchdog’s board of governors ‘anti-Iranian’ and threatened unspecified retaliatory actions, state media reported Friday.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Oppn slams BJP as kin of Maha ministers elected unopposed in local polls
OPPOSITION parties in Maharashtra are questioning how, in one local body election after another, relatives of BJP ministers are winning without any contest.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Big on small
Although it has been around for some time, the new iteration of an old favourite raises the bar substantially
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Manipur Sangai Festival begins amid protest
THE Sangai Festival in Manipur began on Friday amid a protest even as the state’s Rajya Sabha member and titular king Leishemba Sanajaoba accused an IPS officer of barging into his residential compound, a charge dismissed by the police.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Israeli army says it killed five terrorists in south Gaza
THE Israeli army said it killed five Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday in an area under its control.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Every infiltrator will be out after SIR: Shah in Gujarat
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday transformed the BSF’s 61st Raising Day event in Haripur, Bhuj, into a clarion call for electoral vigilance.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
From Kerala free-software circles to San Francisco
ERSHAD Kunnakkadan, who was appointed as the new CEO of Gumroad on Thursday, began his journey in Kerala's free-software circles long before he entered the leadership corridors of San Francisco's tech world.
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Focus shifts to students’ mental health
Edu minister says there is an urgent need to reassess how schools handle emotional distress among students
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November 22, 2025
The Morning Standard
Will intervene to ensure ISL is held: Centre to SC
THE Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it will intervene to ensure that the country’s premier football competition — the Indian Super League (ISL) — is held and players are not put to any disadvantage.
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