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Rat droppings in mid-day meal flour
MCD forms enquiry panel to probe workings of kitchen & submit report in seven days
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Take a bow as Sheetal matches the able-bodied
SHEETAL in English translates to ‘cool’, ‘calm’ and even ‘peaceful’. Employing the bow with her leg and string pulled by mouth, she is all of the above while releasing the arrow.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Participating in protests no criminality, says riots accused
ONE of the accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, Shadab Ahmed, on Thursday told the Supreme Court that mere attendance or coordination at protest gatherings cannot be equated with conspiracy or criminal intent.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
TN youth falls into open pit dug for culvert work and dies, contractor arrested
A 26-year-old man from Tiruppur district died after his twowheeler plunged into an eightfoot-deep pit dug up for the construction of a culvert near Perundurai in Erode district on Wednesday night.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
PM to launch year-long celebrations of 150 years of 'Vande Mataram'
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the yearlong commemoration of the national song \"Vande Mataram\" on Friday in New Delhi, marking 150 years of the iconic composition by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. He will also release a commemorative stamp and coin to mark the occasion.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
COLLABORATION KEY TO CURBING MENACE OF DIGITAL ARRESTS
YBER swindlers continue to be on the prowl across India, ever inventive in their subterfuge. Notwithstanding regular warnings from the Reserve Bank, commercial banks, and law enforcement agencies, legions of citizens fall prey with dispiriting regularity.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
IHCL to build new Taj hotel in Chennai's ECR
TATA SONS-owned Indian Hotels Company Limited on Thursday announced the plans to build a new Taj Hotel on the East Coast Road (ECR) in Chennai. This will be a greenfield project. After Taj Fishermans Cove, this will be the second Taj hotel in the ECR area.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Phansi Ghar row: Assembly summons Kejriwal, Sisodia
THE Delhi Assembly has summoned former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, the then Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, exspeaker Ram Niwas Goel and former deputy speaker Rakhi Birla to appear in person before the privileges committee on November 13, following the \"Phansi Ghar\" controversy.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ahmedabad set to host 2026 T20 WC final
THE BCCI has shortlisted Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata Chennai and Mumbai as the venues for next year's T20 World Cup with the final to be played in Ahmedabad.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Inter-state gang held for tower battery theft
THE Delhi Police has busted an inter-state gang involved in the theft and illegal sale of mobile tower batteries by arresting three of its members, officials said on Thursday. A total of 17 mobile tower batteries and a motorcycle were seized from them, they added.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
PLAY IT BY EAR
Ahead of their Delhi performance, Anirban Ghosh of the Dilli Improvisers Orchestra, India's first free improvisation orchestra, talks about making music without rules and taking experimental sounds to new kinds of listeners
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
ED attaches ₹11 cr assets of Raina and Dhawan in online betting case
IN a major crackdown on celebrity endorsements linked to illegal betting platforms, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth ₹11.14 crore belonging to former cricketers Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Aditi Mishra ushers JNUSU change
Win reaffirms varsity's culture of debate, dissent & inclusivity shaping student politics: AISA
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
ARCHER SHEETAL IS AN INSPIRATION: COACH SHARMA
BY now Sheetal Devi is used to breaking records, being part of history and rewrite scripts her way. She doesn't have hands but is an expert in a sport that usually needs them.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
K'taka govt okays start-up policy, allots over 500cr
The state cabinet on Thursday approved the new Karnataka Startup Policy 2025-2030, which aims to establish up to 25,000 startups, including 10,000 outside Bengaluru, over the next five years.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Courier boy among 3 held for staging iPhones theft
POLICE has cracked a case of fake robbery of latest iPhones and other mobile handsets and arrested four men.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ukraine strikes Russian refinery in Volgograd
UKRAINIAN drones struck a major oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd region for the second time in almost three months, Ukraine's general staff said Thursday. Russian officials did not confirm the attack, although the local governor said drones started a fire at an unspecified industrial facility in the region.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
BJP leaders voted in both Delhi & Bihar polls: AAP
THE Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday accused BJP leaders of voting in both Delhi and Bihar, calling it a case of \"voter fraud.\"
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
THE WTO IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE WTO
The World Trade Organization emerged after years of careful negotiations. No doubt it needs to change how it works and what it addresses. But dismantling it would be a grave error
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC asks govt to reply on Vikas Yadav's petition
THE Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the Delhi government's response to a plea by Vikas Yadav, serving a 25-year jail term without remission for the 2002 Nitish Katara murder, seeking a 21-day furlough following his recent marriage.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Komal Devi's victory marks BAPSA's return in JNU politics
AMID the spirited contests and shifting alliances, one of the most significant victories was of Komal Devi, who secured the School of Social Sciences (SSS) councillor seat in Thursday's JNUSU election results.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pune land scam puts Ajit Pawar’s son in trouble
IN a major embarrassment to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, his elder son Parth on Thursday faced charges of grabbing 40 acres of prime land in Pune at a throwaway price of %300 crore against the market rate of 22,000 crore.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
JNUSU ELECTIONS LEFT MAKES CLEAN SWEEP, CAMPUS TURNS RED AGAIN
THE Left Unity has emerged victorious in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) election, winning all four central panel positions with clear margins over their right counterparts.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
RECORD 64.7% TURNOUT IN 1ST PHASE OF POLLING
Convoy of Deputy CM attacked in Lakhisarai; RJD claims ‘discrepancies’ in its strongholds
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt bid to delay hearings to avoid my bench: Gavai
CHIEF Justice of India B R Gavai on Thursday expressed strong displeasure over the Centre’s repeated attempts to seek adjournment of the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Prez will leave for Botswana to advance Cheetah transfer project
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu will embark on a state visit to Angola and Botswana from November 8 to 13, in the first-ever visit by an Indian head of state to the two African nations, the External Affairs Ministry announced on Thursday.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Assam CIC resigns after RTI query about brother held in Zubeen death case
ASSAM Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta resigned from the post on Thursday after an RTI was filed seeking data related to government funds given to his brother Shyamkanu Mahanta, who was arrested along with six others last month in connection with music icon Zubeen Garg’s mysterious death in Singapore on September 19.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Deserves sympathy': KC lashes out at Tharoor's remarks on dynastic politics
IN a sharp rejoinder to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s recent comments on dynastic politics, party General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal on Thursday said he “feels sorry for people who make such comments” and sought an explanation from Tharoor over his remarks.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Attempt to kidnap minor girl triggers communal tension in Himachal town
SUNDERNAGAR town in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district witnessed tension on Wednesday night as a 38-year-old married man of a minority community allegedly attempted to kidnap a 13-year-old schoolgirl from the other community, leading to heated arguments and a fight.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Daisy Ridley will star in Killa Bee
ACTOR Daisy Ridley, known for playing Rey in Star Wars movies, is set to lead Killa Bee, based on the life of Bryony Tyrell, an ICU nurse who eventually becomes an MMA fighter.
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