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Najib sentenced to 15 years in 1MDB corruption case
A Malaysian judge sentenced former prime minister Najib Razak to 15 more years in jail on Friday after convicting him of abuse of power and money laundering in a sovereign wealth fund graft scandal.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
CEO among three held for gang-rape in moving car
THREE persons, including the CEO of a private IT company, have been arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of the firm's female manager in a moving car after a birthday party in Udaipur.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Salah spot on as Egypt beat South Africa
MOHAMED Salah scored as 10-man Egypt beat South Africa 1-0 in Agadir on Friday to become the first qualifiers for the knockout stage of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
YEAR OF FIRSTS
2025 will be one to remember for teams that finally broke decade-long hoodoos. A look at a few...
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
CM attack: Charges framed against 2
A Delhi court on Friday framed charges of attempt to murder and assault on a public servant against two men accused of attacking CM Rekha Gupta during a public event in August, setting the stage for a trial.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL COMMUNITIES
A spate of attacks and disruptions targeting Christmas celebrations and Christian gatherings in some parts of the country has raised serious concerns, coming as it does at a time when the NDA is seeking to engage with the community.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Experts question strays' shelter model, demand boost in ABC programme
A proposed move to set up large-scale shelters for community dogs has prompted concern among public-health specialists, veterinarians, economists, legal experts and animal-behaviour scientists in the national capital.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Deadline to submit nursery application forms today
WITH the deadline fast approaching, parents seeking nursery admission for their children in private unaided schools in Delhi have just one day left to submit application forms.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Man dead, brother hurt in Mustafabad fire; no injuries in two more incidents
THREE separate fire incidents were reported in Delhi on Friday, leaving one youth dead and his brother injured, officials said.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bravery awards for 9-yr-old, 11-yr-old posthumously
NINE-YEAR-OLD Vyoma Priya lost her life while trying to save a six-year-old during an electrical accident in their gated community park in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
40% quota for open merit in J&K triggers uproar
JAMMU and Kashmir's reservation policy has again come under scrutiny after only 40% of 1815 police constable and 480 medical officer posts were allocated for Open Merit aspirants despite comprising over 70% population in the Valley.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Another 4 yrs needed to fully restore Chernobyl radiation shield
INSIDE an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to prevent disaster.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
RESIZING AMERICA'S SENSE OF SELF
AMERICA'S love affair with monumentalism is hardly a secret: with buildings, warships, automobiles, aircraft-and, most importantly, self image.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
AIFF proposes 20-year plan to organise ISL
THE beleaguered All India Football Federation (AIFF) had a meeting with all the stakeholders on Friday and submitted a proposal to run the Indian Super League.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Highlight our epic heroes to motivate children: Naidu to parents, teachers
ANDHRA Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has emphasised the need for connecting the younger generation with India's rich heritage.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
MSMEs SEEK COLLATERAL-FREE CREDIT
WITH the Budget around the corner, the MSME industry has asked the finance ministry for relief in terms of taxes and better access to credit.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Mirwaiz makes changes in his 'X' profile bio
SEPARATIST conglomerate Hurriyat Conference chairman and cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has removed the designation of 'Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference' from his X profile.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Unnao rape: Survivor's mother, activists protest bail to Sengar outside HC
A group of people, including Unnao rape survivor's mother, on Friday held a protest outside the Delhi High Court expressing their disapproval against court's recent decision, suspending the life imprisonment of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the case.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Delhi lives under high alert, but eyes that aren't watching capital closely
DELHI lives under a high alert.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Father, son tug of war over PMK control intensifies
FORMER PMK president G.K. Mani on Friday strongly rejected the party's decision to remove him from its primary membership, asserting that only party founder Dr. S. Ramadoss had the authority to induct or expel members from the Pattali Makkal Katchi.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Zero tolerance on terror: Shah
At NIA meet, home minister bats for national platform where different agencies share ideas
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Foreign national among 14 arrested for cyberfrauds
THE Cybercrime Wing of AP Crime Investigation Department (APCID), along with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has busted an international cybercrime network by arresting 14 persons, including a Vietnam national.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
'SANTA CASE POLITICAL DESPERATION OF AAP'
A day after three AAP leaders, including Saurabh Bhardwaj, were booked for allegedly \"outraging the religious sentiments of Christians\", Delhi minister Ravindra Indraj described it as an act of \"political desperation\", and said that no religion should be mocked.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Palestinian rams car into Israeli man, stabs woman
A Palestinian killed two people in a stabbing and car-ramming attack in northern Israel on Friday, triggering the defence minister to threaten a crackdown on the assailant's village in the occupied West Bank.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Drunk woman held for hitting costable with car in Rohini
A 40-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly ramming a car into a police barricade and injuring a constable in northwest Delhi's Rohini, police said on Friday.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
25 Lalu MLAs in touch with BJP: Minister
A fresh political slugfest erupted in Bihar after a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and state agriculture minister, Ram Kripal Yadav, on Friday claimed that all 25 MLAs of the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) were in contact with his party.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Plans on to bring car pooling back to curb pollution
THE government has informed that the departments concerned are in continuous dialogue with ridehailing companies such as Ola and Uber, asking them to prioritise shared rides, increase the participation of women drivers, and promote environment-friendly services.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Shimla docs to go on strike for sacked colleague
RESIDENT doctors of Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla, will go on an indefinite strike from Saturday, protesting the termination of senior resident Raghav Narula, who was dismissed for allegedly assaulting a patient on Monday.
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December 27, 2025
The Morning Standard
Top Maoist Uikey, with over ₹1 crore bounty, eliminated
IN a decisive blow to Maoist insurgency, security forces eliminated four persons, including top CPI (Maoist) central committee member Ganesh Uikey, during an encounter in Kandhamal district's Chakapada on Thursday.
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December 26, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pentagon report on India axis malicious: China
Defence ministry spokesman Zhang Xiaogang, too, denounced the Pentagon report, which also flagged enhanced ties between China and Pakistan, adding Beijing 'likely also considered' setting up a base in Pakistan
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