The Morning Standard - October 04, 2024

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October 04, 2024

Ashok Tanwar makes a Cong comeback

TWO days ahead of the Haryana polls and the day when the campaigning ended, the BJP suffered a huge jolt on Thursday.

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Unani practitioner shot dead in Kalindi Kunj nursing home

A 55-year-old Unani doctor was shot dead inside a nursing home in southeast Delhi's Kalindi Kunj area in the early hours of Thursday allegedly by two persons who met him as patients, police said.

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Internship scheme rolled out on pilot basis, 111 cos on board

THE government on Thursday launched the Prime Minister's Internship Scheme on a pilot basis.

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Don't criminalise marital rape: Govt

THE Centre on Thursday strongly opposed the demand to criminalise marital rape, arguing in its affidavit in the Supreme Court that punitive measures are already in place to deal with it.

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1 dies of electrocution, 7 hurt in stampede at Kalkaji temple

TEN months after a makeshift platform collapsed during an event at Kalkaji temple in southeast Delhi killing a woman and injuring 17 others, another tragedy struck the mandir on Thursday.

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SC outlaws caste discrimination in jails across India

Quashes jail manual rules of 10 states, says caste-based work allocation in prisons illegal

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Police bust syndicate involved in guaranteed returns investment fraud

THE Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations unit of the Delhi Police has busted a syndicate that was allegedly involved in duping people on the pretext of providing guaranteed returns in the name of investment in Application Hibox and seized ₹18 crore from different bank accounts.

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Saurabh Bharadwaj detained amid bus marshals' protest: AAP

THE Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said the Delhi Police has detained Cabinet Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj along with several party MLAs when they were protesting to reinstate the bus marshals who had earlier been terminated.

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'All talk, no action': SC raps CAQM, Punjab & Haryana

THE Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Punjab and Haryana governments once again for failure to take enough steps to tackle stubble burning and air pollution in Delhi.

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Delhi airport to run air trains between terminals

IN the next four years, passengers at the Indira Gandhi International Airport will experience an engineering marvel that will be the first in India.

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Kejriwal to move into AAP RS MP's bungalow at Ferozeshah Road

AAM Aadmi Party's (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will vacate his official residence on Friday.

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BJP takes out protest march against AAP govt over bad roads

THE Delhi BJP on Thursday launched a citywide campaign to highlight what it describes as the deteriorating condition of roads caused by the alleged corruption and incompetence of the Arvind Kejriwal-led government.

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Medicos express concern over Unani doc's murder

Medical bodies ask why doctors have become an easy target

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Police order tweaked for Wangchuk's release, HC told

THE Delhi High Court on Thursday was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has been released from detention following the modification of a prohibitory order issued by the Delhi Police.

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Satyendar Jain seeks default bail in graft case

FORMER Delhi minister Satyendar Jain has petitioned the Delhi High Court for default bail in a money laundering case, arguing that the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) investigation remains incomplete.

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Gopal Rai inaugurates bio-decomposer initiative

IN an effort to address the issue of stubble burning and lower the pollution levels in the national capital during winter, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday inaugurated the use of a bio-decomposer mixture in Palla village in Narela.

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High Court summons top officials over pending tech upgrades in district courts

THE Delhi High Court has directed the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary (Finance), Government of NCT of Delhi to be personally present before the court and explain their position over its failure to implement long-overdue technology upgrades in district courts of the national capital.

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Naraina shooting: Mastermind's fall from grace

THE Delhi Police has solved the car showroom shooting incident in West Delhi's Naraina and arrested two people, including the mastermind of the attack, an international-level kickboxing player.

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FIR against HDK for demanding ₹5 crore from realtor for Channapatna by-election

AMRUTHAHALLI police on Thursday registered an FIR against Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy for allegedly demanding ₹50 crore from a realtor to meet the expenses on the byelection to the Legislative Assembly from Channapatna constituency.

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Stop the drama, donate ₹500 crore for Musi evictees: Revanth

STRIKING back at the BRS for its recent sensational remarks regarding the Musi Riverfront Development Project, a visibly combative Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday advised the opposition party to donate ₹500 crore from its treasure trove of 1,500 crore lying in its bank accounts to the project evictees rather than merely expressing outrage.

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Cabinet nod to Chennai Metro Phase-II

The 118.9-km phase-II project worth ₹63,246 cr comprises three corridors and 128 stations

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Probe into efforts to disrupt Thrissur Pooram: Pinarayi

OFFICIALLY acknowledging for the first time that concerted efforts were made to disrupt this year's Thrissur Pooram with an aim to sabotage the state's social environment, and that the imprints of the Sangh Parivar were palpable behind it, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said the state government has ordered a three-tier investigation into the matter.

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'A slice of cake may have carcinogenic agents'

THE Food Safety and Quality Department has found carcinogenic ingredients in 12 of the 235 cake samples collected from across the state.

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Madras High Court order on Isha Foundation stayed

IN a major relief to the Isha Yoga Centre run by spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev in Coimbatore, the Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the Tamil Nadu police from taking any further action against the centre as per the directions of the Madras High Court.

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NURTURING TALENT OVER BEING STICKLER FOR RULES

IN a victory for democracy, the Supreme Court last week directed IIT Dhanbad to admit an 18-year-old Dalit boy who had lost his seat for missing the deadline for depositing fees of 17,500. While passing the order, the top court evoked the plenary powers granted by Article 142 of the Constitution that empowers it to administer complete justice.

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THE CASE FOR QUALITY CERTIFICATION OF AGENCIES

THERE has been much public discourse around the performance of India's constitutional authorities, statutory bodies and enforcement agencies.

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THEY DIDN'T START THE FIRE AND SEEM UNABLE TO DOUSE IT

West Asia's unending cycle of violence started with British and French meddling in the early 20th century. The latest spiral doesn't seem to offer a ramp off

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RESTORE STATEHOOD TO HEAL J&K, PRIORITISE INFRASTRUCTURE, JOBS

THE just-concluded Jammu and Kashmir assembly election was a pivotal moment for the troubled state-reflecting not only local concerns, but also broader national dynamics. The issues of identity, autonomy and the restoration of statehood resonated deeply with the electorate. Regional parties National Conference (NC) and People's Democratic Party (PDP) framed the election as a struggle for identity and autonomy. In contrast, national parties like the BJP and Congress focused on the restoration of statehood, emphasising the need for development and effective governance within an improved security environment.

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Jaishankar to reaffirm Lanka ties during meeting with Dissanayake

EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be on an official visit to Colombo on Friday and will meet the newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

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TMC wants Moitra shift from House panel led by Dubey

JAYA Bachchan, a Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member, has opted out of the parliamentary standing committee on communications and Information Technology (IT) chaired by BJP member Nishikant Dubey.

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‘Jamaican PM not stopped at Parliament gate

THE Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday dismissed reports claiming that the carcade of Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness was stopped at the gates of Parliament House.

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Life term for ex-Bihar MLA for minister's murder

THE top court on Thursday convicted former MLA Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla and another person in the 1998 murder case of former Bihar minister and RJD leader Brij Bihari Prasad at a hospital in Patna.

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Mega defence deals during B'luru Aero India show in Feb expected

THE Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday that the biennial air show Aero India will be held at the Yelahanka Air Force station in Bengaluru from February 10-14 in 2025.

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Cong keeps door open for like-minded J&K parties

POST-elections, the focus in J&K has shifted to the counting of votes on October 8 for the 90-member Assembly.

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Haryana focus-29 seats in 7 dists along GT Road

WITH campaigning coming to an end on Thursday for the 90-member Haryana Assembly elections due October 5, key contenders, the BJP and Congress, have focused on both sides of the historic Grand Trunk Road, comprising 29 seats in seven districts.

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Village in MP farm stir hotspot passes resolution - ₹7K MSP on soybean crop

IN perhaps the first of its kind development, the Burha village -which was reportedly the fountainhead of 2017 massive farmers' agitation in western Madhya Pradesh-has unanimously passed a resolution, demanding 7,000 per quintal MSP for soybean crop.

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TMC youth wing leader, who was close to RG Kar ex-principal, held by CBI

THE CBI on Thursday arrested Trinamool Congress youth leader Ashish Pandey in connection with the corruption case against RG Kar Medical College's former principal Sandip Ghosh, officials said.

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2 Meitei youth freed, 11 Kuki inmates let off

TWO young Meitei men held hostage by alleged Kuki rebels in Manipur's Kangpokpi district for about a week were freed early Thursday morning.

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Israel bombs Hezbollah's intel HQ in Beirut amid battle at the border

Oil prices spike after Biden says talks on over attacking Iranian rigs.

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12 injured as Russian glide bomb hits 5-storey apartment block in Kharkiv

KYIV A Russian glide bomb struck a five-storey apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, injuring at least 12 people including a 3-year-old girl, local officials said Thursday.

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Prez visits storm areas after Trump rap

ASHEVILLE US President Joe Biden on Wednesday witnessed Hurricane Helene's catastrophic destruction firsthand and Vice President Kamala Harris distributed aid to needy families, as thousands of federal responders joined all-out efforts to rescue residents and care for millions in the disaster.

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UK to hand over contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius

LONDON THE British government agreed on Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important UKUS military base.

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Typhoon slams Taiwan, leaves destruction trail, kills two

ΤΑΙΡΕΙ TYPHOON Krathon slammed into Taiwan on Thursday, bringing mudslides, flooding and destructive winds to the shuttered island where at least two people have died in the storm and thousands have been evacuated.

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Ex-Singapore minister gets a year in jail for corruption

SINGAPORE A Singaporean former minister was sentenced on Thursday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts in the citystate's first political graft trial for nearly half a century.

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Kia to launch 1st mass-market EV in India next yr

SOUTH Korean carmaker Kia is planning to launch its first massmarket electric vehicle (EV) in India next year and target 4 lakh unit annual sales in the country by 2030.

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Q2FY25 IT results preview: Revenue growth to be positive

IT services companies might report better earnings in the second quarter of this fiscal year as analysts believe that there have been improvements in decision cycles and that Generative AI deals will be in focus.

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Banking industry likely to increase funding for cloud

BANKS have now increased cloud spending and they are more likely to increase spending on cloud in the year ahead, according to Infosys' Cloud Radar: Banking Industry Report.

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Middle-East conflict: ₹10L cr erased from mkt

Extending losses for fourth consecutive session, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 crashed more than 2% each

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ITC allowed on construction costs for rental realty

IN a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court on Thursday provided major relief to property owners by affirming that input tax credit (ITC) on construction costs for rental buildings can be claimed, likening such properties to \"plants\" in a factory that generate economic output.

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Hyundai's much awaited IPO to hit market on Oct 14

THE much-awaited initial public offering (IPO) of Hyundai Motor India, the Indian arm of South Korean automaker Hyundai, is expected to hit the market on October 14, said people familiar with the development.

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Adani Group to supply clean energy to Google

GOOGLE on Thursday said it has partnered with Adani Group to procure a bundled energy solution and decarbonise its cloud services in India.

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WazirX to set up creditors' panel by October 9

CRYPTO exchange WazirX has said it will initiate the process of forming a Committee of Creditors (COC) by October 9, and it aims to hold the first COC meeting within a week of the formation of the COC.

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Exporters fear rise in air, shipping freight rates

ESCALATION of conflict in the Middle East, with Iran directly targeting Israel, has sparked concerns among the exporters who fear the spike of air and shipping freight rates and trade impact worth $100 billion if the situation continues to prevail throughout the year.

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Tata Electronics to resume ops at Hosur plant

TATA Electronics on Thursday announced that it will resume certain operations at its Hosur, Tamil Nadu plant, which produces components for Apple iPhones.

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WOMEN LOOK TO STORM DESERT

After the dress rehearsals, it’s time for the real thing as India take on New Zealand in their opening match of the WC

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Real upset as Lille beat Madrid; Villa down Bayern

KYLIAN Mbappe came off the bench but couldn't prevent defending champion Real Madrid from losing 1-0 at unheralded Lille in the revamped Champions League on Wednesday.

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Odisha fight back to hold Kerala in ISL

ODISHA FC played out a 2-2 draw with Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) at the Kalinga Stadium here on Thursday Diego Mauricio scored for Odisha FC while Alexandre Coeff conceded an own goal.

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Blow as India miss out on big wrestling events

AFTER losing the hosting rights of the tournament last year due to the wrestlers' protest, India were keen to organise the Senior, U23 and U17 Asian Wrestling Championships next year.

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