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6 hurt as 9-seater flight crash-lands near Rourkela
FOUR passengers and two pilots had a miraculous escape when a nine-seater commercial aircraft of IndiaOne Air crash landed on an open field at Gudiatola, close to Rourkela on Saturday afternoon.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Meghalaya 3 held for tribal man's murder amid unrest
MEGHALAYA CM Conrad K Sangma on Saturday appealed to people in the Garo Hills region to maintain peace and communal harmony, a day after one person was killed and another grievously injured in an attack by unidentified assailants.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
PM asks forces to firm up gains in Naxal areas with policy shift
ENCOURAGED by diminishing cases of Left-Wing-Extremism (LWE) related violence, sources said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the recently held DGP/IGP conference in Chhattisgarh, directed officials to make a decisive shift in strategy from 'armed action' against violent elements to 'unfolding welfare and developmental initiatives' in the previosuly Naxal dominated districts.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
DONROE DOCTRINE AND US' NEO-IMPERIALISM
JUST when you thought Donald Trump had crossed all red lines and he couldn't do anything crazier, he surprises you by stretching the limits of unacceptability.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Punjab parties start poll season with rallies, BJP plans big show on Jan 14
WITH just a year remaining for the Assembly elections in Punjab, the political temperature in the state is rising.
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January 11, 2026
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Data centres to trigger India's power struggle
They will account for 2.6% of total electricity consumption in India by 2030
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
'Signs of life' in Philippines garbage avalanche
RESCUERS detected signs of life in an avalanche of garbage that killed at least four workers and left more than 30 others missing on Thursday in a central Philippines landfill and plan to intensify search efforts, an official said on Saturday.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
T'gana minister warns of action on media outlets for spreading 'fake news'
EXPRESSING anguish over \"fake news\" alleging political interference in the transfer and posting of IAS officers, R&B Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Saturday warned of action against media outlets behind what he described as baseless reports.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Lax policy enforcement blamed for Karbi unrest
ASSAM’S Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) appears to be going around in circles, perhaps because it sits at the intersection of identity politics, land control and migration.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
AERO resigns in protest against 'discrepancies'
AN assistant electoral registration officer (AERO) of Bengal's Howrah district has resigned in protest against the process related to logical discrepancies found in enumeration forms (EFs) of voters during the SIR.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Pinarayi rejects K'taka CM's concerns over Malayalam bill
A day after his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah raised major criticism against the Malayalam Language Bill 2025, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan rejected the charges outright, saying the apprehensions do not reflect the inclusive spirit of the legislation.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
C'garh agri sector posts robust growth in 2 years; food grains, pulses stay firm
THE agriculture sector in Chhattisgarh remains strong as the backbone of the state showing steady and inclusive growth over the past two years, officials said on Saturday.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Masked, armed settlers beat Palestinian in West Bank
DOZENS of masked men armed with sticks beat and injured a Palestinian in the Israeli-occupied West Bank when they attacked a plant nursery, according to people who saw the attack and video footage obtained by The Associated Press.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Twin fires at Nirav Modi unit raise doubts
LATE-NIGHT fires on two consecutive nights inside a long-shuttered jewellery unit linked to fugitive diamond baron Nirav Modi have shaken Surat's Special Economic Zone (SEZ), not just because the flames rose twice in two nights, but because each spark has ignited deeper questions about security, sabotage, and a possible cover-up.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
NSE to get NOC for public listing by January-end: SEBI chairman Pandey
SECURITIES and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Saturday the markets regulator will give no objection certificate (NOC) to NSE public issue by January-end.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Don wants to cap credit card rate at 10% from Jan 20
Global banks warn it would lead to massive pullback of credit access to retail customers
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Court asks Centre to include live-in partner, children in pension benefits
THE Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to consider including the names of a live-in partner and the children born out of the relationship in the family pension and healthcare facilities of a retired government employee.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Can Shubman Gill in the blanks?
Batter has been subdued in recent times & will be hoping to regain mojo in ODI series vs NZ
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Record-breaking minimum temp at 4.2°C, cold wave conditions to persist
DELHI on Saturday broke its previous record for the lowest minimum temperature this winter as the mercury dropped to 4.2 degrees Celsius, lower than Friday's reading.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Sergio Gor, Trump's man in India for turbulent times, reaches Delhi
SERGIO
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January 11, 2026
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A Portrait Framed in Awe
A deeply conflicted reading of a long-awaited Gulzar biography—where devotion overwhelms discovery, and the translation outshines
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January 11, 2026
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'Avatar was the Turning Point in My Career'
Zoe Saldana tells Katie Ellis why she felt blue in a different way while making Avatar: Fire and Ash
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January 11, 2026
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India will have hijab-clad PM one day: Owaisi
ALL India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said a hijab-clad woman would one day become India's prime minister as the Constitution accords equal status to every citizen, unlike in Pakistan where members of only one religion can occupy the top constitutional posts.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
EC adds 4 SROs, Didi takes on CEC
CM says commission 'insensitive', while poll body sends senior IAS officers as Bengal observers
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January 11, 2026
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Up Above the World So High
High in the Girjan Valley, a sloping pitch holds together a community better than any road ever has
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
TARIFF TEST: HOW TRUMP PLANS TO WIN EVEN IF HE LOSES
HERE is an old maxim about casinos and players-the house never loses.
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January 11, 2026
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Time for quick reset in India's policies: Expert
UNITED States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed the US-India trade deal has stalled because Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not call President Trump, adding uncertainty to the much-anticipated agreement.
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
CHAVEZ'S CARICATURE WHO COULDN'T LAUGH
NICOLAS MADURO
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Neeraj ends partnership with Czech coach Zelezny
TWO-TIME Olympic medal-winning javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra announced an end to his partnership with Czech coach Jan Zelezny after just one season, which the Indian said was marked by “progress, respect, anda shared love for the sport.”
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January 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Federal judge blocks Trump's election order targeting vote-by-mail states
A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-bymail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump's efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.
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