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July 14, 2024

Centre hands more powers to J&K LG

Ahead of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Home Ministry has amended the rules of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 and given more powers to the Lieutenant Governor in the matters of internal security, use of postings and transfers, prosecution and appointment of government lawyers.

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INDIA bloc 10, BJP 2

In a boost to the INDIA bloc, its constituents won 10 of the 13 assembly seats where by-elections were held in seven states, while the BJP managed to bag two and an Independent pocketed one seat as votes were counted on Saturday.

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Biden ups support for Tibet

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill which enhances US support for Tibet and “efforts to preserve their distinct linguistic, cultural, and religious heritage.”

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'Mumbai will be world's Fintech capital'

On his first visit to the city after assuming office for the third time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that he plans to turn Mumbai into a global financial powerhouse and the fintech capital of the world.

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'Keeping non-Muslim kids in madrasas, a violation of rights'

The Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Priyank Kanoongo, in a post on X expressed “concern” about children's rights, particularly of non-Muslim children, in madrasas.

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Death toll 3: Indian among victims

A body of a 40-year-old Indian national working in Nepal was among three corpses recovered by rescuers on Saturday from the wreckage of two buses that were swept by a mudslide into a rain-swollen river with more than 50 passengers a day earlier.

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Supreme Court upholds CIC autonomy

The Central Information Commission has powers to constitute benches and frame regulations, the Supreme Court has said while observing that the autonomy of CIC is of paramount importance for its effective functioning.

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‘Happy moment' parole for murder convict

The Bombay High Court has granted parole to a man to bid farewell to his son, who is going to Australia for further studies, observing that if parole can be granted to share grief, it can also be for a “happy occasion”.

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PM's push for people's power

In Mumbai to launch big ticket infrastructure projects on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also inaugurated the Indian Newspaper Society’s secretariat, INS Towers.

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20 yrs on, Sebi case jurisdiction unclear

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has been running from pillar to post to prosecute electronics and durables giant BPL Ltd and its directors, who along with stock broker Harshad Mehta were accused of rigging stock prices in 2001.

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Pollution board consent not taken for MTHL casting vard

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) didn’t procure the mandatory certificate from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to set up the casting yard at Ulwe for the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), also called Atal Setu.

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Drenched city sees tree falls, short circuits, upended traffic

After a frustrating Friday, the weather continued to rain on the parade of motorists on Saturday.

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'This raises questions over exam's credibility'

Puja Khedkar, a 2023 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is at the centre of a massive controversy.

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Jailed Delhi CM Kejriwal has lost 8.5 kg, says AAP

Claims blood sugar level fell below 50 on five occasions

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June-oon wohi: Bloc, stock, barrel

Thirty-nine days after the Lok Sabha poll result was announced, the results of the recent assembly byelections had enough reason for the India bloc to rejoice and have the last laugh.

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Is Biden unfit to serve?

Amid growing concerns about US President Joe Biden's health and fitness for a second term, world leaders who met him at the NATO summit weighed in with their perspectives.

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Musk donates for Trump fight

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has made a “sizeable” donation towards the presidential campaign of former US President Donald Trump.

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71 dead as Israel targets Hamas military chief

Israel said it targeted Hamas' shadowy military commander in a massive strike in the southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 71 people, according to local health officials.

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KREJCIKOVA CROWNED SINGLES CHAMPION

Mathematicians might be surprised, but there is indeed such a thing as a game of three halves.

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Jaiswal, Gill on a leather hunt

Yashasvi Jaiswal's flair was complemented by skipper Shubman Gill's poise as young Indian team cantered to a 10wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the fourth T20 International, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

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Les alle historiene fra The Free Press Journal - Mumbai

The Free Press Journal - Mumbai Newspaper Description:

The Free Press Journal is one of the oldest English Daily newspapers from Mumbai with a heritage of more than 90 years. And yet, The Free Press Journal is a contemporary paper and rooted in current urban realities.

In keeping with the international trend, it has reinvented itself in terms of design, get up and content. It means different thing to different people – a platform for the articulate, a trendsetter for the young and a chronicle for the old.

It was at the forefront of freedom struggle against the British and continues with the free and fearless journalism till date. Indeed, the history of The Free Press Journalism mirrors that of Indian independence.

Swaminath Sadanand, a 30-year-old idealist from Madras trudged his way to Bombay and with a vision that was to prove uncomfortably ahead of his day, brought out a newspaper as unorthodox in character as it was innovative in concept. For Swaminath Sadanand, the Free Press Journal was not so much a business venture as a cause.

The spirit with which he launched the paper and ran it for almost three decades helped it make it an integral part of two great Indian movements — the struggle for independence and the evolution of Indian publishing.