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August 17, 2024

Grim to a lifetime of grins for Iraqi child

All that this Iraqi father wanted was to see his six-year-old daughter's face light up with smiles.

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Prove crime scene is intact: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court on Friday grilled the West Bengal government on whether there was any urgency to carry out renovation work near the crime scene in RG Kar Medical College Hospital, where a 31-year-old resident doctor was found dead after being subjected to rape on August 9, reports Bar and Bench.

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Thane, Pune Metros up the game

CABINET NOD TO ₹15,000CR PROJECTS

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Yunus dials Modi, assures Hindu safety

Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government in Bangladesh, called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, assuring protection, safety and security of Hindus and all other minorities in his country.

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Tumhi Thamba Ithe BJP gets a 'breather'

The BJP dispensation seems to be disinclined to hold elections in Maharashtra along with those in Haryana.

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Tension prevails in Jalgaon and Nashik

Tension erupted in Jalgaon and Nashik cities in north Maharashtra on Friday during a bandh called by a Hindu organisation to condemn the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh, officials said.

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20 students get provisional offers

The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has become the first civic body in Maharashtra to effectively implement the Yuva Karya Prashikshan Yojana and provided vocational training and campus placements for students studying in municipal schools.

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Cop assaults Ola driver with stick

An Ola driver was allegedly physically assaulted by a constable while waiting for a passenger near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) on August 15.

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MMIRCL eats crow amid doubt over massive Metro tree costs

Earlier, Metro corporation said it spent 12.01 cr to plant 584 trees along Line 3; it has now revised tree count to 2,931; greens still suspicious.

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‘Make Mumbaia city free of slums’

Calling for a strict and robust implementation of the state slum act, the Bombay High Court has said that the vision should be to make Mumbai a slum-free city.

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Fine halved for 'offensive' play

₹1.2L penalty on 4 students halved; hostel suspension imposed on 4 down to 6 months with 40,000 fine; play had created a furore

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Houses under PMAY built on mangrove zones: Greens to PM

NGO’s complaint highlights projects in Mansarovar and Kharghar near mangroves and wetlands; CIDCO defends project, stating it complies with CRZ norms and environmental clearances obtained in July 2020

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Decomposed body found in suitcase in Thane’s Varap

A man’s body, aged between 65 and 70, was found inside a suitcase in Varap village, Titwala taluka, Thane district, on Thursday afternoon.

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NCP factions poised for another familial clash

Will cousins Jay Pawar and Yugendra Pawar face off in Baramati?

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Sensex, Nifty jump nearly 2% to hit over 2-week highs

Benchmark Sensex spurted by 1,330 points to close at a more than two-week high while Nifty rallied 397 points to settle above the 24,500 level following buying in IT shares and Reliance Industries and a sharp global stocks rally.

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25 Indian companies gear up to launch IPOs worth ₹22K cr

The initial public offering (IPO) season has warmed up and at least 25 companies, already approved by the market regulator SEBI, are planning to enter the market to raise about Rs 22,000 crore in the coming few weeks, analysts said on Friday.

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Unemployment rate eases to 6.6% in June qtr

The unemployment rate for people aged 15 years and above in urban areas remained unchanged at 6.6 per cent in the April-June quarter, according to the National Sample Survey Survey (NSSO).

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US court orders Sterlite Tech to pay $96.5 mn to Prysmian

An American court has ordered Vedanta Groupbacked Sterlite Technologies' overseas arm to pay USD 96.5 million, about Rs 810 crore, in damages to US-based Prysmian for violating trade secrets norms, according to a regulatory filing and plaintiff's statement.

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Modi, Netanyahu talk de-escalation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed on the need for deescalation of the situation in West Asia during a telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and reiterated their call for immediate release of all hostages and continued humanitarian aid.

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'We kept our promise within 100 days by launching Anna canteens'

Education, IT & Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh today said the TDP, Jana Sena and BJP-led NDA government put a full stop to hunger with the setting up of anna canteens.

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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.