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March 08, 2023

Be content with clouds

As forecast by the IMD, several parts of Mumbai experienced light rainfall on Monday and Tuesday; the city also resonated with the welcome sound of thunderstorms.

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RAMTA JOGI'S 'HOME TRUTHS' IN HOLI ROW

The BJP apparatus was firing on all cylinders on Tuesday as its functionaries went hammer and tongs at Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi for telling the diaspora in the UK that it is the duty of every Indian, everywhere in the world, to \"speak up for India's core values and protect our beloved democracy\".

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Sweet swindle: Bizman loses ₹2.65L

The utterance 'Bura na maano, Holi hai' is often strewn about with colours on Holi but ask businessman Kishore Golani how outraged he felt when his good intentions burnt an unwarranted hole in his pocket on Tuesday.

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Vulgar, profane show: Judge uses earphones

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the language used in the web series 'College Romance,' streaming on the OTT platform TVF, is obscene, profane and vulgar which will deprave and corrupt the minds of young people, reports Bar and Bench.

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Rain misery for farmers

Holi brought showers of misery on farmers in Maharashtra as unseasonal rain lashed North Maharashtra, Marathwada, part of western Vidarbha and part of Western Maharashtra on Tuesday.

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2022 SAW 70% RISE IN CYBER CRIME CASES

Only 279 out of 4,286 cases reported until Nov 2022 solved

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Uphill task: Populist budget amid rising state debts

To woo voters ahead of crucial local body polls, the current state government's first financial document is likely to be populist as national industrial slowdown is badly impacting Maharashtra's economy

1 min

Is women's movement in city dead?

The Free Press Journal speaks to activists and ideologues for answers

2 mins

SLOWDOWN IN GDP GROWTH LATE LAST YEAR TEMPORARY: MOODY'S

Says better growth in US and Europe's incipient recovery will propel India at mid-year mark

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MFs, AMCs, trustees to submit by March-end applications to empanel forensic auditors

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday extended time till March-end for submission of applications for empanelment of forensic auditors for mutual funds, asset management companies (AMCs) and trustee entities.

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EVS will increase India's dependence on China for raw materials, battery production

Manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVS) in India will increase its dependence on China for raw materials, mineral processing, and battery production, according to a report of by economic think tank GTRI.

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Adani Group prepays share-backed financing worth ₹7,374 crore

Embattled Adani Group on Tuesday said it has repaid share-based financing of Rs 7,374 crore (over USD 900 million) and will prepay all such remaining loans by the end of the month, as it looks to allay concerns over leverage and debt to win over investors.

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CMs take oath in North East

BJP bigwigs attend swearing-in ceremonies in two states | It's fifth time for Neiphiu

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Section 144 imposed in Ayodhya during Holi

Security has been tightened in Ayodhya to ensure a law and order situation on the occasion of the Holi and Shab-eBarat.

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ED questions Sisodia in jail; another bizman arrested

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday questioned former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia inside Tihar jail as part of its money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, official sources said.

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Delhi Police uses wit to drive home message on Holi eve

Responds to tweet by Zomato to caution people against drunken driving

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Cong walks out, insists on Mann's apology

The Congress on Tuesday insisted on an apology from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for his \"unparliamentary remarks\" and staged a walkout a day after the party got into a verbal duel with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over corruption cases.

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China hints at closer ties with Russia

Chinese Foreign Minister says US attempts to 'contain' China won't succeed

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Indian-origin woman killed, daughter hurt in US plane crash

An Indian-origin woman has died while her daughter and the pilot instructor were injured in a small plane crash in the New York area when they were on a \"demonstration flight\", media reports said.

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N Korea ready to act against US, South, warns Kim's sister

AP / Seoul The influential sister of North Korea's leader warned on Tuesday that her country is ready to take \"quick, overwhelming action\" against the United States and South Korea, a day after the US flew a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber in a demonstration of strength against the North.

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NBW against Imran suspended till Mar 13

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended till March 13 the non-bailable arrest warrant against Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan for his failure to appear before a sessions court here for the fourth time in the Toshakhana case.

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US defence secretary makes unannounced visit to Baghdad

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit on Tuesday to the Iraqi capital where he vowed to continue the fight against the Islamic State group until the extremists are defeated.

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Ishan Kishan into equation?

Keeper Kona Bharat's poor show with the willow should make way for the Jharkhand keeper-batter

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Kohli Will Bounce Back: Ponting

India will need to tweak their batting order should they qualify for the ICC World Test Championship

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Capitals score second win

Beat UP Warriorz by 42 runs in the fifth match of the inaugural WPL

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Mr Romantic!

Ranbir Kapoor talks about going back to the rom-com genre, his new movie Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, and more

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STRONG, AND PROUD

On International Women's Day, Nargis Fakhri shares her take on femininity and urges women to be fearless while achieving their dreams

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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.