In this issue

March 15, 2024

Nation fails to honour braveheart

He served the country as an Army officer, and shortly after retirement, was rushed in to help avert disaster on and after 'Black Friday' in Mumbai - March 12, 1993, when serial bomb blasts had rocked the city.

3 mins

CHILLAR PARTIES BAR BJP

In compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission on Thursday uploaded the data relating to the purchase and encashment of electoral bonds, as furnished to it by the State Bank of India on March 12.

3 mins

Big players who bought bonds

Here is a tentative list of entities in corporate groups that purchased electoral bonds and the controversies surrounding some of these groups.

3 mins

EC RITUAL OR 2-MINUTE MAGGIE

6 names, 10 minutes before meeting on new ECs; chosen day before SC hears legal dare

2 mins

Unkind cut lands Didi in hospital

With hardly a month left for the mother of all polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has badly injured her forehead and was bleeding profusely on the way to hospital on Thursday evening.

3 mins

ALL FOR SYNCED POLL

A committee set up under former President Ram Nath Kovind has, in its report, recommended to the President a two-step approach to simultaneous polls.

2 mins

Amnesty for 8,000 State jail inmates

As many as 8000 prisoners lodged in the state prisons may benefit from the amnesty granted by the state government.

1 min

Ajit Pawar told not to piggyback on uncle's picture, clock symbol

The Supreme Court has directed the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) not to use Sharad Pawar’s picture and the clock symbol.

3 mins

Rahul Gandhi pitches farm loan waiver and GST relief

Rahul's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra BUNY) reached Nashik on Thursday, where he addressed a farmers’ rally at Chandwad

2 mins

Promenade, forest in ₹1k cr Coastal Road masterplan

BMC meets architects, urban planners and citizens to present landscape masterplan; architects wary after phase 1 entry-exit points botch-up

1 min

Govt. aided schools in RTE ambit

Edu officers ordered to have all types of schools; directive kicks debate over resources

2 mins

BJP's Murlidhar Mohol seeks blessings from Kasba Ganpati

Murlidhar Mohol sought blessings from Pune's Gramdaivat, Kasba Ganpati, on Thursday before commencing his campaign for the Lok Sabha polls.

1 min

Maratha quota: Youth dies by suicide by jumping into river

A youth died by suicide by jumping from the bridge over Godawari river at Pravara Sangam in Kaigaon Toka on Wednesday.

1 min

Fitch raises India's GDP forecast for FY25 to 7% from 6.5% earlier

For world, Fitch has raised its 2024 global GDP growth forecast by 0.3 percentage points to 2.4%

1 min

'Sebi to consider allowing staff to donate on social stock exchange'

Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch on Thursday said the regulator's board will consider a proposal for allowing staff to donate money for causes through the Social Stock Exchange (SSE).

1 min

RIL to buy Paramount's 13% stake in Viacom 18 Media for ₹4286 cr

Paramount Global has agreed to sell its 13 per cent stake in its Indian TV business to Reliance Industries for Rs 4,286 crore, the Indian firm said on Thursday.

1 min

NPCI allows Paytm to continue UPI operation via SBI, three other banks

Ensuring continuity in payment operations by Paytm users, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Thursday allowed the company to continue UPI transactions through four banks -- SBI, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, and YES Bank.

1 min

Do states have right to refuse CAA: Shah

Home Minister asserted that all political parties would come on board and cooperate after LS elections

2 mins

EPS. Annamalai face defamation suit

Case filed for accusing TN CM of drug distribution in state

1 min

Tension erupts in Vadodara

Several people injured as groups pelt stones at each other

1 min

AS TALENTS FLOURISH, SOCIETY ALSO FLOURISHES: CM SAI

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, on Thursday, emphasised on the importance of nurturing talent, stating, \"Talent is God's unique gift to society.

2 mins

Israel will evacuate Rafah ahead of attack: Officials

Israeli officials have said that the country is resolved to attack Rafah, the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city sheltering some 1.4 million internally displaced Palestinians by the Israeli strikes elsewhere, and will evacuate most of the residents ahead of the attack.

1 min

Putin urges Russians to vote in upcoming prez election

Russian President Vladimir Putin has encouraged country’s citizens to participate in the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for March 15-17, local media reported.

1 min

CHAMPIONS Vidarbha fought hard but Mumbai ensured they kept their nerve to win

Mumbai showed why they are the powerhouse of Indian cricket with a hard-fought 169-run win against Vidarbha that saw them clinching their 42nd Ranji Trophy championship title, at the Wankhede Stadium, here on Thursday.

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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.