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January 23, 2022

SIX LIVES SNUFFED OUT IN FIRE

Barely three months after the fire in a 60-storey building, Avighna Park in Parel, another major fire in a 20storey residential building in Tardeo has rattled the city, snuffing out six lives and injuring 24 others.

3 mins

62% OF PARENTS OPPOSE SCHOOL REOPENING

LocalCircles survey states 16% of parents across Maharashtra are already sending kids to schools; another 11% will send kids for in-person classes

1 min

No more roadblocks for Chikhaldara Skywalk

At 407 mt, Chikhaldara’s skywalk made of glass and chequered steel plates would be the longest in the country; being developed by Cidco at a cost of Rs 34.34 cr

1 min

Shah visits Kairana

Amit Shah receives a flower from a child during his door-to-door campaign.

1 min

Russia toughens stance on Ukraine

Has further upped the ante by announcing more military drills in the region

1 min

Biden and Japanese PM agree to counter China

Japan's PM Fumio Kishida (R) talks with US President Joe Biden at a virtual summit from prime minister's office in Tokyo on Friday.

1 min

GOING SOUTH IN SOUTH AFRICA

India's efforts to beat Proteas in their home began with promise before going awry in whimper

3 mins

Australian Open: Medvedev, Halep enter fourth round

Daniil Medvedev reached the fourth round for the fourth straight year at Melbourne Park with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win over Botic van de Zandschulp.

1 min

Goodbye, Grandpa of Bengali comics!

At a time when the “onslaught”of Tom and Jerry, MickeyMouse, Lee Falk’s Phantom and Flash Gordon comic strips was heavily felt and was an integral part of newspapers, especially in the ’60s, Narayan Debnath, who passed away earlier this week at the ripe age of 97, was a rare combo of longevity and genius.

3 mins

Priyanka-Nick announce arrival of baby girl

The power couple shared the news of welcoming their first child via surrogacy through a post on social media

1 min

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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.