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May 08, 2022

7 YEARS RI FOR ISIS LINK

A terror accused in the Parbhani ISIS case was sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 5,000 by the NIA Special Court in Mumbai.

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Mira-Bhayandar's new firefighter can reach on top of 32-storey bldg

With residential and commercial spaces in the twin-city of Mira-Bhayandar reaching new heights, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has added the tallest hydraulic aerial ladder platform (HALP) to the arsenal of the fire and emergency service wing.

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Stay united: Rahul Indiscipline won't be tolerated, Cong V-P tells workers

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday gave a clear message to party workers and leaders in Telangana to remain united and said indiscipline will not be tolerated.

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Women, kids, older adults evacuated from steel mill

Ukraine's deputy prime minister says all women, children and older adults have been evacuated from a Mariupol steel mill long besieged by Russian forces.

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France's Macron inaugurated for second five-year term

President Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday, vowing to first take action to avoid any further escalation of Russia's war in Ukraine before going on to focus on promoting France and Europe on the world stage.

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Delhi aim to solve opening conundrum against Chennai

Delhi Capitals will need to solve their opening conundrum quickly and find an able partner to complement David Warner if they want to return to the top four in the IPL here on Sunday with a win against a lacklustre Chennai Super Kings, who are standing on the brink of elimination.

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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.