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June 23, 2022

DHFL directors now booked in Rs 34,615-cr bank fraud

In the biggest loan fraud case that has come to light in recent times, the Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a fresh FIR against the Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL) group for allegedly cheating a consortium of 17 banks, led by Union Bank of India, to the tune of nearly Rs 35,000 crore. Searches were conducted by the agency in several locations in the country, including in Mumbai.

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Deadliest-ever earthquake rattles Afghanistan, 1k killed

A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in one of the deadliest quakes in decades. Officials warned that the already grim toll may still rise.

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Amid Shinde saga, Sharad Pawar meets CM Thackeray

As an uncertain fate stares at the Maharashtra's political landscape, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday called on Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

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Actress Ketaki Chitale finally granted relief by Thane court

The Thane court on Wednesday granted bail to Marathi actress Ketaki Chitale who was arrested on May 14, 2022, by the Thane police for her derogatory post on Facebook aimed at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.

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Trouble mounts for Deshmukh; ED allows Vaze's approver plea

The Enforcement on Wednesday Directorate allowed dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Vaze to become an approver in the money laundering case involving the former state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

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RBI GUV FLAGS CONTINUED HIGH INFLATION AS 'A MAJOR CONCERN'

RBI'S ENDEAVOUR WOULD BE TO BRING DOWN INFLATION IN THE TARGET RANGE, MPC MINUTES SHOW

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Airtel Africa issues tender offer to clear $300 mn debt

Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) BV, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, has commenced a tender offer to purchase for cash of up to $300 min of its $1-bln, 5.350% guaranteed senior notes due 2024, the telecom major informed the exchanges on Tuesday.

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SAI approves Bajrang's US training

TOPS cyclists to get faster T20 bikes

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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.