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The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Baikonur pad damaged in Soyuz launch
Russia’s human spaceflight program has suffered a serious blow after a key launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome was heavily damaged during the launch of Soyuz MS-28 to the International Space Station.
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November 29, 2025
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UP’s SIR drive sparks political dispute and employee unrest
Amid widespread protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Uttar Pradesh, MLA Pallavi Patel openly announced that she will not submit the SIR form.
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November 29, 2025
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New India never bows nor hesitates from protecting its people: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said previous governments may have hesitated to respond after a terror attack but new India neither bows nor hesitates from protecting its people.
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November 29, 2025
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Power disconnections loom as deadline to shift meters expires
65% AT RISK AS ONLY 35% OF CONSUMERS COMPLY WITH DEPT’S DIRECTIVE
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November 29, 2025
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Poll-day rules tightened to curb proxy voting
The State Election Commission of Kerala has mandated that an assistant helping a voter in local body elections may support only one voter.
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November 29, 2025
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Moving bus bursts into flames on highway
A major accident was averted on Friday morning when a moving bus caught fire on the Naubasta-Rama Devi National Highway in Kanpur.
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November 29, 2025
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OPS eyes DMK tie-up
O. Panneerselvam appears poised to shift allegiances if his bid to reunite factions of his former party falters.
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November 29, 2025
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Two teens among four injured as Baneshwari bus hits two-wheelers
Four people including two teenagers were injured after a speeding bus belonging to a private travel firm hit their two-wheelers in Sanwer police station area on Friday evening.
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November 29, 2025
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CSMC honours school students after ISRO visit
The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation (CSMC) has felicitated ten meritorious municipal school students who recently visited the Indian Space Research Organisation in Kerala under the Smart Student initiative conceptualised by Commissioner G Sreekanth.
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November 29, 2025
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Adani group targets total debt level at Rs 1 lakh-cr on its books by 2030
Adani Group on Friday said it is looking at a total debt on its books at Rs 1 lakh crore by 2030 and emphasised that from the risk perspective, it wants to be in a position where its growth plan is not dependent on accessing any capital.
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November 29, 2025
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Woman posts sex assault ordeal, says got no help
The Goregaon police have registered a molestation case against an unidentified person after a 22-year-old woman posted on social media her ordeal of being groped on Wednesday in Goregaon West.
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November 29, 2025
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During childcare leave, women employees will get 80% of salary
The state government is going to implement the new leave rules from January 2026.
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November 28, 2025
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Elderly hurt in hit ’n run; FIR against SoBo doctor
A 65-year-old doctor has been served notice for allegedly ramming his car into an elderly woman and fleeing without helping her.
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November 28, 2025
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SPV including Adani Transport emerges as lowest bidder
A special purpose vehicle (SPV) - comprising Adani Transport, Ashoka Buildcon and Akshaya Construction — has emerged as the lowest bidder for final phases of the Rs1,700-crore Mithi river rejuvenation project.
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November 28, 2025
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PM unveils first pvt sector rocket
PM Narendra Modi on Thursday said India is experiencing an unprecedented moment in its space journey, with historic reforms unlocking the sector for private enterprise and global investment. He was speaking after virtually inaugurating Skyroot Aerospace’s sprawling Infinity Campus near Hyderabad airport and unveiling its first orbital rocket, Vikram-I.
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November 28, 2025
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FDA flags cookware over lead leaching risk
America's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned consumers about 19 types of cookware, several of which are made in India out of aluminum and alloys that risk leaching of lead into food CBS reported on Thursday.
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November 28, 2025
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Govt launches drive to root out fake certs
In the backdrop of rising concerns over duplicate entries in the draft voters list, the Maharashtra Revenue Department has initiated decisive action to eliminate fraudulent records.
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November 28, 2025
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B'desh court gives Hasina 21 yrs in jail
A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years in jail in three corruption cases related to irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
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November 28, 2025
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SC LEANS TOWARDS REGULATION
Top court observes that the existing system of self-regulation for online content is ‘ineffective’ and stressed the need fora ‘neutral, independent and autonomous’ body to monitor obscene, offensive or illegal material on digital platforms
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November 28, 2025
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Split in Opposition space wide open
The possibility of a three-party Opposition alliance involving the Congress, Goa Forward Party (GFP) and Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) for the upcoming Zilla Panchayat elections has grown increasingly doubtful after former BJP MLA and defector Isidore Fernandes was inducted into the GFP.
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November 28, 2025
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Contaminated honey scare hits Sabarimala offerings
A contract-holder tasked with supplying honey for offerings at Sabarimala delivered containers that tested positive for formic acid, prompting the vigilance wing of the shrine's managing board to quash the consignment.
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November 28, 2025
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'Don't blame Ethiopian ash for poor AQI'
The Bombay HC on Thursday chastised the state authorities for blaming the Ethiopia volcanic ash for the air pollution in the city.
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November 28, 2025
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Ashwin, Gavaskar support Gambhir amid mounting criticism after series loss
Former stalwarts feel coach's job is to prepare team, rest is upto players
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November 28, 2025
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ICE detains press secy’s family member
Karolina Leavitt's relative Bruna Ferreira has been detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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November 28, 2025
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What matters is merit not faith
One cannot have the cake and eat it too\". This old adage comes unbidden to mind in the context of the latest controversy over admissions to the Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Institute of Medical Excellence.
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November 28, 2025
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Byju Raveendran to file for $2.5 billion damages
IByju's founder Byju Raveendran is preparing to file a USD 2.5 billion damages claim, alongside new evidence in a US court that he says disproves GLAS Trust's allegations that USD 533 million in ‘Alpha Funds’ was diverted by the company's founders.
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November 28, 2025
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Kaloji University has turned into a center of corruption: Harish
Former minister and BRS MLA Harish Rao has written a letter to the Telangana and the Chairman of the National Medical Commission (NMC), urging immediate action against the large-scale corruption unfolding at Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences.
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November 28, 2025
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MVA protests over PMC corruption
Allegations of large-scale corruption, irregular contracts, unauthorised use of municipal property and collusion between ruling party members and senior officials in the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) Sports Department sparked a protest outside the civic headquarters on Thursday.
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November 28, 2025
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AQI plummets: BMC issues stop-work notices to 62 sites
As Mumbai's air quality soars to hazardous levels in several areas, the BMC has cracked the whip.
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November 28, 2025
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Rahul caught in a cleft stick of his promise
HIGH QUANDARY | Crisis in Congress deepens as Shivakumar manoeuvres to force a transition of K'taka chief ministership
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