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The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
18th Jagriti Yatra flagged off from Mumbai
The 18th edition of Jagriti Yatra, aimed at promoting sustainable and inclusive development, was flagged off on Friday at Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir, Bandra West, beginning a 15-day, 8,000-km national journey.
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November 08, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Congress flag will continue to fly over Jubilee Hills, says Sridhar Babu
IT and Industries Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu on Friday asserted that despite “all conspiracies and misinformation by opposition parties”, it will be the Congress flag that continues to fly over Jubilee Hills. He said the electorate is prepared to deliver a “fitting lesson’ to the BJP and BRS in the ongoing by-election.
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November 08, 2025
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Officials highlight Vande Mataram’s patriotic role
The song Vande Mataram, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, ignited the spirit of India's freedom movement and united people across the country, said Nashik's Divisional Commissioner Pravin Gedam.
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November 08, 2025
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Graft: ACB seeks nod to freeze assets
The Maharashtra AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB) has submitted proposals in six corruption cases to the state government, seeking approval to confiscate assets worth Rs8.42 crore from the accused public servants. Data shows that the Pune range accounts for the highest number of cases.
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November 08, 2025
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FIR against RJD MLA for 'intimidating' cop
An FIR has been filed against RJD MLA Bhai Virendra for allegedly threatening a police officer and using casteist slurs against him when the officer was assisting an elderly woman at a polling booth opened in a high school in Mahinawan under his Maner constituency.
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November 08, 2025
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CSMC gets nod for ₹822cr water loan
The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation (CSMC) has received approval for a loan of Rs822 crore to fund its share of the city's Rs2,740-crore water supply project.
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November 08, 2025
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Hotel fire kills 1 in Somwar Peth
A 32-year-old man died of suffocation after a fire broke out in his hotel room near Maldhakka Chowk in Somwar Peth on Friday morning.
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November 08, 2025
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Shinde visits Shirur, promises action after leopard attacks
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday visited families in Shirur tehsil who lost their loved ones in fatal leopard attacks over the past 20 days.
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November 07, 2025
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Parliamentary panel angry as DGP reaches meeting venue late
Members also get angry as policemen didn't wear uniforms; CS, DGP called to Delhi separately
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November 07, 2025
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Row over another political interference
The Travancore Devaswom Board has issued a directive mandating that applicants for the 2025-27 advisory panel for the Thirunakkara Mahadeva Temple must submit a police clearance certificate along with their membership forms by 10 November.
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November 07, 2025
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FOR TRUMP, 7=8 PLANES
Known for making inconsistent statements, US President Trump has now claimed eight planes were shot down during the India-Pakistan conflict in May — an increase from his earlier count of seven — again without clarifying which nation the aircraft belonged to.
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November 07, 2025
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AFTER 'SIR-FAROSH' IT'S SUFFRAGE
Far from the election campaigns and high decibel claims of politi cal parties, the first phase of Bihar polls on Thursday cap tured both the grit of voter and the gaps that successive governments have failed to plug.
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November 07, 2025
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Bihar turnout 64.66 %
An estimated 64.66% of 3.75 crore voters exercised their franchise in first phase of Bihar Assembly poll on Thursday as the voting process passed off relatively peacefully, barring a few stray incidents, including an attack on deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha's convoy.
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November 07, 2025
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Dial 112 will now reach within 7 minutes
Uttar Pradesh Police has introduced a major technological upgrade to its emergency response system, cutting the Dial 112 response time from 30 minutes to just 7. The improvement comes through the implementation of Android Emergency Location Service (ELS), which enables the control room to track the caller's live location directly from their handset.
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November 07, 2025
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CM Fadnavis to decide on road widening: Mahajan
Water Girish Resources Minister Mahajan on Wednesday said that the final decision on widening the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar road will be taken by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after consultations with all stakeholders.
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November 07, 2025
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Speaker’s sister Passes away
A. N. Amina, sister of assembly Speaker A. N. Shamseer, died following a heart attack while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kozhikode.
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November 07, 2025
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Central line train kills two
Two persons died and three sustained injuries after they were hit by a suburban train around 7 pm near Sandhurst Road station in south Mumbai on Thursday, officials said.
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November 07, 2025
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Mystery woman is hairdresser Larissa
A Brazilian woman whose eight-year-old photograph has unexpectedly become the centre of a political storm over voter fraud allegeation turns out to be a hairdresser, not a model, after all.
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November 07, 2025
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Kalmaegi kills over 110 in Philippines, lashes Vietnam after deadly landfall
Typhoon carved a deadly trail across Southeast Asia, killing at least 114 people in the Philippines before slamming into central Vietnam on Thursday with fierce winds and torrential rain.
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November 07, 2025
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Vedanta signs pact with TN discom for supply of power
Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd on Thursday said that its has entered into a pact with Tamil Nadu power distribution company TNPDCL for supply of 500 MW of electricity at the rate of Rs 5.38/kWh.
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November 07, 2025
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Pak min visits office of political wing of Saeed's banned JuD
A Pakistani minister and close aide to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday visited the office of the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), a political face of Hafiz Saeed's banned Jamaatud-Dawah, in Punjab and met its leaders.
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November 07, 2025
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Parth Pawar's ₹300 crore land deal puts Mahayuti on the mat
A Rs300-crore land deal in Pune involving a firm linked to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's son Parth was embroiled in charges of irregularities and set off a political row.
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November 07, 2025
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NDA preparing to steal votes: Privanka
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday accused NDA of \"preparing to steal\" the assembly polls in Bihar, \"just like they did in Haryana\".
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November 07, 2025
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Govt invokes NSA as gang violence, crimes escalate
To be in force for 3 months; Magistrates can order preventive detention of suspects
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November 07, 2025
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Six held for firing in air to spread panic
Six men who created panic by firing in the air near Bethel Nagar on Sharanpur Road have been arrested.
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November 07, 2025
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Rahul’s Haryana files, SIR-2, and EC’s credibility crisis
While concerns persist over round two of the SIR, the EC’s actions and statements, far from buttressing public trust, have raised more queries
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November 07, 2025
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ECI director sore at lack of mapping on BLO app
Election Commission of India director Shubhra Saxena expressed displeasure over the lack of mapping on the BLO app and directed the booth level officers (BLOS) to upload online data on the app promptly, in a meeting here on Thursday.
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November 07, 2025
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Police foil dacoity attempt in Vaijapur
SP says two persons detained; 2.5cr contract allegedly given to kill Maratha quota activist
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November 07, 2025
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Ajit Pawar's son 'lands' in ₹300 cr scam soup
₹1,800 cr prime plot in Pune sold for just ₹300 cr to Parth Pawar's firm by waiving ₹21 cr stamp duty
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November 07, 2025
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Govt flags human impact of tiger reserve before CEC
In a fresh submission before the Supreme Court's Central Empowered Committee (CEC), the State government has maintained that the protected areas of Mhadei-Cotigao proposed for declaration as a tiger reserve are home to nearly one lakh people, whose livelihoods depend heavily on forest resources, making their relocation impractical.
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