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The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
GST kitty slips on rate cuts to ₹1.70L cr in Nov
The consumption rise, due to most products being brought into the lower tax bracket and festival buying, helped prop up GST collection in Oct
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
'Rumours are free PR', Mrunal Thakur
In a witty and chucklesome Instagram story, actress Mrunal Thakur has indicated to shut down all the rumours of her secret dating life, which is being linked with popular cricketer Shreyas Iyer as well as actor and filmmaker Dhanush.
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Local body polls are being held after a gap of nearly six years due to litigation over OBC quota Phase I voting today amid alliance strain, deferment and legal tangles
Maharashtra will witness local body elections on Tuesday with voting scheduled for 264 municipal councils and 46 nagar panchayats, marking the first phase of a three-tier process mandated by the Supreme Court.
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Will Markets Stay Strong in December?
Indian markets steadily built on the momentum seen in September and moved confidently higher through November.
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Health minister urges people to make state free from AIDS by 2030
Health Minister Dinesh Gun-du Rao on Monday urged people to join hands with the state government in its drive against AIDS to make Kar-nataka free from HIV/AIDS.
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Tariffs drag down India’s mfg pulse
Mfg sector activity hits 9-mth low
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Union says Infosys flouts voting leave rule
The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has filed a complaint with the Labour Commissioner’s office in Pune against Infosys Limited, alleging the company is not complying with a Government of Maharashtra directive mandating paid leave or paid time off for voting in today’s municipal council and nagar panchayat elections.
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Sabarimala collections surge
Pilgrimage traffic and offerings at the hill shrine of Sabarimala have yielded total collections of %92 crore during the first 15 days of the mandala-makaravilakku pilgrimage season, as declared by the temple authorities. This marks a 33 per cent increase from the %69 crore collected during the same period last year.
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
FinMin does not advise LIC on investments, Adani investments as per SOPs, says FM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said her ministry does not issue advisory or directions to Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) regarding its investment decisions, and emphasised that the investments that the state-owned insurer made in Adani Group were as per established SOPs.
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December 02, 2025
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Harmeet Singh crowned as ‘Khasdar Shri 2025’
The ‘Khasdar Shri 2025’ Bodybuilding competition's much awaited finals were held late yesterday in the presence of Uttar Mumbai MP and Union Minister Piyush Goyal at the Late Pramod Mahajan Sports Complex, Kandivali (West).
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December 02, 2025
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Two years of performance of ministers to begin today
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav is going to assess the two years of performance of the ministers on Tuesday.
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Kochi air quality: A Delhi in the making
Air quality in Kochi has slipped into “poor” or “unhealthy” status, prompting widespread concern over potential escalation toward smog conditions akin to those seen in Delhi.
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December 02, 2025
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Palestinian state must for peace, says Pope
Pope Leo reaffirmed that a Palestinian state is the only sustainable solution to the long-running conflict between Israel and Palestine, reiterating the official position of the Vatican and the global Catholic Church.
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December 02, 2025
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Interstate painkiller smuggling ring busted
Chennai Police dismantled a network that smuggled painkiller tablets from Bihar into the city, arresting nine individuals including a medical shop owner from Araria district.
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December 02, 2025
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Jamia Uloom’s FCRA case: ED raids 12 places
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at 12 locations across Maharashtra in connection with alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and a money-laundering probe linked to a Nandurbar-based trust Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom (JIIU).
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
NATO begging US to U-turn
NATO members in Europe are pressing Washington to maintain its troop presence in the region, stressing that November drills in Romania highlighted European countries’ dependence on US support, Bloomberg has reported.
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December 02, 2025
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Engr duped by Insta star, old cases found
The Bhandup police have registered a case against Instagram (IG) reel creator, Shailesh Prakash Ramugade, 31, a resident of Hiranandani, Thane, for allegedly cheating a 30-year-old IT engineer from Bhandup of Rs22 lakh by promising marriage.
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Amid multiple lapses, advisory body urges state govt to tighten scrutiny of blood banks
The Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC), a key advisory body under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, has raised serious concerns over recent noncompliance issues at hospital-based blood centres.
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December 02, 2025
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DMK claims credit for SIR deadline extension
ECI’s revised schedule puts the publication of the draft electoral roll on December 16
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December 02, 2025
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Woman safely delivers baby on road, thanks to Dongri cops
A woman safely delivered her baby on a pavement in Dongri's Umarkhadi, thanks to the local police.
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December 02, 2025
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NCLT clears Sinnar power revival
The long-pending revival of the Sinnar Thermal Power Limited project, which had gone into insolvency, has gathered momentum after the National Company Law Tribunal on Nov 28 approved the joint resolution plan submitted by NTPC and the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company.
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December 02, 2025
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Rescued barn owl takes flight
Story In Picture
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December 02, 2025
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Shahid Kapoor on why he played a drug addict
Shahid Kapoor played the role of drug-addict musician Tommy Singh in Udta Punjab. He revealed his first question to director Abhishek Chaubey was, \"Why are you coming to me?
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December 02, 2025
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Elderly walker hit by school bus; driver flees, she dies
A 78-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a school bus in Andheri East last week.
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Kejriwal should know that a captain is as good as his team
For Kejriwal, it’s not organisation but perception that wins elections. No wonder the party never had a blueprint for organisation building
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Udhay alleges betrayal of Dravidam
Deputy Chief Minister declared that the general secretary of AIADMK and a former minister who recently joined Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam stood accused of abandoning the movement's core Dravidian principles and operating under external influence. The remarks came against the backdrop of a controversial comment by R. N. Ravi, who described Dravidam as nothing more than an “imagination.”
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Power consumption dips to 123.4 billion units in Nov
Power consumption in the country fell marginally by 0.31 per cent to 123.4 billion units (BU) in November from 123.79 BU a year ago, due to frugal use of cooling appliances.
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December 02, 2025
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'Preload Sanchar Saathi app'
DOT DIRECTIVE TO SMARTPHONE MAKERS
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Govt to offload 6% stake in BoM via OFS, aims to garner %2,600 cr
The government has decided to divest up to 6 per cent stake in state-owned Bank of Maharashtra through an Offer for Sale commencing on Tuesday.
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December 02, 2025
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
Optimism short-lived as volatility reappears
Nifty index opened positive and touched a fresh life high of 26325 zones in the first tick but witnessed profit taking thereafter.
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