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The Cockroach Janta Party plans to hold a nationwide protest starting in Mumbai to demand Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. The party alleges that the electoral process and the right to vote are being undermined. CJP leaders emphasize the need for a level playing field for the younger...
A desperate call for a doctor, passengers shouting in English and Hebrew and an injured Indian pilot heard saying, “He hit me.” Newly surfaced footage from inside flydubai flight FZ1073 has captured the tense moments after passengers and crew reportedly intervened to stop an alle...
The proposal was presented by Abhijit Bangar, additional municipal commissioner (projects), at the civic standing committee on Thursday.
Vishal Dadlani has expressed his support for the Cockroach Janta Party's upcoming protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The protest is set to begin at Shivaji Park in Mumbai at 4pm on Friday. CJP spokespersons have announced intentions for a nationwide protes...
Mumbai: Bajaj Finserv on 1 October 2026 announced its board has approved a proposal to subscribe to warrants convertible into an equivalent number of equity shares of its subsidiary, Bajaj Finance Limited , for an aggregate cash consideration not exceeding ₹5,800 crore. Subsidiar...
Abhijeet Dipke said that since a large number of people were affected due to the deletions, many will hit the streets; “If Gyanesh Kumar doesn’t resign, they will seek Narendra Modi’s resignation,” he said, alleging that Mr. Kumar was winning elections for Mr. Modi....
MUMBAI: After the nationwide storm over the allegedly compromised SIR process which left millions of electors off the voter rolls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has backed down...
The protest has been announced over the alleged irregularities in voter rolls following the special intensive revision and the Election Commission.
Mumbai: Citizens gathered in Goregaon on Thursday evening demanding the withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, restoration of names allegedly deleted from the rolls and the resignation of Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar. Around 120 pro...
Mumbai: BJP MLA Narendra Mehta has once again courted controversy with remarks on the religious and cultural identity of Mira-Bhayandar, describing the city as a “Jain city” and “Mini Rajasthan”. He claimed that it has more than 33 Jain temples and also cited that the city’s MLA ...
Mumbai: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke is all set to launch his maiden agitation in Mumbai on Friday. He has asked his supporters to gather at Shivaji Park, pressing for his demand to sack Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar following allegation...
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Payments worth nearly Rs 100 crore in the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) have remained stalled for the past 10 months following an audit objection over the absence of a ‘Passed for Payment’ seal on files. BMC commissioner Sanskriti Jain has now consti...
Mumbai, October 1, 2026: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Central Mumbai, has directed Ekdanta Construction Pvt Ltd to pay Rs 75,000 in compensation and Rs 10,000 towards litigation costs to each of four flat buyers from a Chembur redevelopment project, holdin...
Mumbai, October 1, 2026: The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority’s (MHADA) Konkan Board is likely to conduct its next housing lottery during Diwali, offering around 2,500 homes to applicants. The advertisement for the lottery is expected to be issued during the Dus...
Navi Mumbai: A proposal to introduce Constitution-based educational activities for students from Classes 1 to 10 across schools in Navi Mumbai has been submitted to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), seeking to familiarise children with constitutional values, rights an...
Navi Mumbai, October 1, 2026: With commuters and citizens using bus stations every day, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) on Thursday took up a cleanliness drive across its bus stations and adjoining public spaces as part of the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva 2026’ campaign. Drive C...
Mumbai: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and threatened to launch protests across the country if the demand is not met. Speaking at an interaction with the media, Dipke said ...
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday met Captain Smit Machchhar's uncle and aunt and expressed his appreciation for the pilot's courage and presence of mind during the mid-air attack aboard a flydubai flight. A video of the meeting shows Fadnavis inter...
Pune: A Pune-based journalist was allegedly slapped by a Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) aspirant during an interaction between Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLA Rohit Pawar and competitive examination students in Pune on Thursday evening, Oct 1. T...
Mumbai: Mumbai's iconic Lalbaugcha Raja received donations worth more than Rs 6.11 crore during Ganeshotsav 2026, with devotees contributing cash as well as gold, silver and other valuable offerings during the 11-day festival. According to reports, the Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik ...
New Delhi, October 1, 2026: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, October 1, questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) over what he described as an “illegal” change to the online Form 6 used for fresh voter registration, asking who in the poll body ordered Tata Consul...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Indian pilot Smit Machchhar was stabbed or struck with an axe by his copilot during the mid-air cockpit incident aboard flydubai flight FZ1073, but managed to unlock the cockpit door despite being seriously injured and bleeding p...
Mumbai, October 1, 2026: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is set to stage a protest in Mumbai on October 2, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and raising a series of other demands concerning the Election Commission of India (ECI). CJP fou...
Pune: The Fursungi-Uruli Devachi Municipal Council has cancelled a ₹20 crore waste management tender, citing technical and administrative errors in the bidding process. The tender, floated on Sept 12, proposed managing 132 tonnes of waste per day, despite the civic body currently...
Mumbai: Inox Air Products Ltd has submitted draft papers to the Securities and Exchange Board of India for an initial public offering. People familiar with the matter estimate the IPO size at Rs 10,000 to Rs 11,000 crore. The industrial and medical gases producer filed its draft ...
Indian pilot Smit Machchhar and the copilot who allegedly stabbed him mid-flight were not the only pilots aboard the flydubai flight to Tel Aviv when chaos erupted on Wednesday. Two other pilots were travelling on FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. According to a BBC report, they too...
Mumbai: Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) president Captain C.S. Randhawa on Thursday described the reported attack on Captain Smit Machchhar aboard a flydubai flight as 'extremely serious', saying he had never encountered such an incident during his nearly five-decade aviation c...
In a surprising turn of events, the BMC has decided to halt its special initiative aimed at tackling illegal slum constructions exceeding 14 feet in height. This decision was influenced by opposition from notable political factions such as BJP, UBT Shiv Sena, and Congress. Munici...
Pimpri-Chinchwad: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has started a citywide drive to identify and register establishments generating more than 100 kg of waste every day. The move aims to reduce pressure on the city's waste management system following the Moshi garb...
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party–Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) and Congress have backed the October 4 protest march called by the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special...
New Delhi: State-owned telecom company Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) on Thursday said its board has approved the sale of its property at Powai in Mumbai to the Income Tax Department for Rs 891.53 crore. The property which is located at Plot-C, Technology Street, Powai has ...
Mumbai: State-owned telecom company Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has approved the sale of its property in Powai, Mumbai, to the Income Tax Department for Rs 891.53 crore. The decision was approved by the company's board, MTNL said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. P...
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday praised Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who was injured after being attacked allegedly by his co-pilot aboard a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight, calling him a 'true hero' and lauding his courage and presence...
Pune: The NCP-SP staged a protest outside the Pune District Collector’s Office on Thursday, opposing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanding greater transparency in the process. The protest was organised by the Pune city (West) unit of the pa...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the centenary celebrations of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The event marked 100 years since the establishment of the first Public Service Commission in India in 1926,...
Indian pilot Smit Machchhar has been praised by Israelis after he helped respond to an attack on board a flydubai flight, with passengers describing his actions as an important part of efforts to bring the situation under control. Israeli social media has been flooded with messag...
Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot of the flydubai flight, was losing a massive amount of blood and fighting unconsciousness after being stabbed by his co-pilot. Still, he managed to open the cockpit door and save the lives of 174 people on board, said an Israeli dentist who was a ...
Uddhav Thackeray emphasized the importance of opposition unity against the Election Commission during a recent meeting. He criticized separate protests organized by Congress and urged all parties to join efforts. A joint protest march against the EC is planned by Sena (UBT) and R...
Purnekar’s family alleged a political rivalry with former Thane mayor Meenakshi Shinde and her husband, the couple denied allegations and called for a probe....
Speaking to Hindustan Times, cooperation commissioner Deepak Taware said that many new judgements and rules had been introduced, and hence they had formulated a new policy...
FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe warned manufacturers, hospitals and influencers against promoting infant formula and milk foods through ads or endorsements....
Bhiwandi: The Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC) on Monday removed an allegedly unauthorised cabin constructed on the slab of the Teen batti market area where offices of the Republican Party of India (Ektawadi) and the Divyang Ekta Manch were operating. The civi...
Thane: Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) projects across the Thane Municipal Corporation area are gaining significant momentum under the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Slum Rehabilitation Authority (MMR-SRA), Thane. As of today, flat possession has been successfully handed over to ...
Pune: Pune Metro Line 3 between Hinjawadi and Shivajinagar is set to reach another major milestone, with all defects pointed out by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) expected to be rectified within the next 10 to 12 days. After the work is completed, 17 of the 23 stati...
The INDIA bloc is set to convene a high-level meeting at the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi on Wednesday, September 30, with discussions expected to centre on the controversy involving Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, along with EVMs, VVPAT and the Specia...
In a rapid and decisive maritime operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully averted a major incident at sea, rescuing a distressed foreign chemical tanker, MT Seagull 9, approximately 37 nautical miles East-South-East of Paradip, Odisha. The Belize-flagged vessel, carry...
The Adani Group has settled minimum public shareholding (MPS) enforcement proceedings with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) after paying ₹1.48 crore, while a separate regulatory order found that allegations regarding Vinod Adani’s control over investments in four...
Pune: A dispute over a nearly ₹90-crore road project has reportedly escalated into a confrontation between a BJP MLA and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram, with the MLA allegedly threatening to file an atrocity case against the civic chief, according...
Raj Thackeray also invited all parties to join this protest march, while extended support to the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP)‘s “Jail Bharo Andolan” protest on October 2, demanding for the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar...
Mumbai: Jagsonpal Services Ltd announced on 29 September 2026 that its Board of Directors has approved the acquisition of Elanistech Private Ltd. The transaction involves a total lump-sum purchase consideration of ₹10 crore, to be paid in one or more tranches. Related Party Trans...
Pune: Pune has recorded 691 H1N1 (swine flu) cases between January and September 2026, with the city witnessing a sharp rise in infections during the monsoon and post-monsoon period, according to data accessed by The Free Press Journal from the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) ...
Ranbir Kapoor, Hema Malini, Sonam Kapoor, Subhash Ghai and Sajid Nadiadwala join thousands of devotees from 23 countries at Aho Gurudev; a celebration of Gurudevshri Rakeshji's 60th birthday...
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday held a joint press conference to share details of their October 4 Mumbai morcha against the functioning of the Election Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner...
Mumbai: Surat-based PET recycler J B Ecotex Ltd has filed draft papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for an initial public offering. The proposed IPO includes a fresh issue of shares worth up to ₹400 crore and an offer for sale by promoters. Papadmalji Ag...
Pimpri-Chinchwad: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has extended the operating agreement of Appu Ghar amusement park by another 15 years, allowing the existing operator, Pushpak Amusements, to continue running the seven-acre facility at Durgadevi Tekdi. The decisi...
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed a 570% hike in the local entertainment tax for air-conditioned cinema halls and multiplexes in Mumbai. While not many celebrities have reacted to it, recently Dangal actress Fatima Sana Shaikh spoke about it and questioned...
Mumbai: Global Health Limited, operating under the Medanta brand, announced on 29 September 2026 the acquisition of a 10,560 square metre land parcel in Siddharth Vihar Yojna, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. The land was allotted by the Uttar Pradesh Housing & Development Board (UPAVP)...
Mumbai: Slamming people opposing ethanol, veteran politician Pasha Patel, Chairman of the Maharashtra State Agricultural Price Commission and Executive Chairman of the Chief Minister's Environment and Sustainable Development Task Force, said that even Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru has ...
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam sought greater powers for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) while handling notices issued during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with the state poll chief seeking changes to the Elect...
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