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Mumbai Metro 3 Launches ₹250 Aqua Line Passport At 10 Stations, Commuters Can Collect Exclusive Stamps
Mumbai: Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MMRC) has commenced the sale of the Aqua Line Passport at Rs 250 at ten stations on Mumbai Metro Line 3 (Aqua Line) from today. The Aqua Line Passport is available at Cuffe Parade, Churchgate, Hutatma Chowk, CSMT Metro, Worli, Siddhivin...
Mumbai Dancers To Battle For A Cause In Goregaon On October 18, Raise Funds For Cancer Patient Facing ₹9 Lakh Treatment
Mumbai: Dancers from across Mumbai will come together on October 18 for a dance battle with a cause, as the community-led collective Praise Your Freedom (PYF) organises an event to raise funds for a cancer patient in need of urgent treatment. The fundraiser, to be held at Sawan D...
Navi Mumbai Housing Societies Intensify Water Conservation Efforts As Morbe Dam Storage Drops To 73.9%
Navi Mumbai: Housing societies across Navi Mumbai are stepping up water conservation efforts, with residents being urged to reduce wastage, shift non-essential activities to alternative water sources and use water judiciously amid concerns over the available stock in Morbe dam. W...
Encroachment of land in Mumbai
Converting public land for private luxury residences prioritises the luxury of a few over the lives of millions
ED Searches 29 Premises In Six Cities Over Alleged Stock Manipulation, Investment Fraud
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches at 29 premises across six cities as part of a money laundering investigation into alleged stock manipulation and investment fraud involving two listed companies, R M Drip and Sprinklers Systems Ltd and R&B Deni...
Mumbai Metro Launches Aqua Line Passport At 10 Stations For ₹250; Check Details Here
The Mumbai Metro on Friday began selling a limited-edition Aqua Line passport, that will allow passengers to collect commemorative passports and stamps from ten stations in the city. The "passport" is available on a first come-first serve basis, and limited stocks are available. ...
BMC calls for meeting with residents over death of fishes in Banganga tank
Last year, BMC installed collection bins at Banganga tank for floral waste and food, and initiated cleaning drives
Oberoi Realty Q2 FY27 Net Profit Rises Marginally To ₹762 Crore; Revenue Falls 6% YoY
Mumbai: Oberoi Realty Limited reported a marginal 0.2 percent year-on-year increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 761.65 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 (Q2 FY27), compared with Rs 760.26 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The Mumbai-based real estate...
Hospital bills in Maharashtra: New rule mandates visible rate lists in Marathi and English
Maharashtra government has mandated that private hospitals display their medical service charges conspicuously in both Marathi and English. This requirement aims to enhance transparency in healthcare services and prevent disputes over billing. Hospitals are mandated to update the...
FPH Gallery: From Bryan Adams To Zakir Hussain, Verus Ferreira Captures Music Legends In New Exhibition
A live concert lasts a few hours, but the memories can stay with you for years. Sometimes, all it takes is one photograph to bring back the roar of the crowd, the artist’s expression and that one moment when music seemed to take over the entire room. Mumbai-based music journalist...
Bajaj Housing Finance Q2 FY27 Results: Net Profit Rises 18% To ₹757 Crore; Revenue Jumps 18%
Mumbai: Bajaj Housing Finance Limited reported a 17.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase in standalone net profit to Rs 756.97 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 (Q2 FY27), compared with Rs 642.96 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Revenue from operations ...
Mumbai Carrom Tournament 2026 Ronald Chauhan, Suryakant More Win Thrilling 3-Set Battles To Enter Second Round
Mumbai: In the men's singles first round of the 4th State Ranking Carrom Tournament, organized by MIG Cricket Club and approved by Maharashtra Carrom Association and Mumbai Suburban District Carrom Association, and started at MIG Cricket Club, Bandra, Ronald Chauhan of Thane defe...
Bulls Dominate D-Street Ahead Of Weekend As Sensex Rises 414 Points, Nifty Tops 23,100 And Tech Mahindra Surges 8.45%
Mumbai: Indian stock markets closed higher for a second consecutive session on Friday, October 16, as strong buying in IT shares and positive global cues sustained the recovery. The benchmark BSE Sensex advanced 413.66 points, or 0.56 per cent, to 74,729.27. Nifty gained 148.80 p...
Raghav Productivity Enhancers Reports H1 FY27 PAT Jump Of 61% To ₹41 Crore
Mumbai: Raghav Productivity Enhancers Ltd (RPEL) on Thursday announced its financial results for the quarter and half-year ended 30 September 2026, reporting a 61 per cent rise in profit after tax (PAT) for H1 FY27, which stood at ₹41 crore. Half-Yearly Performance For the first ...
Maharashtra Plans Fifth Film City In Scenic Guhagar Along Ratnagiri Coast, Eyes ₹100-Crore Initial Investment
Mumbai: Maharashtra is planning to set up its fifth Film City in the coastal belt of Ratnagiri, with Palshet, Velneshwar and Tavsal villages in Guhagar taluka identified as the proposed location. The project is expected to come up on 125 acres of land under the Maharashtra Touris...
Crompton Greaves Q2 FY27 Net Profit Rises 65% To ₹124.39 Crore; Revenue Grows 18%
Mumbai: Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited reported a 64.9 percent year-on-year increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 124.39 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, compared with Rs 75.42 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Revenue from operations...
ED Searches 29 Premises Across 6 Cities Including Mumbai, Ahmedabad In Share Price Manipulation Probe
Mumbai: Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Mumbai Zonal Office-I has conducted search operations on 16.10.2026 at 29 premises across 6 cities, Mumbai, Nashik, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat and Bhavnagar under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in...
Financial Inclusion Must Go Beyond Accounts, ASSOCHAM Summit Flags ₹30 Trillion MSME Credit Gap
Mumbai: Financial inclusion must deliver affordable credit, insurance and pensions alongside banking access and digital payments , Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma said at ASSOCHAM’s 21st Annual Summit and Awards on October 16. Addressing banking and financial sector leaders...
Rahul Gandhi Questions Centre Over Rubio’s Mumbai Meeting, Asks PM Modi To Explain
Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday, October 16, questioned the Central government over US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s proposed meeting with Indian officials in Mumbai next week. Gandhi claimed that officials of the Ministry of External Affairs (M...
Omaxe Partners Lemon Tree Hotels For ₹4,000 Crore, 10-Hotel Expansion
Mumbai: Omaxe Ltd on October 16, 2026, announced a memorandum of understanding with Carnation Hotels Private Limited, a subsidiary of Lemon Tree Hotels, to operate 10 hotel projects with 4,000 keys across India. These projects are part of Omaxe’s previously announced ₹6,200 crore...
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Net Profit Rises 200% To ₹365.05 Crore In Q2 FY27
Mumbai: Ujjivan Small Finance Bank on Friday announced a standalone net profit of ₹365.05 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, marking a 200% increase from ₹121.72 crore reported in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year . Total Income Growth Total incom...
Yes Bank May Face ₹5,400 Crore Earnings Hit After SC order Quashes ₹8,415 Crore AT1 Bond Write-Off
Yes Bank could face a one-time earnings impact of ₹5,300 crore to ₹5,400 crore following the Supreme Court's decision to invalidate the write-off of Additional Tier-1 (AT1) bonds worth ₹8,415 crore. According to a report by CNBC-TV18, which cited officials familiar with the matte...
Federal Bank Q2 Profit Surges 45.10% To ₹1,386.09 Crore, NPA At Decadal Lows
Mumbai: Federal Bank announced on October 16, 2026, that its net profit for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2027 rose by 45.10% year-on-year to ₹1,386.09 crore, the highest quarterly profit in its history. Financial Performance The bank's operating profit grew 35.35% to ₹2,...
Mankind Pharma To Acquire 70% Stake In Cancer Therapy Firm ACTx, ₹511 Crore Deal Marks Entry Into Advanced Cancer Treatments
Mumbai: Mankind Pharma has announced a major investment in advanced cancer treatment by agreeing to acquire a 70 per cent stake in Belgium-based Armed Cell Therapeutics B.V. (ACTx) for €48 million, or approximately Rs 511.18 crore. The acquisition marks Mankind Pharma’s entry int...
IDBI Bank Fairfax Takeover, Know - What Happens To Your Savings Accounts, Fixed Deposits & Money After ₹52,878 Crore Deal?
Mumbai: The government's decision to sell a controlling stake in IDBI Bank to Fairfax Financial Holdings has raised questions among millions of customers. Many depositors want to know whether their savings accounts, fixed deposits (FDs) and money will remain safe after the bank c...
Tata Trusts Row Deepens, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust And Bai Hirabai Challenge Mehli Mistry’s Right To Raise Governance Objections
Mumbai: The ongoing dispute within Tata Trusts has taken another turn, with two charitable trusts questioning the legal standing of Mehli Mistry, a close associate of the late Ratan Tata, to raise objections over their functioning and governance. Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and...
CCL Products (India) Consolidated Net Profit Rises 29% To ₹130.11 Crore In Q2
Mumbai: CCL Products (India) on Friday announced its consolidated financial results for the second quarter ended 30 September 2026, reporting a net profit of ₹130.11 crore. This marks a 29.00% increase from the ₹100.86 crore recorded in the corresponding quarter of the previous f...
Magellanic Cloud Subsidiary Secures ₹29.13 Crore Order for Kumbh Mela 2027 Surveillance
Mumbai: Magellanic Cloud Limited's subsidiary, Provigil Surveillance Limited, secured an order worth ₹29.13 crore from Northern Railway, Moradabad Division, for e-surveillance infrastructure at railway stations for the Kumbh Mela 2027 in Haridwar. Project Details The project invo...
Rupee Gains 20 Paise To 94.79, Softer Dollar And RBI Measures Offer Support
Mumbai: The rupee strengthened by 20 paise to 94.79 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, October 16, supported by a softer American currency and the continuing impact of Reserve Bank of India forex measures. Lower US Treasury yields also helped the Indian currency, alt...
Market Begins On Red Note As Sensex Slides 222 Points, RIL Falls Nearly 1% As IT Stocks Resist Sell-Off
Mumbai: Indian stock markets slipped in early trading on Friday, October 16, as weakness across several sectors outweighed support from information technology shares. Sensex traded around 74,093, down 0.29 per cent, while Nifty touched an intraday low near 22,942, declining 0.24 ...
Mumbai Weather Update: Hot & Humid Conditions Prevail, Mercury To Hit 37°C Mark; Rain Likely Over Weekend
Mumbai: Mumbai continued to reel under hot and humid conditions on Friday. The maximum temperature at the Santacruz observatory reached 37.9°C, 4.2°C above normal yesterday. The Colaba observatory recorded a high of 37°C, which was 3.8°C above normal, as hot and humid conditions ...
5paisa Capital Q2FY27 Income Up 12% To ₹86.5 Crore, Half-Year Income Reaches ₹174.9 Crore
Mumbai: 5paisa Capital Limited announced on Thursday that its consolidated income for the quarter ended 30 September 2026 stood at ₹86.5 crore, marking a 12% rise compared to the same period last year. For the half-year ended 30 September 2026, the consolidated income reached ₹17...
Punam Raut Announces Retirement From International Cricket After 12-Year Career, Reflects On Journey From Mumbai To Team India
New Delhi: Indian cricketer Punam Raut brought the curtains down on her international career spanning over a decade on Thursday. From 2009 to 2021, Raut represented the Indian tricolour in four Tests, 73 ODIs and 35 T20Is. Posting on her Instagram, Punam reflected on her journey,...
Caretaker, boyfriend get triple life terms for 2018 Bandra murders
A caretaker and her boyfriend have been handed triple life sentences for the brutal murder of an elderly couple in Bandra. Authorities discovered the couple dead in their home after a robbery. The court ruled out the death penalty due to circumstantial evidence, noting that the p...
Auto driver electrocuted while painting his house in Vikhroli
MUMBAI: A 51-year-old autorickshaw driver was electrocuted while painting his house in Suryanagar in Vikhroli West, though he had switched off the main electric supply to his house...
State plans 5th Film City at scenic Guhagar in Ratangiri’s coastal belt
MUMBAI: Spearheaded by cultural affairs minister Ashish Shelar, the government is planning to set up a fifth Film City at Palshet, Velneshwar and Tavsal villages in Guhagar taluka on 125 acres of land currently under the control of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation ...
Mumbai's Redevelopment Rush Becoming A 'Drug' As Towers Rise But Roads Remain Narrow, Experts Warn
Mumbai: Mumbai and its metropolitan region (MMR) are paying a growing ecological and social price for relentless urban expansion, driven by high-rise redevelopment, a liberal Floor Space Index (FSI) regime and data centres, experts warn. At the seminar “Towering Crisis: The City ...
Test Twenty™️, Cricket's Fourth Format, Begins In Sri Lanka
Mumbai and Colombo, 16 October 2026: On 14 November, young cricketers from around the world will walk out at the SSC in Colombo. For the first time, a toss will decide two things, not one: which team bats first, and whether the girls or the boys play first. Girls play girls. Boys...
Kubbra Sait Takes Dig At Imran Khan's Leave India Notice: 'Even Men I've Dated Have Given Me More Clarity' - VIDEO
Actress Kubbra Sait recently used satire to question the action taken against actor Imran Khan after he was directed to leave India for participating in a protest in Mumbai. In a video shared on Instagram on Thursday (October 15), Sait raised concerns about the right to peaceful ...
'Navi Mumbai Airport Not Ready For International Flights,' Says Emirates; NMIA Refutes Claim
Mumbai: Emirates, one of the largest foreign airlines operating in India, has questioned Navi Mumbai International Airport’s (NMIA) preparedness to handle international flights, citing the lack of facilities such as catering and cargo warehousing. The airport has rejected the con...
'It Was Tough Watching City Dominate Without A Trophy, But Now Arsenal Have The Bragging Rights': Aditya Tare On Arsenal’s Title Triumph
Aditya Tare, a passionate Arsenal fan since childhood, described it as a dream, standing alongside the prestigious Premier League trophy in Mumbai during the ongoing Trophy Tour. Speaking to JioStar, JioStar expert Aditya Tare shared his emotions surrounding the club’s long-await...
Hardik Pandya Shields Son Agastya's Eyes From Photographers' Camera Flashes At Mumbai Airport | Video
Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya was spotted protecting his son, Agastya, from photographers' camera flashes at Mumbai airport. The heartwarming moment caught attention as the star all-rounder appeared to shield his little one's eyes with his hand while making his way through the a...
FPJ Quick Take At 12 PM: 'Mumbai Braces For Lehra Do Tiranga Protest, Tesla Showcases Flying Car'; Your Daily Noon Guide To Top News Headlines
Stay informed without the overload. Every evening, we bring you the day's biggest developments in one fast, balanced digest. No fluff, no sensationalism. Just straightforward reporting to help you understand the news behind the headlines and stay ahead with The Free Press Journal...
Mumbai's AQI Reaches 181, Raising Respiratory Health Risks: Essential Precautions To Stay Safe Outdoors
Mumbai's air quality has become a cause for concern as the Air Quality Index has been worsening in the city day by day. On Friday, October 16, 2026, the AQI reached 181, indicating an unhealthy level of pollution for sensitive groups. Exposure to polluted air can affect respirato...
Bombay HC Directs ED To Issue NOC For Redevelopment Of 44-Year-Old Mumbai Building Despite Attached Flat
Mumbai, October 15, 2026: The Bombay High Court has directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the redevelopment of a 44-year-old cooperative housing society in Mumbai, despite one of its flats being attached in a money laundering case...
Bombay HC Directs Income Tax Department To Expedite 27 Vodafone Idea Tax Cases, Extends Protection On ₹699.54-Crore Refund
Mumbai, October 15, 2026: The Bombay High Court has directed the Income Tax Department to expedite pending orders giving effect to appellate decisions in 27 tax matters involving Vodafone Idea Ltd and its group entities, while extending protection against recovery of a disputed R...
Mumbai Sessions Court Quashes Chapter Proceedings Against Shiv Sena (UBT) Members Over 2022 Protest Against Mangesh Kudalkar
Mumbai, October 15, 2026: The sessions court on Thursday set aside the chapter proceedings initiated against a group associated with Shiv Sena (UBT) after its members protested against MLA Mangesh Kudalkar for joining the party led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. In separ...
Maharashtra Constitutes High-Level RRTS Task Force To Blueprint Future Rail Network
Mumbai: The Government of Maharashtra has constituted a task force to prepare a comprehensive plan for the expansion of railway networks, metro corridors and Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and other urban areas of the state. The i...
Mumbai’s Manori desal plant to use 2.4km tunnel, advanced marine safeguards
Mumbai is planning a 200 million litres per day desalination plant in Manori, which draws seawater through a tunnel. The project includes advanced engineering measures to protect marine ecosystems and fishing livelihoods, and geotechnical surveys have begun. As part of the projec...
Beyond The Ghats: Mumbai Exhibition Explores Varanasi's Unseen Mystical & Spiritual Landscape
Mumbai: When artists paint Varanasi, they traditionally reach for the predictable – the amber glow of evening aarti lamps, the labyrinthine ghats, or the timeless ripple of the Ganges. However, a major upcoming exhibition at Mumbai’s iconic Jehangir Art Gallery seeks to dismantle...
Mumbai's Koliwada Land Boundaries To Be Redrawn As Maha Govt Orders Fresh Survey Of 8 Areas
Mumbai: The state government has decided to demarcate the lands of three additional Koliwadas in Dahisar Gaothan, Kandarpada Gaothan-Dahisar, and Kandarpada Gaothan-Eksar. The boundaries of the remaining areas of five Koliwadas, namely Khardanda, Juhu Koliwada, Juhu Moragaon Koli...