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NSE Pre-Open Rules Change Today, Can You Still Place Market Orders After 9:05 AM?

Mumbai: The National Stock Exchange has revised its pre-open session framework from September 7, 2026. The session will continue from 9:00 am to 9:15 am, but order entry and matching will now occur in separate phases. The biggest change is that market orders cannot be placed betw...

Free Press JournalSep 7, 2026

Rupee Strengthens Against US Dollar, Gains 4 Paise To 94.39 In Early Trade

Mumbai: The Indian rupee strengthened marginally against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, gaining 4 paise to 94.39 as strong FCNR-related dollar inflows supported the domestic currency. However, elevated crude oil prices limited further gains. At the interbank foreign exch...

Free Press JournalSep 7, 2026

75% medical, dental seats filled; MBBS far more sought after than BDS

MUMBAI: More than three-fourths of medical and dental degree seats available under Maharashtra’s state quota have been filled in the first round of admissions for 2026-27, but the figures reveal a sharp difference in demand between the two courses...

Hindustan Times — MumbaiSep 7, 2026

Vasai-Virar: Smart Meter Protest Postponed; March To MSEDCL Office Scheduled

Vasai: The planned Highway Roko (highway blockade) protest on September 7 along the Mumbai–Ahmedabad National Highway (NH-48) at Shirsad Phata against the installation of smart electricity meters in Vasai-Virar has been temporarily postponed. The decision was taken to avoid sever...

Free Press JournalSep 6, 2026

Deadline Extended For Maharashtra State Best Public Ganeshotsav Mandal Competition

Navi Mumbai: The deadline for public Ganeshotsav mandals to apply for the Maharashtra State Best Public Ganeshotsav Mandal Competition 2026 has been extended to September 11, State Cultural Affairs Minister Adv. Ashish Shelar announced on Sunday. The Maharashtra government has be...

Free Press JournalSep 6, 2026

Aaji Care Unveils Pune's Future of Dignified Elder Care

Padma Shri Dr. Prakash Amte, Dr. Mandakini Amte, Dr. Vitthal Kamat and Achyut Godbole attend the inauguration of Aaji Care’s sixth centre. Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 4: Aaji Care, an elder-care organisation working across Mumbai, Pune and Goa, inaugurated its sixth Ass...

Free Press JournalSep 6, 2026

Mumbai’s Water Stock Reaches 95.97% As 7 Lakes Continue To Hold High Levels

Mumbai: Mumbai’s water stock in the seven lakes supplying the city rose to 95.97 per cent as of 6 am on Sunday, according to the latest report by the Hydraulic Engineer’s Department. Lake levels near full capacity The city’s lakes currently hold 13,89,075 million litres (ML) of u...

Free Press JournalSep 6, 2026

Nifty Eyes Support At 23,800, Sensex Faces Key Resistance At 78,000

Mumbai: The Sensex gained 362.57 points, or 0.48 per cent, to close at 76,515.43 on Friday, while the Nifty rose 24.25 points, or 0.10 per cent, to settle at 23,897.70, snapping a four-session losing streak. Despite the rebound, the benchmarks ended well below their intraday high...

Free Press JournalSep 6, 2026

Income Tax, Registration Departments Join Hands For Data-Driven Governance

Mumbai: The Directorate of Income Tax (Intelligence & Criminal Investigation), Mumbai, in collaboration with the Stamp Duty and Registration Department, organised a Mega Outreach Programme at Prakashgad, Bandra (East), for officers of Sub-Registrar Offices across Mumbai City and ...

Free Press JournalSep 6, 2026

Sensex, Nifty Face Volatile Week Ahead, Crude Oil And US Bond Yields In Focus

Mumbai: Indian equities could face another volatile week as investors track rising crude oil prices, global bond yields, strong US jobs data and foreign fund flows for market direction. Geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran and uncertainty over the reopening of the Strait...

Free Press JournalSep 6, 2026

Jio At 10: 533.3 Million Users Later, Akash Ambani Sets Sights On Global Markets

Mumbai: With 533.3 million customers and more than 23 exabytes of monthly data traffic, Reliance Jio is setting its sights on global markets after completing a decade that transformed India’s telecom landscape. Jio Platforms Managing Director and Reliance Jio Chairman Akash Amban...

Free Press JournalSep 6, 2026

Smart glasses, blurred lines: Mahamulls SOP to quell privacy concerns

AI smart glasses are generating pressing concerns around privacy and security among individuals. The ability to record personal interactions raises alarms for citizens and officials. To tackle this, the Maharashtra government is formulating a standard operating procedure aimed at...

Times of India — MumbaiSep 6, 2026

Gujarat Woman Dies By Suicide After Jumping From Gilbert Hill In Andheri West

Mumbai: A 45-year-old woman from Gujarat died by suicide after jumping nearly 50ft from Gilbert Hill in Andheri West on Saturday morning while visiting the site with her family. Mumbai's Historic Laxmi Nivas Bungalow To Make Way For 110.6-Metre Luxury Tower Woman jumps from cliff...

Free Press JournalSep 6, 2026

Mumbai's Historic Laxmi Nivas Bungalow To Make Way For 110.6-Metre Luxury Tower

Mumbai: Mumbai’s Laxmi Nivas, a seafacing bungalow on Nepean Sea Road that reportedly sheltered some of the most prominent underground leaders of the Quit India Movement, is set to disappear from the city’s skyline — to make way for a 110.6-metre residential tower. Property set f...

Free Press JournalSep 6, 2026

MU to digitise 107-year-old sociology records

Titled ‘Survey and Digitisation of the Legacy of the Discipline of Sociology in India: Records of the University of Mumbai’, the project will start by surveying, cataloguing and digitising teaching 3,000 pages of documents linked to the setting up of the department...

Hindustan Times — MumbaiSep 6, 2026

Dahi Handi festivities claim 2 lives in Mumbai

In Malvani, seven-year-old Rudra Kadam succumbed to head injuries sustained when a brick column collapsed as the children struck the pot strung on a rope tied to the column at one end and a tree at the other...

Hindustan Times — MumbaiSep 6, 2026