The Free Press Journal
SC ORDERS RBI ACTION
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a series of directions to strengthen the prevention, investigation and redressal mechanisms for digital arrest scams, asking the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to adopt a standard operating procedure (SOP) for banks...
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Babri panel’s Liberhan dies
Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan, who headed the commission that probed the Babri Masjid demolition, died aged 87 in Chandigarh on Sunday. Liberhan, a former Chief Justice of the Madras and Andhra Pradesh HCS, was appointed head of the one-man inquiry...
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CJP extends support to Jharkhand exam protests
“Amrit Peedhi”, Modi said they would shape their lives over the next two decades and lead the country towards the goal of ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047. “You are India's Amrit Peedhi. You will shape your lives over the next 20-25 years, and you will lead...
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‘Ethanol cuts petrol prices’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday placed India's youth at the heart of his vision for a developed nation, saying young Indians were driving the country's emergence as a global manufacturing and technology hub while inaugurating infrastructure...
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PM: Forgive protesters, they are our children
As celebrates its the Pune Bureau presents a special four-page supplement honouring some of the city's most distinguished personalities. Featuring leaders from the fields of education, real estate and philanthropy, this edition celebrates individuals...
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SC prescribes medical care for those injured by pellets
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Government to ensure adequate medical treatment for protesters injured in the alleged pellet gun firing by the Rapid Action Force (RAF) during the July 20 Sansad Chalo demonstration at Jantar Mantar. The...
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MANMOHAN SINGH GETS CLEAN CHIT
The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a 2015 order of a Special CBI Court summoning former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in a coal block allocation case, holding that there was no justification for the trial court to reject the Central Bureau of...
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SC pushes for strict law on digital arrests
The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested that the Union government formally define “digital arrest” in criminal law as a standalone offence and provide for stricter punishment, including freezing the assets of suspects once a prima facie case is...
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INDIA SUMMONS UKRAINE ENVOY
India on Monday summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk and lodged a strong protest over the death of an Indian seafarer in last week’s attack on the merchant vessel MV in the Black Sea. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it...
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Delhi cops await official nod to drop protest FIRS
Following the Centre’s assurance that cases against NEET paper leak protesters would be withdrawn, Delhi Police sources on Sunday said further action would be taken only after receiving an official communication and guidelines from the competent...
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How the battle was won
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said he had tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the larger interests of students and the country following the controversy surrounding the 2026 NEET-UG examination. In an...
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Cabinet clears tough bill on paper leaks
Prime Minister announced in a late-night video message that the government would bring a tougher law to curb examination paper leaks, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved a draft Bill proposing significantly stricter penalties, including a maximum...
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No elections in Nicaragua
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega said the country will hold no more elections, declaring: “There will be no more elections here.” Speaking on the Sandinista revolution anniversary, the 80-year-old leader said new laws would “build a wall” against the...
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War costs hit $37.5 bn
The United States’ war in Iran has cost “$37.5 billion” so far, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers on Tuesday while seeking urgent funding. He said the figure includes some war expenses and anticipated costs through Sept 30. Trump last...
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‘Guide students, don’t incite them’ CM Fadnavis attacks ‘vested interests’
preventing such incidents in future. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the Prime Minister highlighted the Centre's swift response to the NEET-UG paper leak case, noting that 13 accused had been...
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INDIA GETS FIRST DENGUE VACCINE 10 DOWNING GETS 7TH PM IN TEN YEARS
A historic 1-0 extra-time victory for Spain over Argentina at the 2026 FIFA World Cup final was momentarily eclipsed by an awkward podium blunder involving US President Donald Trump, drawing widespread coverage across US and international media. The...
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Mhatre surrenders, in custody
England beat France Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) corporator Ramesh Mhatre was on Sunday remanded to judicial custody till August 3 by a Kalyan court after surrendering before the police in connection with the assault on doctors and nurses at...
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Messi, Yamal have their date with destiny tonight
When Spain take on Argentina in the World Cup final in New Jersey today, a 19-year-old Lamine Yamal will be rolling back 19 years when he had his first brush with the then 20-year-old Lionel Messi en route to greatness. The year was 2007 when a...
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India’s hydrogen train makes debut
and laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth 14,700 crore. Addressing a public gathering, the Prime Minister said the hydrogen-powered train was a successful example of the ‘Make in India’ campaign. “Today, Indian Railways has...
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Stricture on Indian crew deployments via Hormuz
The Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA) has directed ship owners, ship managers, and Recruitment and Placement Service Licence (RPSL) companies to avoid deploying Indian seafarers on vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz...
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₹1.27 lakh crore for Semicon 2.0 policy
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Semicon 2.0 long-term policy that seeks to support the design and manufacturing ecosystem for development of semiconductors in India. It provided a total budget outlay of ₹127,500 cr for the scheme that is...
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Late-night FIFA relief for Bengaluru
Football fans in Bengaluru can enjoy FIFA World Cup action without rushing home, with the Karnataka government allowing hotels and restaurants to remain open and serve food until 3.30 am on July 14, 15 and 19. The relaxation has been granted to...
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HORMUZ BACK ON THE BRINK
The United States and Iran have plunged back into open, large-scale warfare with the conflict converging on a highstakes battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz. The crisis reached a tipping point when the Iranian government declared the Strait of...
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70 thefts in 40 days
India on Sunday condemned an attack on a Cyprus-flagged commercial vessel off the coast of Oman that left one of its 11 Indian crew members missing. The US has been carrying out strikes inside Iran in the last few days after the Islamic Revolutionary...
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Nita Ambani tops Fortune India’s powerful women list
Fortune India hosted the its flagship Most Powerful Women (MPW) 2026 celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai, on Friday bringing together India’s foremost women leaders from business, finance, technology, healthcare, public policy and...
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₹2 lakh cap goes in farm loan waivers
In a major relief for distressed farmers, the Maharashtra government on Friday removed the Rs 2-lakh ceiling on overdue loans under the newly announced Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Farm Loan Waiver Scheme and extended the eligibility period to cover...
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Delhi, Canberra ink deal on uranium @ T20 speed
Spain vs Belgium, 12.30 am onwards (Saturday) Prime Minister Modi stated that “decisions had been taken as fast as T20 cricket” as he described the outcome of his talks with his Australian counterpart, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. During the...
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BMC clears OC amnesty scheme
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared the Us-iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) "over" and warned of another wave of American military strikes against Iran, dramatically escalating tensions in West Asia just weeks after the two sides had...
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SIT blames SOP violations, weak supervision for theft
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Ram Temple donation theft has found serious security lapses, weak supervision and violations of standard operating procedures that allegedly enabled the embezzlement of cash offerings, according to its...
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Rain havoc disrupts city
Mumbai remained under a red alert on Monday as heavy rain and gusty winds lashed the city for the eighth consecutive day, severely disrupting road, rail and air traffic. Commuters faced long delays, while office attendance across the city remained thin...
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Indian passport slips, now ranks 125th out of 197
Relentless rain and strong gusty winds continued to lash Mumbai for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday, pushing the city’s monsoon death toll to five and prompting authorities to declare a holiday for all government, private and municipal schools...
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RESILIENT
Egypt beat Australia (on penalties, FT: 1-1) Argentina beat Cape Verde Colombia beat Ghana Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated the country's first greenfield integrated refinery-cumpetrochemical complex at Pachpadra in Rajasthan's...
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Team India will be aiming to sort out their batting woes against England in the 2nd T20I today
RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Friday said the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya had “deeply hurt” the sentiments and faith of the entire society, and called for ensuring that anyone found guilty after investigation...
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Another rain death, third in three days
The results of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination are expected to be announced by July 20, with NTA completing the evaluation process after reviewing objections to the provisional answer key. The re-examination, conducted on June 21 after the May 3 test...
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‘Morphing woman’s pic assault on privacy’
The Madras High Court has held that morphing a woman’s image and circulating it on social media is not a harmless digital prank but a calculated assault on her privacy, reputation and emotional security. The Court directed the Dindigul police to...
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‘Mere presence at bribe scene not proof of guilt’
In a major decision, the Supreme Court has held that the mere presence of a public servant at the place where a bribe is allegedly accepted is not enough to infer criminal conspiracy. The judgment reiterates that the prosecution must establish a prior...
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Mumbai will run dry by August 20
Canada beat South Africa Germany vs Paraguay, 2 am onwards Netherlands vs Morocco, 6.30 am onwards Ivory Coast vs Norway, 10.30 pm onwards Mumbai is hurtling towards one of its worst water crises in years, with just 6.93 per cent of usable water...
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Hasina: Will return to Dhaka this year
Exiled for nearly two years, ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina says she plans to return home “this year” despite facing a death sentence handed down by a domestic tribunal. Hasina, who is currently seeking asylum in India, fled the country following...
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Iran hits Bahrain in tit-for-tat strikes
The fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States came under renewed strain on Saturday after Iran launched a drone attack targeting Bahrain and a commercial tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, raising fears of a fresh escalation in one...
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Key temple Trust chiefs step down
Ivory Coast beat Curacao Ecuador beat Germany Netherlands beat Tunisia Japan drew Sweden Turkiye beat USA Paraguay drew Australia Cabo Verde vs Saudi Arabia Uruguay vs Spain (Both 5.30 am onwards) New Zealand vs Belgium Egypt vs Iran (Both...
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Mumbai port set for ₹5,028-cr expansion
Turkiye vs USA, 7.30 am onwards Paraguay vs Australia, 7.30 am onwards The Mumbai Port Authority (MBPA) on Thursday unveiled an ambitious Rs 5,028.17-crore development plan comprising 63 projects aimed at transforming the city's historic port into a...
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315 districts on rain watch
A BMC official fell into an open manhole concealed by rainwater during Mayor Ritu Tawde’s inspection of waterlogged areas near Gandhi Market in King's Circle on Wednesday. He was rescued within minutes by police and civic staff accompanying the...
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Canberra town crier is world’s loudest person @ 122.4 decibels
Joseph Mcgrail-bateup, an Australian professional air conditioner cleaner and honorary town crier, has been recognised as the world’s loudest person. Guinness World Records last week acknowledged the 58-year-old Canberra resident recorded the loudest...
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Face key to House entry
Portugal vs Uzbekistan, 10.30 pm onwards Entry to the Maharashtra legislature complex will be regulated through a face recognition system from Tuesday, Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar announced on June 22. He said registration of most MLAS has been...
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Water stocks drop, BMC taps reserves
The three-day BEST strike ended late on Sunday night, bringing relief to thousands of commuters at the start of the week. The breakthrough followed a prolonged meeting between Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik and...
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Mumbai duo’s 108 surya namaskars a day for 108 days
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed public gatherings in Odisha and West Bengal, highlighting a major push for development in eastern India. Unveiling initiatives worth 47,600 crore, the Prime Minister asserted that the region is...
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Focus on Yashasvi, KL Rahul as India take on Afghanistan in third ODI
BEST employees launched their indefinite strike on Friday, severely disrupting bus services across Mumbai. Despite a meeting between state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik and representatives of the BEST joint action committee, union leaders refused...
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US, Iran sign deal; Hormuz pain eases
Portugal drew DR Congo England beat Croatia Ghana beat Panama Colombia beat Uzbekistan Mexico vs South Korea, 6.30 am onwards Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz resumed cautiously on Thursday after the US and Iran electronically...
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SC registry file lapse riles CJI
CJI Surya Kant on Wednesday took serious note of allegations that the Supreme Court Registry had misplaced a case file, resulting in an urgent matter remaining unregistered and unlisted for hearing more than a week after it was filed. The issue was...
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BMC unveils water curbs
Argentina vs Algeria, 6.30 am onwards Austria vs Jordan, 9.30 am onwards Portugal vs DR Congo, 10.30 pm onwards With water stock in Mumbai’s lakes falling to a critical 10.35%, the BMC has announced a 20% cut in water supply to commercial...
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India elevates Slovakia ties, inks 11 pacts on def, energy
The US and Iran said they have agreed terms to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, news that brought relief to markets worldwide, although the pact may hinge on events in Lebanon and defers tricky talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme. “The...
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Road tragedy in Solapur, 8 dead
Eight people, including four women and four children, were killed while seven others were injured on Sunday when a pick-up vehicle carrying them plunged into a roadside well in Malshiras tehsil in Solapur district. Police said 15 people were...
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Umar, Sharjeel move court
Activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have moved a Delhi court seeking fresh bail in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, after a Supreme Court bench questioned the interpretation adopted in the verdict denying them...
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US OFFICIAL SUMMONED AGAIN
India summoned the US Charge d’affaires Jason Meeks for the second time this week. The summons came after the US conducted a military strike on another vessel, the M/T Jalveer, in the Gulf of Oman with 20 Indian seafarers on board. This is the third...
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Trump shelves Iran strikes, deal near
The United States has announced that it is close to signing an agreement with Iran and has cancelled the proposed military strikes against the country. Taking to Truth Social, US President Donald Trump said, "Based on the fact that discussions with...
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Haridwar rebrands biryani as pulao
A group of saints and members of the Shri Akhand Parshuram Akhara has launched a campaign in Haridwar demanding that vendors stop using the term “veg biryani” and instead describe the dish as “veg pulao”, arguing that the word “biryani” is...
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LPG costlier; global rates higher: Centre
Indian households continue to pay among the lowest prices for cooking gas globally despite a sharp rise in international LPG prices triggered by disruptions in West Asia, the Centre said on Sunday, a day after raising domestic LPG prices by Rs 29 per...
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Iran war pushing millions to hunger, UN warns
The UN food agency said millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high. The World Food Programme (WFP) said an analysis in three vulnerable...
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RBI holds fire as global risks rise
There is an old economic proverb: the skill of a captain is judged not when the sea is calm, but when the winds begin to shift. That wisdom echoed through the Reserve Bank of India's policy statement on Friday. Across the world, oil prices remain...
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AI-171 report before June 12 is unlikely
Even as Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said last month (May 20) that the investigation into the Air India 171 crash was in its “final stages” and a report was expected soon, fresh disclosures from the UK'S accident investigation agency...
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Delhi hotel blaze burns 21 to death
A devastating fire tore through a five-storey bed-and-breakfast hotel in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar on Wednesday morning, killing at least 21 people, including 17 foreign nationals, and exposing what investigators suspect were serious violations of...
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Mojtaba alive, says Rubio
Seven passengers were killed and more than 15 others critically injured after two Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) buses collided headon on National Highway 53 near Uva village in Bardoli taluka of Gujarat’s Surat district on...
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PM support for Myanmar peace
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reaffirmed India's readiness to support peace and dialogue in Myanmar, including by sharing federal governance and economic growth experiences. The assurance was given during extensive, wide-ranging discussions...
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Royal Champions Bengaluru @ IPL
It’s ‘Ee Sala Cup Namdu’ (This year Cup is ours, in Kannada) time again for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) supporters as the defending champions retained their IPL crown, despite some drama in their chase of 156, overwhelming Gujarat Titans by...
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No name, no fund, no deal: Trump’s brutal day in court
For a president who has long viewed the federal judiciary as either a tool for personal leverage or a hurdle to be cleared, Friday turned out to be a disastrous for Donald Trump. In a remarkable sequence spanning just ten hours, three federal judges in...
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‘PM personally supervising’
The Centre on Friday told the SC that "the Hon'ble PM is personally supervising it," as the court examined pleas seeking cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 over the alleged paper leak and petitions seeking to disband the NTA. Raising concerns over the ad-hoc...
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K’taka power shift: It’s DKS turn now
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah bid an emotional farewell to office on Thursday, stepping down after months of political speculation and an intense power tussle with deputy D K Shivakumar, while making it clear that his resignation marked neither...
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SC upholds EC’S SIR
Delivering a major institutional victory to the Election Commission (EC), the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld legality of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list, ruling that the exercise advances constitutional imperative of free and fair...
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Meet Upatch, wearable ultrasound
Scientists have developed a wearable ultrasound patch capable of continuously monitoring babies in the womb, raising hopes that the technology could help detect pregnancy complications at an early stage, The Guardian reports. Researchers involved in...
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Sitharaman flags ‘Three Fs’ as risks
Hours after petrol and diesel prices were hiked for the fourth time in 11 days, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday warned that the West Asia crisis has moved well beyond the realm of diplomacy — it is now squeezing fuel costs, shipping...
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‘Don’t rush into Iran deal, time on our side’
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran, appearing to dampen hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war that had been raised by both sides a day earlier. The US...
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Fuel prices up, 3rd time in 9 days
Indian consumers were hit with another round of fuel price increases on Saturday as petrol and diesel rates were raised for the third time in less than 10 days, taking cumulative hikes to nearly Rs 5 per litre since May 15. Simultaneously, compressed...
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UAPA bail conflict goes to larger bench
The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a larger bench the issue of grant of bail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in cases where trials are delayed, observing that there was a “perceived conflict” in the interpretation of the...
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Pulwama plotter killed in POK
one of the alleged key planners behind the 2019 Pulwama terror attack and a senior operative of the terror outfit Al Badr, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir (POK), adding to a growing list of targeted killings involving...
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No fuel shortage: Fadnavis
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday sought to allay fears over a possible fuel crisis in Maharashtra, asserting that the state has adequate stocks of petrol and diesel and urging citizens not to indulge in panic buying. Addressing growing...
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Maha pivot to clean energy
In one of the biggest clean energy investment commitments in the state’s history, Maharashtra on Tuesday signed Mous worth Rs 6.5 lakh crore with four major companies to develop nuclear energy projects with a combined proposed generation capacity of...
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