Maharashtra
Mumbai Schools Survey 2022
The Free Press Journal’s Mumbai School Survey awards event at St Regis Hotel on December 12, 2022, was one glittering event attended by the intelligentsia of the school academic space. Principals, directors, teachers, and coordinators whose schools shone were awarded trophies to mark their dominance in various parameters, previously laid out by the Survey.
The Chief Guest for this gala function was Deepak Kesarkar, Cabinet Minister (Education Ministry), the Guest of Honour was Mr Keki Mistry, Vice-Chairman, and CEO of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), and L’invite d’honneur was Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani, Co-founder and Managing Director of the Hiranandani Group. Below are the awardees and their beaming faces only go to prove how dazzling this celebration was.
The Cabinet minister for Ministry for Education (and other portfolios) was the Chief Guest at the Mumbai Schools Awards 2022. Excited to be part of this elite group, the minister made several important announcements exclusive to the academicians and the newspaper. Among other announcements, the minister declared that skill education will now be imparted from Standard 6 onwards. Mr. Kesarkar handed over the awards to the schools mentioned below:
- Cathedral and John Connon School
- Garodia International Centre for Learning Mumbai
- Jankidevi Public School, Mumbai
- Mumbai Public School Hariyali Village CBSE School, Vikhroli
- Narayana eTechno School, Thane
- N.L. Dalmia High School
- St. Anne’s High School, Fort, Mumbai
- St. Xavier’s High School, Fort, Mumbai
- SVKM’s CNM School & N.D. Parekh Pre-primary School
- The Somaiya School
- Trinity International School
- Vagad Pace Global School
- VIBGYOR High, Airoli
- VIBGYOR High, Kharghar
- VIBGYOR High, Malad East
- Villa Theresa High School
Keki Mistry, the CEO and Vice Chairman of the Housing Development Finance Corporation was the Chief Guest and a happy one too. He declared that The National Education Policy (NEP) would be a game changer in reforming our education sector. “The policy encourages holistic development at all levels including pre-schools, schools, and higher education,” he affirmed before he gave away the below list of awards. Farzana Contractor, Editor and Publisher of UpperCrust, India’s popular food, wine and travel magazine and Dogs & More gave away the awards along with Mr Mistry:
- Aditya Birla World Academy
- Bai Avabai Petit Girls’ High School Bandra West, Mumbai
- Billabong High International School, Juhu
- Bombay Cambridge International School, Andheri East
- Bombay International School
- Bombay Scottish School, Mahim
- Bombay Scottish School, Powai
- DAV Public School, Thane
- Don Bosco High School, Matunga
- D Y Patil International School, Worli
- Gopi Birla Memorial School
- Lodha World School, LSG
- Oberoi International School
- R N Podar School
- Utpal Shanghvi Global School & PPS International Junior College
The L’invite d’honneur for that evening was Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani, Co-founder and Managing Director of the Hiranandani Group. Mr Hiranandani who is closely associated with the Education space was highly pleased with the way technology is shaping students’ lives. He also mentioned that receiving the Free Press Journal’s Whatsapp edition was possibly the most convenient way of keeping abreast with news happenings first thing in the morning. Mr Hinandani was delighted to give away awards to the schools listed below:
- Campion School
- Dhirubhai Ambani International School
- HVB GLOBAL ACADEMY
- Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai
- JBCN International School, Borivali
- Mahatma School of Academics and Sports
- Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School
- OES International School Vashi
- Pawar Public School, Bhandup
- Podar Jumbo Kids
- St.Stanislaus High School, Bandra (W)
- Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School ,Thane
Presenters Wang Yanhua, Deputy Consul General, China Consulate Mumbai, Joanna Irzyk, Wife of Polish Consul General in Mumbai and Ramesh Narayan, Director, Strategy of AFAA also gave awards to schools:
- Ascend International School
- Beacon High
- Bombay Cambridge International School,Andheri (West)
- Children’s Academy, Ashok Nagar
- Children’s Academy Malad
- D.G. Khetan International School, Malad
- Diamond Jubilee High School, ICSE, Mumbai
- Dr Pillai Global Academy, Borivali
- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan International School
- JBCN International School, Chembur
- JBCN International School, Parel
- Kashmirilal Mehra Uttari Bharat Sabha English Primary School, Bhandup West
- Meridian School
- Nahar International School, Mumbai
Another set of presenters Ryan Pereira, Regional Head, United States – India Educational Foundation (USIEF), Yogesh Dhingra, Founder and Director of CourseLeap Education and Consultant to various international schools and Deepali Naair, CMO, IBM gave away the awards to the schools mentioned below:
- OES International School, Andheri
- Orchids The International School, Borivali
- Orchids The International School, Dombivali
- Orchids The International School, Seawoods
- Orchids The International School, Thane
- Pawar Public School, Dombivali
- Pinnacle High International School
- Podar International School, Ambernath
- Podar International School, Powai
- Podar International School (Cambridge International), Kalyan
- Podar International School – Mira Road
- Podar International School Nerul
- Rbk Global School Bhayander
- Rustomjee Cambridge International School
- Shishuvan English Medium School
Maharashtra
Azmi’s unique protest… Wearing a mask, he reached Nagpur Assembly with a banner demanding effective action to end toxic air pollution in Mumbai, SMS company

Mumbai: Air pollution and toxic atmosphere are common in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. The people of Shivaji Nagar and Govindi are facing toxic fumes every day. Successive governments have neglected this area because it is a poor neighbourhood.
On the second day of the winter session of the Assembly today, the Samajwadi Party (SP) made a clear demand.
It has demanded the immediate closure of the SMS company, RMC plant, and dumping ground and made it clear to the government that it should stop playing with the lives of the common man.
The government should take effective steps to eliminate this toxic air pollution. Abu Asim Azmi said that due to the SMS company in Govandi, the average age of people has increased to 39 years and diseases are spreading due to burning waste and chemical materials in it, so it should be banned immediately. He further said that clean sanitation and other facilities should be available in Govandi and such a factory should be closed so that the people can live a healthy life. Abu Asim Azmi protested against the toxic air outside the Nagpur Assembly in a very unique way by holding a banner and wearing a mask.
Maharashtra
Increase in crime incidents in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, demand for action against drug dealers and drug users, Abu Asim demands in Nagpur Assembly

Mumbai: Due to the increase in crime incidents in Mumbai’s Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, the law and order situation is dire. Due to the shortage of police manpower, it is difficult to control crimes. Three murders have been committed here in three months. The increasing incidents of crime. Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi, while addressing the Nagpur winter session, expressed concern and said that he demanded an increase in the police manpower and the establishment of a new police station in Shivaji Nagar so that criminal elements can be curbed. Along with this, he has also demanded action against drug and drug addicts here. Abu Asim Azmi told the House on a notice seeking attention that there has been an increase in murders, attempted murders and robberies last month. A 24-year-old coconut vendor was murdered over a money transaction. The second murder was committed due to personal enmity and the third murder was committed due to drug dealing. The police are investigating this case in connection with drugs. Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar is a poor area. The law and order situation here is bad due to drug addicts and drug dealers. The population here has also increased immensely. Whenever a road expansion or other project is started somewhere, people are rehabilitated here. That is why there is a shortage of police here. Even after setting up a bat post, there is no police in it because there is a shortage of police manpower. In such a situation, Azmi has demanded that police be deployed here.
Maharashtra
Mumbai: Hajra, wife of builder Riaz in Kurla, accused of illegal abortion, Kherwadi police registers case against mother

Mumbai: An incident has come to light in Mumbai in which a case has been registered against a mother for illegally aborting a pregnancy. Kherwadi police have registered a case of abortion against the second wife of Kurla builder Riaz Shah. On December 7, Riaz Shah’s son filed a complaint in which it was stated that Hajra Shah had miscarried a 24-month-old child. The abortion was done using contraception in 2024 and on the complaint of this illegal act, the police have registered a case against Hajra and her brother Ashfaq under sections 88, 91, 238 of the BNS. This is the first case of its kind in which a case has been registered against the mother for wasting contraception. In 2024, when Riaz Shah asked his wife where the child was, she said that she had miscarried and that she had done the autopsy of the newborn in the Kurla Sunni graveyard and her brothers Ashfaq and Imran Lado knew about this. When Riaz checked in the graveyard, no record of the newborn was found, after which the police registered a case of misleading and aborting the child. Junaid Riaz Shah has filed a complaint against Liya. The police are investigating the matter further.
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