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Mumbai Schools Survey 2022

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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:

  1. Cathedral and John Connon School
  2. Garodia International Centre for Learning Mumbai
  3. Jankidevi Public School, Mumbai
  4. Mumbai Public School Hariyali Village CBSE School, Vikhroli
  5. Narayana eTechno School, Thane
  6. N.L. Dalmia High School
  7. St. Anne’s High School, Fort, Mumbai
  8. St. Xavier’s High School, Fort, Mumbai
  9. SVKM’s CNM School & N.D. Parekh Pre-primary School
  10. The Somaiya School
  11. Trinity International School
  12. Vagad Pace Global School
  13. VIBGYOR High, Airoli
  14. VIBGYOR High, Kharghar
  15. VIBGYOR High, Malad East
  16. 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:

  1. Aditya Birla World Academy
  2. Bai Avabai Petit Girls’ High School Bandra West, Mumbai
  3. Billabong High International School, Juhu
  4. Bombay Cambridge International School, Andheri East
  5. Bombay International School
  6. Bombay Scottish School, Mahim
  7. Bombay Scottish School, Powai
  8. DAV Public School, Thane
  9. Don Bosco High School, Matunga
  10. D Y Patil International School, Worli
  11. Gopi Birla Memorial School
  12. Lodha World School, LSG
  13. Oberoi International School
  14. R N Podar School
  15. 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:

  1. Campion School
  2. Dhirubhai Ambani International School
  3. HVB GLOBAL ACADEMY
  4. Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai
  5. JBCN International School, Borivali
  6. Mahatma School of Academics and Sports
  7. Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School
  8. OES International School Vashi
  9. Pawar Public School, Bhandup
  10. Podar Jumbo Kids
  11. St.Stanislaus High School, Bandra (W)
  12. 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:

  1. Ascend International School
  2. Beacon High
  3. Bombay Cambridge International School,Andheri (West)
  4. Children’s Academy, Ashok Nagar
  5. Children’s Academy Malad
  6. D.G. Khetan International School, Malad
  7. Diamond Jubilee High School, ICSE, Mumbai
  8. Dr Pillai Global Academy, Borivali
  9. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan International School
  10. JBCN International School, Chembur
  11. JBCN International School, Parel
  12. Kashmirilal Mehra Uttari Bharat Sabha English Primary School, Bhandup West
  13. Meridian School
  14. 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:

  1. OES International School, Andheri
  2. Orchids The International School, Borivali
  3. Orchids The International School, Dombivali
  4. Orchids The International School, Seawoods
  5. Orchids The International School, Thane
  6. Pawar Public School, Dombivali
  7. Pinnacle High International School
  8. Podar International School, Ambernath
  9. Podar International School, Powai
  10. Podar International School (Cambridge International), Kalyan
  11. Podar International School – Mira Road
  12. Podar International School Nerul
  13. Rbk Global School Bhayander
  14. Rustomjee Cambridge International School
  15. Shishuvan English Medium School
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Mumbai Cleanup Marshal and Swachh Mumbai campaign ended, fine collection from citizens also stopped, BMC helpline number released

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Mumbai: Mumbai BMC has abolished the clean-up marshal policy, after which now the clean-up marshal has disappeared from the streets of the city. The Municipal Corporation has completely banned the clean-up marshal and the Swachh Mumbai Mission has been stopped. This means that now no clean-up marshal will be able to force citizens to pay fines or take any other punitive action. After complaints against clean-up marshals, Mumbai BMC has decided to stop and suspend the service of clean-up marshals from today.

The Solid Waste Management Department of Mumbai Municipal Corporation, under the Department of Garbage and Sanitation, oversees public cleanliness in Mumbai and the ‘Swachh Mumbai Mission’ has been closed from April 4, 2025. However, the Municipal Corporation administration has appealed to the citizens that if any fine has been imposed on them despite this, then they can complain about it. Complaints regarding cleanup marshals can be made to the divisional control room of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation at 022-23855128 and 022-23877691 (extension number 549/500).

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New India Cooperative Bank embezzlement accused’s properties attached

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Mumbai: Mumbai Economic Branch (EOW) has also started property seizure proceedings in the case of embezzlement of crores of rupees from New India Cooperative Bank. EOW said that after identifying the properties obtained from the embezzled amount, it has been attached and seized. 5 accused have been arrested in this case and 21 immovable properties of these accused have been found, which have been allowed to be confiscated.

This is the first action under 107 BNSS in Mumbai city in which the property of the accused has been seized. Mumbai AOW said that the amount recovered from the seized properties will also be estimated. After the bank scam in Mumbai, EOW has taken major action and details of other properties of the accused are also being investigated.

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Mumbai Five members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang arrested, Mumbai Crime Branch gives a shock to Bishnoi gang

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April 3, 2025

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Mumbai: Mumbai Crime Branch has claimed to have arrested five shooters of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi gang in a major operation. 5 revolvers and 21 live cartridges have been recovered from the possession of these shooters. Mumbai Police is also interrogating these shooters. Police arrested the attackers before they could execute the incident and averted the incident. Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested these five from Andheri area. They had come here with the intention of carrying out a major vandalism incident, but the police foiled the incident before that.

The arrested accused include Vikas Thakur, Samit Dilawar, Devendra Rupesh Saxena, Shreya Suresh Yadav, Vivek Gupta. Vikas Thakur is a resident of Versova Andheri, Samit Mukesh Kumar Dilawar is a resident of Sonipat, Haryana, Devendra Rupesh Saxena is a resident of Madhya Pradesh, Shreya Suresh Yadav is a resident of Jagdishpur, Bihar and Vivek Kumar Gupta is a resident of Rampur, Rajasthan.

Weapons have been recovered from their possession and the Crime Branch has registered a case against them under Section 3 and 25 of the BNS, Section 55 and 61 (2) and Maharashtra Police Act. The Crime Branch is investigating where the accused brought the weapons from.

After the shooting of Salman Khan, Lawrence Bishnoi gang is trying to become active in Mumbai, but due to the strict action of Mumbai Crime Branch, the back of the gang has been broken and now the Crime Branch has given a big blow to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and arrested five of its members. The Crime Branch is further investigating the matter.

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