Mumbai, Oct 29 Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM3 MH-COUNCIL POLLS
**** Congress wins Nagpur MLC poll; MVA gets three seats, BJP, Shiv Sena one each
Mumbai: Congress candidate Abhijeet Wanjari was on Thursday declared the winner in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections from Nagpur after a keenly-watched vote counting exercise that stretched for more than 40 hours. ****
BOM18 MH-COURT-TIGER SHROFF
**** Tiger Shroff firing case: MCOCA court remands 11 accused in police custody till Nov 6
Mumbai: A special MCOCA court here on Thursday remanded all eleven accused in the actor Tiger Shroff firing case in police custody till November 6. ****
BOM20 MH-COUNCIL POLLS-SHIV SENA-BJP
**** Rift in ruling Mahayuti as BJP blames ally Shiv Sena for Maharashtra MLC poll losses
Mumbai: Cracks surfaced in Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti bloc on Thursday as the BJP blamed ally Shiv Sena for the coalition’s poor showing in the Legislative Council elections, accusing it of non-cooperation and undermining the alliance.****
BOM15 MH-COUNCIL POLLS-BHUJBAL
**** MLC polls: Bhujbal says educated voters moving away from NCP, calls for introspection
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Thursday said the Legislative Council election results called for serious introspection by the ruling Mahayuti alliance and his own party. ****
BOM8 GJ-COURT-COW SLAUGHTER
**** Gujarat: Trio gets life sentence for cow slaughter, court cites Manusmriti on cow’s significance
Gandhinagar: A court in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district has sentenced three persons to life imprisonment in a cow slaughter case after they were found in possession of 277 kg of beef, citing Hindu scriptures to underscore the religious significance of the cow. ****
BOM19 MH-MALEGAON-BRIBERY
**** Malegaon civic chief, his PA, accountant arrested for Rs 80,000 bribery by ACB
Nashik: The commissioner of Malegaon Municipal Corporation in Nashik district and two others were arrested on Thursday for allegedly seeking and accepting a bribe of Rs 80,000 over bill payment for civic works, a Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau official said. ****
BOM14 MP-SPURIOUS LIQUOR-ARREST
**** MP: Congress leader’s son arrested for ‘supplying’ chemical to illicit liquor racket
Indore: Police probing claims that at least 10 persons died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district have arrested a Congress leader’s son for allegedly supplying a chemical to the kingpin of the bootleg racket, an official said on Thursday. ****
BOM9 MH-GAIKWAD-FARMERS
**** Nobody should attend funerals of farmers dying by suicide: MLA Sanjay Gaikwad
Buldhana: Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad has said that people should not attend the funerals of farmers who die by suicide, urging crop growers to support their families and not abandon them. ****
BOM11 MP-CYCLONE-RAIN
**** Cyclone Arnab effect: Drizzle, chill set in MP; 9 districts on alert for heavy rain, gusty winds
Bhopal: Drizzle and a chill swept large parts of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, with nine districts in the eastern part of the state likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by gusty winds of 40-50 kmph later in the day due to cyclone Arnab, an official said. ****
BES12 MH-LD MOB ATTACK-POLICE
**** Maharashtra: 6 cops injured as mob attacks police team with sticks, iron rods in Hingoli village
Hingoli: Six cops were injured after a mob allegedly threw chilli powder and attacked a police team that had arrived at Palshi village in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district on Thursday to arrest a burglary suspect, officials said. ****
BES7 GA-SHOPS-LD FIRE
**** Vasco market fire under control, govt to compensate affected traders: Goa CM
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said the massive fire at a key market in the port town of Vasco was fully under control and assured financial compensation to those affected by the blaze that gutted more than 150 shops.
(PTI News)
