Mumbai, Nov 6 Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM6 MH-THREAT-HOAX
**** Threat of bomb blasts at Bombay HC, BSE, Bachchan’s bungalow; found to be hoax
Mumbai: Police were put on high alert on Friday after an email threatened bomb blasts at the Bombay High Court, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Mahalaxmi Racecourse and Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan’s residence ‘Jalsa’ here, but it turned out to be a hoax. ****
BOM5 MH-NCP MERGER-BUZZ
**** NCP merger buzz revives after Pawar-Patel hospital video and Tatkare’s remark on Ajit Pawar
Mumbai: Amid a viral video of Praful Patel visiting NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar at a hospital and discussing a possible meeting after November 10, ruling NCP’s Maharashtra president Sunil Tatkare said the merger of two factions would have happened in February this year if Ajit Pawar were alive. ****
BOM7 MH-PAWAR-SHINDE
**** Shinde visits Sharad Pawar in hospital, says he is ‘doing very well’, may be discharged on Sat
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday visited Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai and enquired about his health. ****
BOM3 MH-PAWAR-ADANI
**** Industrialist Gautam Adani visits Sharad Pawar in hospital
Mumbai: Industrialist Gautam Adani on Friday met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar at Breach Candy Hospital here. ****
BOM2 MH-PRAFUL PATEL-PAWAR
**** Political differences, not personal bitterness, with Sharad Pawar: Praful Patel
Mumbai: Senior NCP leader Praful Patel has said he continued to share cordial and family relations with NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar despite political differences, asserting that there was never any bitterness between them. ****
BOM4 MH-GOKUL DAIRY-RAJ
**** Gokul Dairy row: BJP resorting to ‘dirty tricks’, undermining democracy, says Raj Thackeray
Mumbai: MNS president Raj Thackeray on Friday accused the BJP of resorting to “dirty tricks” with its decision to appoint five additional directors to the board of Gokul Dairy, and said if the ruling party genuinely respected democracy, it would never have taken such a step. ****
BES12 GA-CEC-CONGRESS
**** Goa: Cong demands Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, alleges large-scale voter list manipulation
Panaji: Congress leader Yashomati Thakur on Friday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of functioning under the influence of the ruling establishment, alleging large-scale irregularities in electoral rolls. ****
BES8 MH-CUSTOMS-DRUGS
**** Hydroponic weed worth Rs 3.72 cr seized at Pune airport
Pune: Customs officials have seized 10.6 kg of hydroponic weed, estimated to be worth Rs 3.72 crore, from an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok at Pune International Airport, officials said.
(PTI News)
