Mumbai, Sep 23 Top stories from western region at 5 pm.
BOM31 MH-IIT-LD SUICIDE
**** IIT Bombay sets up panel to probe student’s suicide, Doolla sent on leave
Mumbai/New Delhi: IIT Bombay on Wednesday set up a 10-member high-level committee to probe the circumstances surrounding the alleged suicide of B Tech student Sahil Wakode, an official said. ****
BOM28 MH-EC-LD UDDHAV
**** Gyanesh Kumar should be jailed; hold repolls in Maharashtra, WB and TN with ballot papers: Uddhav
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday demanded that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar be sacked and jailed for “murdering” democracy, citing reports of differences emerging within the Election Commission. ****
BOM13 MH-EC-LD SULE
**** NCP (SP) seeks all-party meet after report on differences in poll panel
Mumbai: The Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) on Wednesday called for an immediate all-party meeting to discuss reports of differences emerging within the Election Commission, saying the issue concerns the constitutional rights of every citizen and should not be treated as a political matter. ****
BOM26 CG-CGPSC SCAM-LD ED CHARGESHEET
**** CGPSC scam: ED alleges Rs 45 lakh ‘CSR’ payment to ex-CGPSC chief for favouring businessman’s kin
Raipur: The ED has claimed that arrested former Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) chairman Taman Singh Sonwani received Rs 45 lakh through an institution controlled by him in return for favouring a businessman’s son and daughter-in-law in the 2021 state service examination. ****
BOM23 MH-MARATHWADA-LD FADNAVIS
**** Situation in Latur, Dharashiv ‘extremely serious’ due to scanty rains, says Fadnavis; assures help
Latur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday described the drought-like situation in Latur and Dharashiv as “extremely serious”, saying the two districts received only around 50 per cent of normal rainfall this year, and assured government’s “all possible assistance” to the affected farmers.
(PTI News)
