Mumbai, Oct 13 Top stories from western region at 5 pm.
BOM17 MH-PROTEST-LD DIPKE
**** Is waving tricolour a crime in India, asks Dipke; dubs CJP leaders’ detention in Delhi ‘kidnapping’
Hingoli (Maharashtra): Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday claimed that three leaders of CJP who went to Jantar Mantar and “unfurled” the tricolour are being illegally detained by Delhi Police, which he said amounts to “kidnapping”. ****
BOM6 CG-RAHUL-RAVI KISHAN
**** Rahul Gandhi has ‘lost mental balance’, Cong disrupting public life in Delhi: BJP MP Ravi Kishan
Raipur: BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Tuesday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had “lost his mental balance”, claiming that videos of a protest in Delhi showed him hitting his own party workers during the Opposition’s agitation. ****
BOM14 MH-HC-PROTESTS-PIL
**** Bombay HC declines blanket protection against police detention for anti-CEC protesters
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to pass blanket orders against police detentions of people protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, while assuring that it would take action if specific illegalities are brought before it. ****
BOM7 MH-HC-CONVERSION
**** Insisting on conversion not insult to religious beliefs: Bombay HC
Nagpur: The Bombay High Court has held that insisting on someone’s conversion does not amount to insulting the religious beliefs of any class, and quashed a case against four persons accused of coercing a couple to convert to Christianity. ****
BOM10 GJ-CIVIC POLLS-RESULTS
**** Gujarat civic polls: BJP retains power in Gandhinagar, 2 other urban local bodies
Ahmedabad: The BJP on Tuesday swept the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) polls, winning 38 of the 44 seats, and also retained power in the Thara and Okha municipalities in Gujarat, according to results declared by the State Election Commission.
(PTI News)
