Mumbai, Oct 14 Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM19 MH-DROUGHT-LD FADNAVIS
**** 85 pc of Maharashtra declared drought-hit; farmers to get Rs 5,000 aid before Diwali
Mumbai: Over 85 per cent of Maharashtra’s talukas have been declared drought-hit after the state government added 40 more regions to the list, taking the total affected sub-divisions to 305 out of 358, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday. ****
BOM4 MH-BUILDING-FIRE
**** Two women dead after fire breaks out in multi-storey Palghar building
Palghar: Two women died and six other persons were rushed to hospital after a massive fire broke out in a 14-storey building in Maharashtra’s Palghar district around midnight on Wednesday, officials said. ****
BOM13 MH-CJP-LD DIPKE
**** Centre imposing ‘unofficial emergency’, alleges Dipke after 2 CJP leaders sent to jail
Nagpur: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government was imposing an “unofficial emergency” after two CJP leaders were sent to five-day judicial custody for allegedly trespassing into Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. ****
BOM17 MH-CJP-AADITYA
**** Aaditya backs CJP leaders, says fight to reclaim democracy will continue
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday threw his weight behind the Cockroach Janta Party after two of its leaders were sent to judicial custody, saying the fight between the current regime and “patriotic young Indians” would continue until democracy is reclaimed. ****
BOM14 MP-LOKAYUTA-COP-RAID
**** Lokayukta raids head constable’s premises in MP, finds over Rs 6 crore assets
Indore: The Lokayukta police on Wednesday raided 15 premises linked to a head constable in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore and Dewas districts and unearthed assets of Rs 6.27 crore, more than three times his known sources of income, an official said. ****
BOM18 MH-RAPE-ARREST
**** Social media influencer held after woman accuses him of rape, forced religious conversion
Palghar: Police have arrested a gym trainer and social media influencer at Nalasopara in Maharashtra’s Palghar district after a 23-year-old woman accused him of rape and forced religious conversion, officials said on Wednesday. ****
BOM11 MH-HIGHWAY-AGITATION
**** Farmers’ stir hits Mumbai-Bengaluru highway traffic; Google Maps told to mark stretch closed
Pune: Vehicular traffic on the busy Mumbai-Bengaluru National Highway was disrupted on Wednesday due to a farmers’ protest on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border, prompting police to advise commuters to avoid the route and request Google Maps to mark the affected stretch as closed. ****
BOM12 MH-BEST BUS-ACCIDENT
**** Four persons injured as tanker crashes into BEST bus in Mumbai
Mumbai: Four passengers were injured after a tanker rammed into a BEST bus on a highway in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, police said. ****
BES5 MP-POLICEMAN-SUSPENSION
**** MP cop suspended, probe ordered after his video of ‘abusing’ tribal students goes viral
Bhopal: An in-charge of a police station in Bhopal was suspended on Wednesday for allegedly passing offensive remarks and abusing tribal students during their protest here, an official said.
(PTI News)
