Mumbai, Oct 19 Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM17 MH-TIGER SHROFF-ACCUSED-CM
**** 3 held in Rajasthan in Tiger Shroff firing case, says CM; lauds Mumbai police’s ‘great speed’
Mumbai: Three persons have been held in Rajasthan in connection with the firing on actor Tiger Shroff, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday. ****
BOM3 MH-TIGER SHROFF-SHINDE
**** Tiger Shroff firing: Bullets would be answered with bullets, says Maharashtra Dy CM Shinde
Mumbai: In the wake of firing at Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff’s car, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said “bullets would be answered with bullets” and warned that the government would not tolerate gang wars in Mumbai. ****
BOM12 MH-HC-IMRAN KHAN-PLEA
**** HC to hear on October 26 plea filed by actor Imran Khan against ‘Leave India’ order
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court will hear on October 26 the petition filed by actor Imran Khan, a US citizen, challenging a police notice directing him to leave India by October 28 for attending a political protest. ****
LGB1 MH-HC-PROTESTS
**** Peaceful protest is fundamental right, but protesters’ credentials must be weighed: HC
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that while peaceful demonstration is a fundamental right, factors like a protestor’s credentials and public inconvenience must be weighed before issuing blanket orders restricting police action. ****
BOM18 MH-TIGER SHROFF FIRING-INJURED MAN
**** Tiger Shroff firing: Injured bystander hemodynamically stable, being treated at KEM Hospital
Mumbai: A bystander identified as Umesh Chauhan, who sustained a bullet injury when assailants opened fire at actor Tiger Shroff’s car in Mumbai, is currently “hemodynamically stable” and under close medical observation, KEM Hospital authorities said on Monday. ****
BOM16 MH-HOTEL-LD FIRE
**** Fire breaks out at hotel in Mumbai’s Kohinoor Square high-rise; no casualty reported
Mumbai: A fire broke out in the kitchen of a hotel at the 50-storey Kohinoor Square building in Mumbai’s Dadar area on Monday morning, officials said. ****
BOM14 MP-GWALIOR-ACCIDENT-PROBE
**** Gwalior temple crash: Police probe drunk driving, Google Maps angles
Gwalior: A day after 15 devotees were killed near a temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior, the police are probing if the driver was under the influence of alcohol or had taken a Google Maps shortcut when he crashed his truck into a crowd, an official said on Monday. ****
BOM15 MH-TIGER SHROFF-FIRING-RAUT
**** Tiger Shroff firing case: Raut slams Fadnavis govt on law and order; calls for regime change
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday raised the “regime change” slogan of the Opposition while slamming Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who handles the Home portfolio, over what he claimed was a spate of shootings, murders, extortion and kidnappings in the state. ****
BOM4 MH-CONG LEADER-RAHUL
**** Cong says ex-MLA pressured to join BJP, refused after Rahul Gandhi’s intervention
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress has alleged that its former MLA Rahul Bondre was pressured to join the ruling BJP and was being targeted with police notices concerning his educational institution after deciding against switching sides. ****
BOM13 MH-PROFESSOR-MISCONDUCT
**** Nagpur Symbiosis professor placed on leave for sending ‘inappropriate’ messages to ex-student
Nagpur: Symbiosis University has placed a professor from its Nagpur campus on forced leave following allegations that he sent inappropriate messages to a former female student and asked her to follow Islamic religious practices, a senior official from the institution said on Monday. ****
LGB2 GA-HC-CJP PROTESTERS
**** Goa CJP protest case: HC takes medical reports of six activists on record
Panaji: The Bombay High Court on Monday took on record the medical reports of six out of seven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters detained by the Goa police during an anti-CEC demonstration last week. ****
BES6 GJ-SANGHAVI-JAPAN INDUSTRY
**** Gujarat Deputy CM holds investment talks with Japanese industrialists in Osaka
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi held a roundtable meeting with Japanese industrialists and investors in Osaka on Monday and conducted 11 one-on-one meetings to explore investment opportunities in various sectors.
(PTI News)
