Mumbai, Oct 28 Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM6 GA-NABIN-BUSINESS
**** India emerging as manufacturing hub, Make in India boosting mobile production: Nitin Nabin
Panaji: India is emerging as a global manufacturing centre, with the ‘Make in India’ initiative and skill development helping the country expand its industrial capabilities, BJP president Nitin Nabin said on Wednesday, highlighting the growth in mobile phone manufacturing. ****
BOM5 GA-NABIN-YOUTH
**** No need to divide youth into Gen Z, Gen Alpha categories: BJP chief Nitin Nabin
Panaji: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday said there was no need to differentiate young people as Gen Z, Gen Alpha or other generations, asserting that anyone driven to bring change through hard work and perseverance should be considered young. ****
BOM10 MH-CONTEMPT-RAUT
**** Contempt plea: Will remain present in SC on Nov 17, says Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said he will remain present in the Supreme Court as directed in a matter related to contempt proceedings over remarks concerning Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and the judiciary. ****
BOM9 MH-POWER PLANT-CONG
**** New power project in Maharashtra meant to benefit industrialist, not development: Congress
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Wednesday alleged that the Torrent Power project in Raigad district would cause extensive environmental damage and was intended to benefit an industrialist rather than promote development. ****
BOM7 MH-COUNCIL POLLS-TRENDS
**** Maharashtra Council polls: Mahayuti ahead in 3 seats, Oppn NCP (SP) leads in 2
Nagpur/Pune: The BJP-led ruling Mahayuti was leading in three seats while the Opposition NCP (SP) was ahead in two seats as counting was underway on Wednesday for elections to five constituencies in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, officials said. ****
BOM11 MP-SPURIOUS LIQUOR-LD AI
**** MP bootleg racket used AI to brew spurious liquor: Police
Indore: Police have busted a racket in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district that allegedly used Artificial Intelligence to learn how to prepare home-brewed spurious liquor using chemicals, leading to a tragedy that has claimed an unspecified number of lives, with villagers claiming the death toll to be around 10. ****
BOM3 MH-PURNEKAR-LD PROTEST
**** Slain Sena (UBT) leader’s supporters block Thane road; commuters hit, many walk back home
Thane: Hundreds of supporters of slain Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar blocked Thane’s arterial Ghodbunder Road and burnt tyres, causing a huge traffic jam overnight, stranding commuters for hours and forcing many to walk several kilometres to reach home. ****
BOM8 MH-PURNEKAR-SARNAIK
**** Purnekar murder: Meenakshi Shinde should step down till probe completion, says Sarnaik
Thane: Maharashtra minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik said on Wednesday that his party colleague and Thane ex-mayor Meenakshi Shinde should step down till the completion of the probe into the murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar. ****
BES7 GJ-BOMB THREATS-PAK
**** Bomb threats in Ahmedabad: Probe points to email accounts operated from Bangladesh, Pak
Ahmedabad: Preliminary probe into two recent cases of hoax bomb threats to various locations in Ahmedabad including Narendra Modi Stadium has indicated that the email accounts used by the senders were operated from Bangladesh and Pakistan, officials said.
(PTI News)
