Mumbai, Jun 5 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM20 CG-NAXAL-LD ENCOUNTER
Senior Maoist leader killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattsigarh Bijapur: A senior Maoist leader carrying Rs 40 lakh bounty was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, official sources said.
BOM18 MH-LD SAMRUDDHI EXPRESSWAY
Samruddhi Expressway corridor of Maharashtra's prosperity: Fadnavis Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday inaugurated the final 76-km-long stretch of the Samruddhi Mahamarg, making the entire 701-km Mumbai-Nagpur corridor fully functional and bringing down the travel time between the two cities to 8 hours from around 18 hours.
BOM17 MP-ACCIDENT-TRUCK
7 killed, 3 injured as truck topples on auto-rickshaw in MP Rewa (MP): Seven persons were killed and three others injured when a truck overturned and crushed an auto-rickshaw in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district on Thursday, police said.
BOM11 MH-LD SENA (UBT)-MNS
Thackeray cousins should talk to each other: Amit Thackeray on possibility of alliance Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Amit Thackeray on Thursday said alliances do not happen by talking in the media and asserted that Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray should talk to each other for any possibility of a tie-up.
BOM7 MH-SULE-NCP-MERGER
No discussion or proposal on merger of NCP factions: Sule Mumbai: NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule on Thursday said there has been no discussion or proposal on the two rival Nationalist Congress Party factions coming together.
BOM19 MP-SCINDIA-RAHUL
Scindia slams Rahul for 'langde ghode' comment; says PM coined term 'divyangjan' for PwDs Gwalior: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for using a term allegedly demeaning to people with disabilities (PwDs) and reminded him of how Prime Minister Narendra Modi had coined the word 'divyangjan' for them.
BOM15 MP-LD ARMY OFFICER
Army officer who went missing from MP's Sagar found in UP hotel; reunited with family Sagar (MP): Three days after an Army officer went missing from Sagar town in Madhya Pradesh, he was found at a hotel in Lalitpur city in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh on Thursday after his location was traced on the basis of his ATM transaction, a police official said.
BOM9 MH-ACCIDENT
Five family members among six killed as car rams into house in Nashik; one injured Nashik: Six persons, including five members of a family, were killed and another one was seriously injured as the car they were travelling in rammed into a roadside house in Nashik district of Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.
BOM4 MH-DRUG-SEIZURE
3 women held with Rs 8.6 crore hydroponic weed at Mumbai airport Mumbai: The Mumbai Customs has arrested three women passengers carrying hydroponic weed valued at Rs 8.6 crore at the international airport here, officials said on Thursday.
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