Mumbai, Feb 7 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM14 MH-RAHUL-FADNAVIS Sensing Cong rout in Delhi polls, Rahul doing 'cover firing': Fadnavis on voter list claim Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday rejected Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's allegation of irregularities in the state voter list, saying the claim stems from his party's imminent defeat in the Delhi assembly polls.
BOM9 MP-LD-ACCIDENT
6 killed, 16 injured in road accident at Mhow in MP's Indore district Mhow (MP): Six persons, among them two women, were killed and 16 sustained injuries in an accident involving a two-wheeler, a private minibus and a trailer truck in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Friday morning, police said.
BOM15 MH-FADNAVIS-INVESTMENTS
Of total MoUs inked at WEF, investments worth Rs 5 lakh cr focussed on Vidarbha: Fadnavis Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said out of more than Rs 15 lakh crore worth of investment proposals for the state signed at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, memoranda of understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 5 lakh crore were for Vidarbha alone.
BOM10 MH-JINDAL
Sajjan Jindal announces Rs 1 lakh crore investment for mega steel plant in Gadchiroli Nagpur: Chairman of JSW Group Sajjan Jindal announced on Friday the investment of Rs 1 lakh crore in the next seven to eight years for a 25 million tonne steel plant in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district.
BOM7 CG-NAXAL-MURDER
Naxalites kill panchayat poll candidate in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district Dantewada: Naxalites killed a former sarpanch (village head) who was contesting the upcoming panchayat elections in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said on Friday.
BOM8 MH-NCB-DRUG HAUL
NCB seizes drugs worth Rs 200 crore in Navi Mumbai, four held Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau has exposed a drug syndicate and seized various banned substances worth about Rs 200 crore from Navi Mumbai after arresting four persons, an official said on Friday.
BOM12 MH-SAMANT-SENA (UBT)
Many Sena (UBT) leaders in touch with us, will join Shiv Sena in phases: Uday Samant Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant on Friday claimed that many leaders from the opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) were in touch with the Shiv Sena and would be inducted into the rival fold in phases.
BOM16 MH-EX-MLC-ARREST
Ex-Congress MLC held for embezzling Rs 97.4 cr from co-op bank in Sambhajinagar Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A former Congress MLC was arrested here on Friday for allegedly misappropriating funds of Rs 97.4 crore from a cooperative bank, police said.
BOM6 MP-MOTORCYCLE-ACCIDENT
Four killed as their bike plunges into well in MP’s Dhar district Dhar (MP): Four young men were killed when their motorcycle fell into a well while negotiating a blind turn in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, a police official said on Friday.
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