Mumbai, Feb 20 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM19 GJ-BUDGET
Gujarat govt presents Rs 3.70 lakh crore budget for FY26; no new tax proposed Gandhinagar: Gujarat Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai on Thursday presented a Rs 3.70 lakh crore budget for the state for the financial year 2025-26, giving tax reliefs of Rs 148 crore.
BOM16 MH-COURT-KOKATE
Maharashtra minister Kokate gets two years jail in 30-year-old cheating-forgery case, gets bail Nashik: A court in Nashik in Maharashtra on Thursday sentenced state agriculture minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate to two years in jail and fined him Rs 50,000 in a 30-year-old case of cheating and submitting fake documents to get flats under government quota.
BOM13 CG-NAXAL-MURDER
Naxalites kill two men on suspicion of being informers in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada Dantewada: Naxalites have killed two men after accusing them of being police informers in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said on Thursday.
BOM7 MH-FLIGHT-EMERGENCY LANDING
Dubai-bound Biman Bangladesh flight makes emergency landing at Nagpur airport Nagpur: A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dhaka to Dubai with 396 passengers and 12 crew members on board made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport in Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday.
BOM18 MH-SHINDE-LD THREAT
Mumbai police receives threat to blow up Deputy CM Shinde's car; probe on Mumbai: Mumbai police on Thursday received mails threatening to blow up Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's car, an official said.
BOM5 MP-ACCIDENT-CAR
3 killed, 2 injured as car rams into lorry in MP's Bhind Bhind (MP): Three men were killed and two others seriously injured when a car they were travelling in crashed into a stationary lorry in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district on Thursday morning, police said.
BES4 MH-LD NURSES-STRIKE
Nurses at govt hospitals in Maharashtra go on one-day strike Mumbai: Nurses of various government hospitals in Maharashtra went on a one-day strike on Thursday to press for their various demands, including promotions and filling up of vacant posts.
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