Mumbai, Mar 9 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM11 MH-WATER TANK-DEATHS
Five labourers suffocate to death while cleaning water tank at Mumbai under-construction building Mumbai: Five labourers suffocated to death while cleaning a water tank in an under-construction building in south Mumbai on Sunday, officials said.
BOM12 MH -2ND LD FIRE-GAS PIPELINE
3 injured as leaking gas pipeline catches fire in Mumbai Mumbai: Three persons suffered burn injuries after a leaking gas pipeline caught fire on a road in Mumbai's Andheri area early on Sunday, an official said.
BOM8 MH-ANTI-INDIA-SLOGAN
Anti-India slogan row: Accused teen attended madrasa, had no interest in cricket, claims family Mumbai: Weeks after a 15-year-old boy and his family were booked over anti-India slogans during a cricket match in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district, they have claimed that the teen attended a madrasa for studies and wasn't interested in playing the sport or watching matches.
BOM6 GJ-ACCIDENT-MOTORBIKES
Four killed in collision between two motorcycles in Gujarat Sabarkantha (Gujarat): Four persons were killed after two motorcycles collided near Gujarat-Rajasthan border in Sabarkantha district on Sunday morning, police said.
BOM10 MH-LD AADITYA-MUMBAI
Aaditya accuses BJP govt of undermining Mumbai's economic importance Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday accused the Maharashtra government of favouring the Adani Group in projects like redevelopment of Dharavi in Mumbai and systematically undermining the city's economic prominence.
BES6 MH-EBUS-BEST-TRAINING
Seven years after induction of first e-bus, BEST begins driver training for them at own facility Mumbai: More than seven years after inducting its first electric bus, the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport undertaking has started training drivers at Dindoshi centre in north Mumbai for the changes in technology the vehicles come with, an official said on Sunday.
BES7 MP-BUDGET-SESSION
MP assembly's budget session to begin on Monday; Cong to hold protest over farmers' issues Bhopal: The budget session of the Madhya Pradesh assembly will begin on Monday amid calls for protest by the Congress over issues related to farmers.
BOM7 MH-WAQF-SENA (UBT)
Centre wants to set 'Hindu-Muslim' narrative via Waqf amendments: Sena (UBT) MP Mumbai: The Centre's intentions to amend the Waqf Act are not good and it wants to set a "Hindu-Muslim narrative" in the country through it, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant has claimed.
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