NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, Mar 15 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.

BOM2 MH-PAWAR-FARMER SUICIDES

Farmer suicide figures in Maharashtra worrying; Centre should come up with policy, says Pawar Baramati: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Saturday expressed concerns about farmer suicides in Marathwada and Vidarbha and said the Centre should come up with a policy to help cultivators.

BOM8 MH-COURT-WOMEN-SC JUDGE

At least 30 pc law officers representing Centre, state governments must be women: Justice Nagarathna Mumbai: Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna on Saturday hailed the reservation for women in gram panchayats and asserted that at least 30 per cent of law officers representing the Union and state governments must be women.

BOM7 MP-RITUAL-BABY

MP: Baby's eyes damaged as tantrik hangs him upside down over fire during ritual Shivpuri (MP): An occultist's horrific 'exorcism' ritual left a six-month-old baby almost blinded in eyes after he was hung upside down over fire in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, setting police on the trail of the self-proclaimed tantrik.

BOM9 GJ-DEMOLITION-MOB VIOLENCE

Authorities demolish 'illegal' houses of accused involved in Ahmedabad mob violence Ahmedabad: Authorities on Saturday demolished "illegally constructed" houses of six out of 14 accused arrested for attacking commuters and rioting in Ahmedabad, police said.

BOM4 MH-URBAN NAXAL BILL-SULE

Bid to bring Rowlatt Act to suppress oppn: Sule on anti-urban naxalism bill; seeks review Mumbai, Mar 15 (PTI) NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule has equated the proposed law against urban naxalism in Maharashtra with the colonial Rowlatt Act, which she alleged might be misused against individuals or organisations critical of the government, effectively creating a police raj.

BOM6 MH-RAUT-SHINDE

Eknath Shinde wanted to join Congress in past, claims Sanjay Raut Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut claimed on Saturday that former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena head Eknath Shinde wanted to join the Congress in the past.

BOM5 CG-ED-BAGHEL

No ED summons to my son; probe agency created media hype, says ex-Chhattisgarh CM Baghel Bhilai/Raipur: Senior Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said his son hadn't received any notice from the Enforcement Directorate to appear before it in connection with an alleged liquor scam linked to a money laundering case in the state.

BES8 CG-NAXALS-ARREST

Ration supplier to key Maoist units, another Naxalite held in Chhattisgarh Sukma: A key supplier of ration to major Maoist formations and another Naxalite have been arrested from Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said on Saturday.

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