Mumbai Apr 7 PTI Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.

    BOM7 MH-VIRUS-2ND LD STOCK
Inoculation centres being closed due to dose shortage: Tope
    Mumbai: Many inoculation centres in Maharashtra are
being shut due to the shortage of coronavirus vaccine, Health
Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday, adding the state now
has 14 lakh doses which would last just three days.
    BOM1 MH-NIA-SINGH
Ambani security scare: Param Bir Singh appears before NIA
    Mumbai: Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir
Singh appeared before the NIA here on Wednesday to record his
statement in connection with the case of an explosives-laden
SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence, an
official said.
    BOM12 MH-COURT-WAZE-REMAND
Ambani security scare: Waze's NIA custody extended till Apr 9
    Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Wednesday extended the NIA
custody ofsuspended Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze till
April 9 in the case of an explosives-laden SUV found near
industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence and the death of
businessman Mansukh Hiran.
    BOM13 MH-WAZE-MUMBAI POLICE REPORT
Waze posted in CIU at Param Bir Singh's behest: Mumbai police
    Mumbai: Controversial police officer Sachin Waze, now
suspended, was reinstated in the Crime Intelligence Unit in
June last year on the insistence of then Mumbai police
commissioner Param Bir Singh despite the strong objection
raised by then Joint CP (crime), as per a report submitted by
the Mumbai Police to the state Home department.
    BOM8 MH-COURT-WAZE-CBI
CBI seeks NIA court's nod to question suspended cop Waze
    Mumbai: The CBI on Wednesday approached a special NIA
court here seeking permission to question suspended police
officer Sachin Waze in connection with its preliminary enquiry
into the allegations of corruption against former Maharashtra
Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
    BOM9 CG-JAWAN-PHOTOGRAPH
Chhattisgarh: Pic of abducted jawan surfaces on social media
    Bijapur: A photograph of Rakeshwar Singh Manhas
sitting in a hut is purportedly released by Naxals who
abducted the CoBRA commando after the fierce gun battle in the
Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on April 3 in which 22 security
personnel lost their lives.
    BOM15 MH-VACCINE-MUMBAI
COVID-19 vaccine stock in Mumbai about to get over: Mayor
    Mumbai: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Wednesday
claimed the metropolis, which is witnessing a surge in
coronavirus cases, is running out of vaccine doses and
demanded that the Centre step up supplies immediately.
    BOM14 GJ-TERROR-ISI-ARREST
Pak-linked ISI terror module busted in Gujarat; 3 held
    Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad crime branch on Wednesday
arrested three persons for allegedly setting ablaze seven
shops here as part of a larger conspiracy of Pakistan's spy
agency ISI to spread terror by luring unsuspecting petty
criminals in need of money, officials said.
    BOM6 MH-VIRUS-CREMATION
Maharashtra: 8 bodies of COVID-19 victims cremated on one pyre
    Aurangabad: Eight bodies of COVID-19 victims were
cremated on one pyre due to shortage of space at a makeshift
crematorium in Maharashtra's Beed district, a civic official
said on Wednesday.
    BOM3 MP-VIRUS-BUSES
MP suspends bus operations with Chhattisgarh till April 15
    Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday
suspended bus operations with Chhattisgarh till April 15 in
the wake of a rise in COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring
state.
    BOM10 MP-VIRUS-REMDESIVIR
MP govt to procure Remdesivir injections for poor patients: CM
    Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to
procure Remdesivir injections so that they could be provided
free of cost for the treatment of critical COVID-19 patients
from the economically weaker sections, Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday.
    BOM4 MH-PAWAR-VACCINE
Sharad Pawar gets second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
    Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar received the second
dose of vaccine against COVID-19 at his residence here on
Wednesday, on the occasion of the World Health Day.
    BES7 GA-VIRUS-CM
No lockdown in Goa, move will disrupt economic activities: CM
    Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday
reiterated that the coastal state will not go for a lockdown,
as the move will disrupt the economic activities. PTI
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