NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, Jun 5 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.





BOM9 CG-NAXAL-LD BLAST
* Chhattisgarh: 3 CRPF personnel injured in IED blast

Raipur: Three personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were on Monday injured when a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, officials said. *




BOM10 MH-CABINET EXPANSION-FADNAVIS
* Maharashtra cabinet expansion soon, says Fadnavis

Nagpur: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the state cabinet will be expanded soon and the timeline will be decided by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. *



BOM4 MH-SHINDE-POLLS
* Shiv Sena, BJP will contest all future elections jointly: Maha CM Shinde


Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest all future elections together, including civic polls. *







BOM8 MH-AJIT-CANDIDATES
* Winnability will be criterion while allocating tickets in NCP for LS polls: Ajit

Pune: Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Monday said "elective merit" will be taken into consideration while allocating tickets to candidates for the next Lok Sabha elections. *





BOM7 GJ-PAK-FISHERMEN-RELEASE
* 200 fishermen reach Gujarat after release from Pakistan jail

Vadodara: As many as 200 Indian fishermen released by Pakistan authorities reached Vadodara in Gujarat on Monday by a special train from Punjab, an official said. *





BOM5 MH-HC-SERUM INSTITUTE
* Content posted against Serum Institute of India prima facie defamatory: HC

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday said content posted by two individuals and their organisations against vaccine manufacturing major Serum Institute of India (SII) was "prima facie defamatory" and directed them to delete it. *









BOM11 CG-CHILDREN-THRASHED-VIDEO
* Chhattisgarh: Woman thrashes 2 kids at adoption centre; FIR sought

Kanker: A video showing a woman thrashing two children at an NGO-run adoption centre in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh has gone viral on social media, following which the district collector sought registration of a police case and also suspended the NGO from operating the facility, officials said on Monday. *







BOM3 MP-ACCIDENT-BUS

* 2 persons killed, 35 injured as bus overturns in MP

Shivpuri: Two persons were killed and 35 others injured when their bus overturned after a truck hit it in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Monday morning, a police official said. *



BES5 CG-TRACTOR-ACCIDENT
* Two killed after tractor transporting sand illegally overturns in Korba

Korba: Two persons were killed when a tractor-trolley they were using to transport sand illegally overturned in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said on Monday. *

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