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Mumbai, Apr 20 (PTI) Top stories from western region at 5 pm.
    
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* Cong a vine, sucks dry those who support it; 2024 polls about making India a developed nation: Modi

Nanded/Parbhani: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dubbed the Congress a vine which has no roots or branches and sucks dry those who support it, and asked people to be wary of the opposition alliance in realising the goals of 'Viksit Bharat' and 'Viksit Maharashtra'. *
    
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* MVA will win over 50 pc seats in Maharashtra in LS polls: Pawar

    Ahmednagar: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra will win more than 50 per cent of the Lok Sabha seats in the state. *

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    * Centre aims to make India attractive destination for manufacturing, services: Sitharaman

Ahmedabad: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Centre has tailored policies to make India an attractive destination for manufacturing and services, and the aim was to produce not just for the domestic market but for exports as well. *
    
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* TISS suspends PhD student for 'activities not in interest of nation'; he says will appeal


Mumbai: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has suspended a PhD student for two years for indulging in activities which are "not in the interest of the nation" and referred to instances like him participating in a protest in Delhi under the PSF-TISS banner. *
    
    
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* MP: 21 police and Home Guard jawans injured as bus carrying them after poll duty overturns

Betul (MP): Twenty-one police and Home Guard personnel were injured when the bus carrying them overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district in the wee hours of Saturday, an official said. *

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