NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, May 7 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 5 PM.
    
    BOM27 MH-INDIA-STRIKE-LD PAHALGAM SURVIVORS

* My father would be at peace, expect more such action: son of Pahalgam victim

    Mumbai: Harshal Lele, who lost his father and two uncles in the Pahalgam terror attack, expressed a sense of closure after Indian armed forces carried out Operation Sindoor against terrorist bases in Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday. *

    BOM32 CG-NAXAL-LD ENCOUNTER

* Operation Sankalp: 22 Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh



Bijapur: Twenty-two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces on Wednesday in the forests of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district bordering Telangana during Operation Sankalp, a massive counter-insurgency initiative, a senior police official said. *
    
    BOM33 MH-DRILLS-CSMT

* Mumbai: Mock drills conducted at CSMT and other railway stations


Mumbai: A civil defence team from Central Railway on Wednesday conducted a mock drill at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, one of the busiest stations and the site of the 26/11 terrorist attack, to test the preparedness of security forces in case of an emergency. *
    BOM34 AVI-INDIGO-FLIGHT
* Flight from Chandigarh makes emergency landing at Mumbai airport over ‘bomb threat’


Mumbai: An IndiGo flight from Chandigarh made an emergency landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport following a “bomb threat”, police said on Wednesday. *

    BOM29 MH-INDIA-STRIKE-2NDLD SHARAD PAWAR

    * Sharad Pawar hails Operation Sindoor, speaks to PM Modi, Rajnath and assures support


    Pune: Hailing Operation Sindoor, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said no country could be a mute spectator in the aftermath of a terror attack, and now a message has gone out in the world that "India is aggressive". *
    BES7 MH-LD MITHI SCAM-ARREST

* Two arrested in Mithi river desilting scam'<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mumbai: Two persons, alleged middlemen, have been arrested in the Rs 65 crore Mithi river desilting contractscam', the police said on Wednesday. *

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)