Mumbai, Jul 17 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM17 CG-ASSEMBLY-CONG-SUSPENSION
* 30 Cong MLAs suspended from Chhattisgarh assembly for day for ruckus over fertilizer supply
Raipur: Thirty Congress members were suspended from the Chhattisgarh legislative assembly for a day on Thursday after they created an uproar, accusing the state government of failing to ensure adequate supply of diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer. *
BOM19 MH-LD ACCIDENT-CAR
* Seven killed, two injured in car-motorbike collision in Nashik
Nashik: Three couples and a two-year-old boy were killed and two other persons injured when a car collided with a motorcycle in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Thursday. *
LGB1 MH-HC-CHILD ADOPTION
* No fundamental right of Indians to adopt US citizen child of relative: HC
Mumbai: An Indian does not have the fundamental right to adopt a child of American nationality even from among relatives when the child is neither "in need of care and protection" nor in "conflict with law", the Bombay High Court has said. *
BOM24 MH-SECURITY BILL-LD CONG
* Would have 'torn' it: CLP leader opposes security bill after its house nod without Cong protest
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress has sought an explanation from its legislature wing on the passage of a key security bill against Left-wing extremism with stringent provisions in the state assembly last week without any protest from the opposition party. *
BOM15 MH-HC-YOGI-FILM
* CBFC to decide in two days pleas seeking certification for film on UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Mumbai: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that it will decide in two days the applications filed by the makers of a movie purportedly based on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's life, seeking certification. *
BOM21 MH-LG SINHA-OWAISI
* J-K LG should resign as he has taken responsibility of Pahalgam attack: Owaisi
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that since Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has taken responsibility of security failure in the Pahalgam terror attack, he should resign from the post. *
BOM8 MP-HC-CHIEF JUSTICE
* Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva sworn in as Chief Justice of MP High Court
Bhopal: Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva took oath as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday. *
BOM23 MH-FIRE-CHURCHGATE STATION
* In 2nd such incident since June, food stall at Mumbai's Churchgate station catches fire
Mumbai: A food stall caught fire at the busy Churchgate suburban station of the Western Railway (WR) in Mumbai on Thursday morning, the second such incident in the premises in less than two months, officials said. *
BOM22 MH-BOMB THREATS-FIR
* Bomb threats to Mumbai-Ahmedabad flight, international airport: cops register FIR
Thane: Navi Mumbai police registered an FIR and started a probe in connection with calls received about a bomb on a Mumbai-Ahmedabad flight and a threat to blow up Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in the metropolis, an official said on Thursday. *