NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, Aug 7 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.







BOM17 MH-HC-PIGEONS

* Didn't order closure of Kabutarkhanas', says Bombay HC,but people's health is important'



Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it had not passed any order directing the closure of `Kabutarkhanas' (pigeon-feeding spots) in the city, but only refrained from staying the closure order of the municipal corporation. *









BOM16 GA-RAHUL-FADNAVIS
* CM Fadnavis rejects Rahul Gandhi's Maharashtra elections 'stolen' charge


Panaji: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday firmly rejected Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's allegation that the 2024 assembly polls in the western state, won with a decisive mandate by the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, were "stolen". *


BOM3 MH-COURT-EX-MLA-SENTENCE
* Cop assault case: Ex-MLA Harshvardhan Jadhav gets one-year imprisonment

Nagpur: A court here has sentenced former MLA Harshvardhan Raibhan Jadhav to one-year imprisonment in a 2014 case of assaulting a police officer. *





BOM7 MH-ACCIDENT-MINORS
* 4 minor boys killed, 2 injured after truck hits them in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli


Gadchiroli: Four minor boys were killed and two others suffered injuries after a truck knocked them down in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Thursday morning, police said. *




BOM14 MH-SHIVAJI FILM-CBFC-GOVT
* Maharashtra govt wants CBFC to re-look at certificate to 'Khalid Ka Shivaji', halt film release


Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has urged the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to direct the censor board to re-examine the clearance certificate issued to Marathi film 'Khalid Ka Shivaji' and halt its release, slated for August 8, till a decision is taken on its request. *





BOM18 MP-DHAM-DEATHS-LD COMMISSION

* Death toll in Kubereshwar Dham rises to 7; MP human rights panel seeks probe

Bhopal: The death toll in religious incidents at Kubereshwar Dham in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district earlier this week touched seven after two persons succumbed on Thursday, officials said.



BOM8 MP-GBS-PATIENTS

* 4 persons detected with Guillain-Barre Syndrome in MP's Mandsaur: Official


Mandsaur (MP): Four persons have been diagnosed with the Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare immunological nerve disorder, at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district, an official said on Thursday.





BOM4 MH-MIRCHI AIDE-ARREST
Iqbal Mirchi's associate held for demolishing and selling film theatre plot attached by ED


Mumbai: Police have arrested an associate of late drug smuggler Iqbal Mirchi for allegedly demolishing a movie theatre and trying to sell it for Rs 15 crore, even as the property was provisionally attached by the ED in a money laundering case, officials said on Thursday.






BOM9 MH-DRUG-PASSENGER
Passenger from Bangkok held with Rs 14.5 crore drugs at Mumbai airport


Mumbai: Customs sleuths have seized over 14 kg of hydroponic weed valued at Rs 14.5 crore concealed in the trolley bag of a passenger who arrived at the Mumbai airport from Bangkok, officials said on Thursday. *





BOM5 MH-WOMEN-ACCIDENT
* Hit-and-run: Unidentified vehicle mows down 2 women in Maharashtra's Parbhani


Chhatrapati Sambhjinagar: Two women out on morning walk were killed when an unidentified vehicle knocked them down in Maharashtra's Parbhani district on Thursday, police said. ***

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