NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, May 1 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.





BOM2 MH-BUILDING COLLAPSE-TOLL
* Maha building collapse: 2 more bodies recovered, toll rises to 8

Thane: Two more bodies were recovered on Monday from the debris of a two-storey building which collapsed in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, raising the death toll to eight, officials said. *





BOM7 CG-SAI-LD CONGRESS
* Chhattisgarh: Tribal leader Nand Sai joins Congress after quitting BJP


Raipur: A day after resigning from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), veteran tribal leader Nand Kumar Sai on Monday joined the ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh where the Assembly polls due this year-end. *





BOM10 GJ-MANN KI BAAT-AAP LEADER
* Case against AAP Gujarat chief for claiming Rs 830 cr spent on 'Mann Ki Baat'

Ahmedabad: Police have registered a case against Aam Aadmi Party's Gujarat president Isudan Gadhvi for allegedly claiming through a tweet that the Centre has so far spent Rs 830 crore of the taxpayers' money on 100 episodes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme, an official said on Monday. *


BOM9 MH-RAHMAN-CONCERT
* Police stop A R Rahman's Pune concert citing 10 pm deadline

Pune: Police stopped a concert of Oscar-winning musician A R Rahman in Maharashtra's Pune city as it went on after the 10 pm deadline, an official said on Monday. *





BOM4 MH-MAHARASHTRA DAY
* Tributes paid to martyrs on Maharashtra Day

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday paid tributes to martyrs of the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the state’s formation. *





BOM8 GJ-FOUNDATION DAY
* CM Patel greets people on Gujarat Foundation Day; skips official function

Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel extended good wishes to people on the occasion of the Gujarat Foundation Day on Monday, but could not attend the state-level programme in Jamnagar due to his son's ill health. *




BOM6 MH-NCB-DRUGS-SEIZURE
* Mumbai NCB busts inter-state drug racket, mephedrone worth Rs 4.5 cr seized

Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal unit has busted an inter-state drug syndicate and seized mephedrone worth Rs 4.5 crore from neighbouring Thane district in Maharashtra, an NCB official on Monday. *




BOM1 MH-FIRE-SHOPS
* Fire, explosion at 3 shops in Pune; 2 persons injured

Pune: Two persons were injured after a fire broke out and caused explosions at three shops located in a two-storey building in Maharashtra's Pune city in the wee hours of Monday, fire officials said. *




BOM3 DD-FIRE-FACTORY
* 3 injured in fire at yarn manufacturing factory in Daman

Daman: Three workers were injured after a fire broke out at a polyester yarn manufacturing unit in Daman Union Territory, a fire official said Monday. *



BES7 MP-WOMEN-SCHEME
* More than 1.25 crore women register for MP govt's 'Ladli Behna' scheme

Bhopal: More than 1.25 crore women have registered themselves for benefits under the Madhya Pradesh government's flagship 'Ladli Behna' scheme, an official said on Monday. *

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