NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, Jul 13 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.





BOM17 CG-MINISTER-RESIGN

* Chhattisgarh minister Premsai Singh Tekam resigns

Surajpur: Chhattisgarh School Education Minister Premsai Singh Tekam on Thursday said he had resigned from his post as asked by the ruling Congress party. *



BOM15 GJ-COURT-EX-MINISTER
* Former Gujarat minister Chaudhary gets 7-yr imprisonment in cheating case


Mehsana: A court in Mehsana on Thursday sentenced former Gujarat minister and Dudhsagar Dairy's ex-chairman Vipul Chaudhary to seven years' imprisonment in a case of cheating and causing a loss of Rs 22.5 crore to the dairy in 2014 by supplying cattle feed to Maharashtra without following proper procedures. *





BOM6 MH-HC-MALIK
* Money laundering: HC refuses bail to NCP leader Malik on medical grounds

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to grant bail on medical grounds to NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in connection with a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). *


BOM12 MP-PRESIDENT-LD VISIT
* President Murmu arrives in Gwalior, heads for Jai Vilas Palace

Bhopal: President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Gwalior on a daylong trip to Madhya Pradesh and headed for the Jai Vilas Palace here to visit the Jiwajirao Scindia Museum. *








BOM13 GJ-COURT-PM DEGREE-KEJRIWAL
* PM degree defamation case: Court asks AAP leaders to appear before it on July 26


Ahmedabad: A court here on Thursday directed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh to appear before it on July 26 in connection with a criminal defamation case over their "sarcastic" and "derogatory" statements with regard to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree. *






BOM37 MH-PATOLE-DEMAND
* Maha Congress chief seeks dismissal of Shinde govt and imposition of President's rule

Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Wednesday demanded dismissal of the Eknath Shinde-led government and imposition of the President's rule in the state, claiming that the administration has come to a standstill. *








BOM7 GJ-DALITS-MURDER
* Gujarat: 2 Dalit men killed over land dispute in Surendranagar

Surendranagar: Two Dalit men were killed allegedly by a group of persons belonging to an OBC community over a land dispute in Gujarat's Surendranagar district, police said on Thursday. *







BOM9 MH-BUS-ACCIDENT
* Maha: 3 persons injured as bus fall into ditch in Pune

Pune: Three passengers were injured after a state transport bus fell into a roadside ditch in Maharashtra's Pune district on Thursday morning, police said. *





BOM4 MH-TIGER-ATTACK

* Maha: 2 killed in tiger attack in Chandrapur; 12 deaths so far this year

Chandrapur: Two persons have been killed in tiger attack in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district in the last two days, a forest official said on Thursday. *

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