NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, Sep 10 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.


BOM7 MH-BAWANKULE SON-ACCIDENT-LD ARREST
* Driver arrested after crash involving car owned by BJP leader Bawankule's son



Nagpur: Police have arrested the driver of a luxury car, owned by Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule's son Sanket, after it hit several vehicles in Nagpur city, an official said on Tuesday. *









BOM5 MH-BAWANKULE SON-ACCIDENT-LD RAUT

* Fadnavis ineligible to head home dept: Raut on accident involving BJP leader son's car




Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said Devendra Fadnavis was not eligible to head the Maharashtra home department, an attack coming a day after an accident involving a luxury car owned by state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule's son. *


BOM8 MH-JARANGE-PROTEST

* Maratha quota: Jarange to launch indefinite fast on Sep 16 midnight




Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday announced to launch an indefinite fast from September 16 midnight to press for the Maratha reservation demand. *















BOM6 MH-CM-SCHEMES-CAMPAIGN

* CM Shinde launches campaign to raise awareness on 10 govt schemes




Mumbai: Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has launched a campaign to create awareness on 10 schemes of his Mahayuti government catering to the youth, women, farmers and elderly people. *











BOM12 MP-CHOUHAN-RAHUL

* Rahul Gandhi frustrated: Chouhan on Cong leader's comments in US




Bhopal: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday hit out at Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the US, saying the Congress leader has started criticising the country as he is frustrated due to his party's three consecutive defeats in the Lok Sabha polls. *




















BOM11 GJ-STATUE-FIR

* Social media post claims cracks appearing on Statue of Unity; FIR registered





Kevadia (Gujarat): The police have registered a case against an unidentified person after a post on social media platform X claimed that "cracks" have started appearing on the Statue of Unity in Gujarat and it can "fall anytime", an official said on Tuesday. *













BOM10 MH-BUS-FIRE

* Bus catches fire on highway in Maharashtra; passengers escape unhurt



Mumbai: Thirty passengers travelling in an air-conditioned bus had a narrow escape when it caught fire on Pune-Satara highway in Maharashtra on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. *













BES8 MH-RAINS-GONDIA

* Two killed in house collapse, roads inundated amid heavy rains in Gondia



Gondia: Two persons were killed after a two-storey house collapsed amid heavy rainfall in Maharashtra's Gondia district in the wee hours of Tuesday, an official said. *

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