NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, Nov 15 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.






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* Modi will amend Waqf Act despite opposition from Uddhav and Pawar: Shah


Yavatmal: Union minister Amit Shah on Friday said PM Narendra Modi will amend the Waqf Act despite opposition from leaders like Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar. *







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* Amit Shah dares Rahul Gandhi to laud Savarkar, Bal Thackeray


Hingoli: Union minister Amit Shah on Friday dared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to speak “nicely” about Veer Savarkar and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. *


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* BJP believes in free, fair elections: Amit Shah after poll officials check his chopper, bags


Mumbai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that election officials at Maharashtra’s Hingoli checked the helicopter ferrying him and his bags. *








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* Modi's poll rallies not getting response, Rahul meets crowd-pullers: Chennithala


Mumbai: Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Friday claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election rallies in the state were not getting any response compared to the meetings of party leader Rahul Gandhi. *







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* Fire in basement of Mumbai's BKC metro station hits services for over 2 hours; none injured



Mumbai: A fire broke out in the basement of the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) underground metro station in Mumbai on Friday afternoon, leading to suspension of rail services there for more than two hours as a precautionary measure, officials said. *







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Mahayuti masking poor report card in Maharashtra with 'batoge toh katoge' slogan: Pilot

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nov 15 (PTI) The BJP and its allies in the ruling Mahayuti have nothing to show in their report card in Maharashtra, which is why they are using rhetoric like "batoge toh katoge", Congress leader Sachin Pilot said on Friday. *










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People of Maharashtra will defeat BJP's language of hate: AAP leader Sanjay Singh

Nagpur: Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Friday said that the people of Maharashtra will defeat the language of hate used by the BJP in the run-up to the state assembly elections.






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No EC nod yet, MNS cancels its Shivaji Park rally



Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray said on Friday that he won’t hold his November 17 rally at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park as the Election Commission (EC) is yet to grant his party permission for the event.








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Attempts still made to convert people under guise of healing: Goa CM


Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday slammed religious conversions in the name of healing, saying it is unfortunate that such practices are still followed in independent India. *





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* Non-consensual intercourse with minor wife is rape, says HC; upholds man's 10 year sentence


Mumbai: Non-consensual intercourse with a wife who is below 18 years of age constitutes the offence of rape, the Bombay High Court said while upholding the conviction of a man sentenced to 10 years for the crime. ***

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