NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, Nov 29 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.





BOM16 MH-POLLS-LD MAHARASHTRA
* Mahayuti meeting put off; Shinde heads to his village, govt formation delayed



Mumbai: A key Mahayuti meeting scheduled on Friday was put off and likely to take place on Sunday now as outgoing Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde headed to his native village, delaying government formation a week after poll results. *






BOM14 MH-WAQF BOARD-LD GOVT ORDER
* Govt order for Rs 10 cr grant to Maharashtra Waqf Board withdrawn amid opposition by BJP



Mumbai: A day after issuing a government resolution (GR) for the release of Rs 10 crore funds to strengthen the state Waqf Board, the Maharashtra government on Friday withdrew the order amid opposition by the BJP.


BOM13 MH-LD ACCIDENT
* State transport bus overturns in Gondia district; 9 passengers killed, 25 injured


Gondia: At least nine passengers were killed and 25 others injured when a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus overturned in Gondia district on Friday afternoon, police said.






BOM15 GJ-RESEARCHER-DEATH-PROBE
Researcher's death in cave-in: Gujarat cops seek SOP details from IITs, ASI


Ahmedabad: Gujarat police on Friday said it was probing whether standard operating procedures were in place in connection with the November 27 trench cave-in near the Indus Valley Civilisation site of Lothal, which resulted in the death of a PhD student of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.







BOM7 MH-SHIRSAT
If Shinde doesn’t accept deputy CM’s post, it will go to someone in Shiv Sena: Shirsat


Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat on Friday said if their party head Eknath Shinde doesn’t accept the deputy chief minister’s post, then it will be given to someone from their outfit.







BOM3 GA-VESSEL-CREW-BODIES
Fishing vessel-submarine collision: Bodies of two missing crew members recovered


Panaji: The bodies of two crew members who went missing after a fishing vessel collided with a submarine have been recovered from the Arabian Sea off the Goa coast, a senior naval official said on Friday.


BOM4 MH-DOCTORS-FIR

6 doctors booked for misleading father of child who died due to ‘wrong treatment’

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A case has been registered against six doctors of a private hospital in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar for allegedly misleading the father of a child who died under their care, police said on Friday.


LGB3 MH-COURT-GOOGLE


Court seeks Google’s response over non-removal of video targeting NGO, spiritual leader


Mumbai: A local court here has issued a notice to Google for allegedly not taking down a defamatory and obscene video against an NGO and a spiritual leader, posted on YouTube, despite a high court order. ***

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