NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, Dec 9 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.







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* Youth participation needed as politics can't be left to those who believe in dynasty, says PM



Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said efforts are being made to bring youth into politics because it cannot be left to those who only believe in dynasty politics and consider it as family property. *








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* Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry sails through trust motion in Maharashtra assembly


Mumbai: The Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry on Monday sailed through a trust vote in the Maharashtra assembly. *


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* BJP's Rahul Narwekar elected unopposed as Maharashtra assembly Speaker


Mumbai: BJP MLA Rahul Narwekar was on Monday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the 15th Maharashtra legislative assembly. *







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* Siddique murder: MCOCA court remands 13 accused to police custody till Dec 16


Mumbai: A special court in Mumbai on Monday remanded 13 accused arrested in the NCP politician Baba Siddique's murder case to police custody till December 16. *







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* Rahul Narwekar had helped run unconstitutional government earlier: Aaditya




Pune: The Shiv Sena (UBT) "boycotted" Rahul Narwekar's election as the Maharashtra assembly Speaker because he had helped run an unconstitutional government during his previous tenure, party leader Aaditya Thackeray said on Monday.








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* No decision to recheck Ladki Bahin scheme applications: ex-minister Aditi Tatkare


Mumbai: Former Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare has dismissed reports about the Mahayuti government's purported plan to re-scrutinise applications of beneficiary women under the flagship "Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana".








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Major fire at godown in Pune district



Pune: A major fire broke out on Monday morning at a scrap godown in Pimpri Chinchwad township near Pune, officials said.








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Marathi-speaking people in Belagavi supressed, says Aaditya; demands UT status


Pune: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday alleged that injustice was being meted out to Marathi-speaking people in Belagavi in Karnataka, demanding that the region be declared a Union Territory.








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NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil, three others take oath as MLAs in Maharashtra assembly

Mumbai: Jayant Patil, the state president of the NCP (SP), and three other members took oath as MLAs in the Maharashtra legislative assembly on Monday.







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Two trainee pilots killed, two injured in car accident in Pune district


Pune: Two trainee pilots were killed and two others injured after their car rammed into a tree in Maharashtra's Pune district in the wee hours of Monday, police said. ***

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