NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, Dec 20 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.





BOM30 MH-HC-DHARAVI-2NDLD ADANI
* Path cleared for Adani Group to redevelop Dharavi slums; HC upholds tender award



Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday cleared the decks for redevelopment of Dharavi slums as it upheld the tender awarded to the Adani Group for the project by the Maharashtra government, ruling there was no "arbitrariness, unreasonableness or perversity" in the decision. *







BOM25 MH-COUNCIL-LD FAMILY ATTACK FADNAVIS
* FIR against govt employee, wife for attacking Marathi family: Fadnavis


Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said a case has been registered against a state government employee and his wife for attacking a Marathi-speaking family at Kalyan in Thane district and the process to suspend him has been initiated. *


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* Fadnavis announces judicial probes into Parbhani violence, Beed sarpanch murder


Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday announced judicial probes into the Parbhani violence and the murder of village head Santosh Deshmukh in Beed district. *







BOM27 MH-BOAT-PROBE
* Naval craft driver lost control during engine trials causing collision with ferry: Police


Mumbai: The driver of the Naval craft, which rammed into a ferry off the Mumbai coast, lost control over the vessel during its engine trials, leading to the fatal crash mid-sea, an injured Navy staffer has told the police, an official said on Friday. *








BOM2 MH-BOAT-SAR
Search operation on for 7-yr-old boy missing after ferry-Navy craft crash


Mumbai: The search operation launched by naval boats to locate a seven-year-old boy missing after a Navy craft rammed into a ferry off the Mumbai coast two days ago continued on Friday, an official said. *







BOM22 DEF-BOAT-NAVY CHIEF
Navy chief holds meet on craft-ferry crash during Western Naval Command HQ visit


Mumbai: Two days after an Indian Navy speedboat collided with a ferry packed with passengers off the Mumbai coast, Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi on Friday visited the Western Naval Command headquarters and held a meeting with top officials over the crash.







BOM29 MH-RAUT-RECCE-PROBE
2 motorcycle-borne men conduct 'recce' of Sanjay Raut's bungalow, police launch probe


Mumbai: The Mumbai police launched a probe after two motorcycle-borne allegedly conducted a recce of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut's bungalow in Bhandup on Friday, officials said.










BOM10 MH-ACCIDENT
Five killed, 27 injured after pvt bus turns turtle in Raigad district


Mumbai: Five persons were killed and 27 injured after a speeding private bus carrying a wedding party overturned at a ghat in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Friday morning, police said.






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Maharashtra Congress to have a new chief soon: Patole


Nagpur: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Friday said the party’s state unit will soon have a new chief as he has asked their central leadership to relieve him of the post.






BOM15 CG-NAXAL BLAST-INJURED
Two DRG jawans injured in IED blast triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur


Narayanpur: Two personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday, police said.







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MP assembly adjourned sine die after ruckus over Parliament scuffle


Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh assembly was adjourned sine die on Friday following a ruckus between BJP and Congress members over the face-off between the opposition and NDA MPs in Parliament for the alleged insult to Dr B R Ambedkar. ***

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