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Mumbai, Jan 17 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM3 MH-HC-NITESH RANE HC denies pre-arrest bail to BJP MLA in attempt to murder case Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant pre-arrest bail to BJP MLA Nitesh Rane in an attempt to murder case registered against him by the police in Sindhudurg district.
BOM6 CG-FIR-BAGHEL Chhattisgarh CM questions "selective" FIR against him by UP police Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has alleged that the Election Commission doesn"t seem to be acting fairly when it is supposed to be transparent, a day after Uttar Pradesh police registered an FIR against him for allegedly flouting COVID-19 norms while campaigning for the assembly polls.
BOM8 MH-LD ND PATIL-DEAD Veteran leader of working classes, ex-Maha minister N D Patil dead Pune/Mumbai: Veteran Shetkari Kamgar Paksha leader and former Maharashtra minister Narayan Dyandeo Patil, popularly known as N D Patil, who fought for the cause of farmers and the marginalised sections of society, died due to age-related ailments in Kolhapur city on Monday, an official said.
BOM2 POLL-GA-LOURENCO Goa polls: Joining "outsider" TMC was mistake, says Lourenco Panaji: Weeks after he walked out of the Congress fold, joined the Trinamool Congress and quit it a day before without assigning any reason, former Goa Congress working president Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco on Monday hinted at rejoining his parent party.
BOM1 MH-IIT BOMBAY-SUICIDE IIT-Bombay student jumps to death from hostel building Mumbai: A 26-year-old student of IIT Bombay committed suicide by jumping off the terrace of his hostel located on the Powai campus here in the early hours on Monday, police said.