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Mumbai | Friday | 9th December, 2022

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

BOM15 ELECTIONS-GUJARAT-PATEL-RESIGNATION Bhupendra Patel resigns as Gujarat CM, set for another term Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel tendered his resignation along with his entire cabinet on Friday to pave the way for formation of a new government in the state after the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party"s (BJP) landslide victory in the Assembly elections.

BOM14 MH-MEHRAULI KILLING-SHRADDHA-FATHER Aaftab Poonawala should be hanged for killing my daughter: Shraddha father Mumbai: Vikas Walkar, father of Shraddha Walkar who was murdered allegedly by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala in Delhi, on Friday demanded that the accused be hanged to death for killing his daughter.

BOM11 MH-HC-BULLET TRAIN-MANGROVES HC allows felling of 20,000 mangrove trees for bullet train project Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday permitted the National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) to cut around 20,000 mangrove trees in the city and neighbouring districts of Palghar and Thane for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.

BOM16 ELECTIONS-GUJARAT-WOMEN CANDIDATES Gujarat polls: 15 women emerge victorious in 2022, two more than 2017 Ahmedabad: The number of women candidates winning the Gujarat Assembly polls rose marginally as 15 of them emerged victorious this time as compared to 13 in the last election.

BOM17 ELECTIONS-GUJARAT-MORBI Gujarat polls: Month after bridge collapse tragedy, BJP wins Morbi by more than 62,000 votes Morbi: The collapse of a suspension bridge in Gujarat"s Morbi town that claimed 135 lives did not affect the Bharatiya Janata Party"s (BJP) winning streak in the constituency as its candidate won by more than 62,000 votes.

LGB2 MH-HC-TRANSGENDERS Transgenders can apply online for constable posts, will frame rules by Feb: Maha to HC Mumbai, Dec 9 (PTI) The Maharashtra government on Friday told the Bombay High Court transgenders can apply for police constable posts and that it would frame rules setting standards for their physical tests by February 2023.

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