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Mumbai, Dec 13 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.
BOM8 GJ-CM-CHARGE Bhupendra Patel takes charge as Gujarat CM Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday took charge as the 18th Chief Minister of Gujarat at the state secretariat in Gandhinagar.
BOM10 MP-PATERIA-2NDLD ARREST MP Congress leader Raja Pateria arrested over "kill Modi" remark Bhopal/Damoh: Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh minister Raja Pateria was arrested on Tuesday morning for his controversial "be ready to kill Modi to save the Constitution" remark about the prime minister.
BOM7 MH-PAWAR-THREAT Bihar man held for making `threat calls" to Sharad Pawar"s residence Mumbai: A man has been arrested from Bihar for repeatedly making threat calls at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar"s Mumbai residence, police said on Tuesday.
BOM11 MH-UDAYANRAJE-KOSHYARI BJP MP Udayanraje Bhosale demands action against Maha governor, party colleague Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party"s (BJP) Rajya Sabha member Udayanraje Bhosale on Tuesday demanded that it take action against Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi as it had done in Nupur Sharma"s case.
BOM3 MH-BANDH-PUNE Shops closed in Pune as part of shut-down to protest comments on Shivaji, others Pune: Most shops and businesses remained closed in Pune city on Tuesday morning in response to a call for `bandh" (shut-down) given by opposition parties to protest comments against Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and other iconic leaders of the state.
BOM9 GJ-MINISTERS-CASES Four out of 17 Gujarat ministers face criminal cases, 16 are `crorepati" Ahmedabad: Four out of the 17 ministers in the new BJP government in Gujarat face criminal cases, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has said.
BOM5 MH-BOOK-AWARD Maha govt withdraws award to Marathi translation of Kobad Ghandy"s memoir Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has withdrawn an award given to a Marathi translation of the memoir of alleged Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy.
LGB1 MH-HC-MALIK-BAIL Money laundering: HC refuses urgent hearing on ex-Maha minister Malik"s bail plea Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant urgent hearing on former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik"s bail plea in a money laundering case linked to a land deal in which fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides were involved.
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