Mumbai, Dec 6 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS. BOM2 GJ-OMICRON-PATIENT-KIN Wife, brother-in-law of Guj Omicron patient test positive for coronavirus Jamnagar: The wife and brother-in-law of an NRI man, who had been found infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 here in Gujarat, have tested positive for coronavirus and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing, officials said on Monday. BOM8 MP-OMICRON-SURVEILLANCE Survelliance stepped up at MP borders after Omicron cases in adjoining states Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has increased the watch at the state"s borders and is taking various precautionary measures in the wake of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 found in neighbouring states, MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Monday. BOM9 MH-WANKHEDE-LD MALIK Wankhede pays tribute at Ambedkar memorial; Malik says impact of his fight Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau"s (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, who was accused of forging his caste certificate by Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, visited the memorial of Dr B R Ambedkar here on Monday on the latter"s death anniversary. BOM4 MH-MSRTC-STRIKE MSRTC employees" strike enters 40th day; bus services resume at 78 depots Mumbai: Employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) continued their strike for the 40th day on Monday, even as the bus operations resumed in 78 out of total 250 depots across the state, officials said. BOM5 GA-MGP-ALLIANCE Goa: MGP announces pre-poll alliance with Mamata"s TMC Panaji: The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) on Monday announced that it would contest the forthcoming Goa Assembly elections in alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. BOM1 MH-AMBEDKAR-TRIBUTES Maha Guv, CM pay tributes to Ambedkar on his death anniversary Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and other state ministers paid respects to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution, at his memorial "Chaityabhoomi" here on Monday to mark his death anniversary. BOM7 MP-ACCIDENT-FARMERS 3 farmers killed, 5 injured in MP road accident Khargone: Three farmers were killed and five others injured after a truck in which they were travelling overturned in Madhya Pradesh"s Khargone district, police said on Monday. BOM3 MH-RAIL COACH-FIRE Fire in empty rail coach in Kolhapur; no casualty Mumbai: A major fire broke out inside an empty railway coach stationed at a yard in Maharashtra"s Kolhapur district, an official said. LGB1 GA-HC-TEJPAL-HEARING Lawyer tests positive for COVID-19, Tejpal case hearing postponed by HC Panaji: The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday postponed the hearing in the Tarun Tejpal case to December 12 after one of this lawyers said a colleague had tested positive for COVID-19. BES8 GA-BJP-ALLIANCE BJP will win Goa polls irrespective of any alliance, says state president Panaji: The BJP on Monday said it will win the upcoming Assembly elections in Goa on its own even if all opposition parties contest together, hours after the regional Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) announced an alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. PTI RSY RSY