Mumbai, Aug 9 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS. BOM18 MH-CABINET-4THLD EXPANSION No women in 20-member cabinet as Maha CM Shinde expands ministry Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday expanded his two-member ministry 41 days after taking oath as the CM by inducting 18 ministers, nine each from his rebel Shiv Sena group and the BJP. BOM15 MH-MINISTERS-CONTROVERSIES 3 MLAs facing controversies included in Maha cabinet Mumbai: Three of the 18 ministers sworn in on Tuesday during the Maharashtra cabinet expansion have been mired in controversies. BOM21 MH-CABINET-WOMEN-FADNAVIS Women will get appropriate representation in Maha cabinet: Fadnavis Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said women will get appropriate representation in the state cabinet. BOM12 MH-CABINET-SENA-REAX Washed to come out clean: Sena leader"s dig at inclusion of Rathod, Sattar in Maha cabinet Mumbai: After the induction of rebel Shiv Sena MLAs Sanjay Rathod and Abdul Sattar in the Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday, former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar claimed the BJP is like a washing machine and once leaders go there, they come out clean. BOM10 GJ-TAZIA-ELECTROCUTION Gujarat: 2 die, 10 injured due to electrocution during Tazia procession in Jamnagar Jamnagar: Two persons died and 10 others were injured after getting electrocuted during a Tazia procession taken out in Gujarat"s Jamnagar city on the eve of Muharram, police said on Tuesday. BOM20 MH-COURT-RASHMI SHUKLA Have sought Centre nod to prosecute IPS officer Shukla in phone tapping case: Cops to court Mumbai: The Mumbai Police have told a court here that they have sought the central government"s nod to prosecute IPS officer Rashmi Shukla in an alleged phone tapping case. BES8 CG-ACCIDENT-DEATHS Chhattisgarh: Three of family killed after locomotive hits 4-wheeler at level crossing Baloda Bazaar: Three members of a family were killed after their vehicle was hit by a locomotive at a level crossing in Chhattisgarh"s Baloda Bazaar district, police said on Tuesday. BOM17 CG-BJP CHIEF Lok Sabha member Arun Sao appointed Chhattisgarh BJP president Raipur: The BJP on Tuesday appointed Bilaspur Lok Sabha member Arun Sao as the Chhattisgarh party president as it looks to rev up its organisational machinery in the Congress-ruled state ahead of the Assembly polls due next year. BOM3 MH-RAINS-MUMBAI Heavy rains, strong winds lash Mumbai, low-lying areas inundated Mumbai: Heavy rainfall coupled with strong winds lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Tuesday morning, leading to inundation in some low-lying areas, civic officials said. PTI RSY RSY