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  • | Friday | 12th August, 2022

Mumbai, Aug 12 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS. BOM11 GJ-CONG-PROMISES Cong promises farm loan waiver, free electricity to farmers on winning Gujarat Ahmedabad: The Congress on Friday promised that if the party is voted to power in Gujarat, where Assembly elections are due by the year end, it would waive farm loans of up to Rs 3 lakh and provide free electricity for 10 hours daily to farmers in the state. BOM9 GA-PANCHAYAT POLLS-RESULTS Counting for Goa panchayat polls on; initial results mixed bag for BJP, Cong Panaji: Even as the counting of votes for the Goa panchayat elections is underway on Friday, the results declared till afternoon indicated a mixed bag, with the candidates supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party, opposition Congress and the Revolutionary Goans Party winning some local bodies. BOM7 MP-DAM-SEEPAGE MP: Villagers told to vacate homes as seepage from under-construction dam rises Dhar (MP): Authorities in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh have directed people residing in 11 villages to immediately vacate their houses and move to safety after it was found that the seepage of water from an under-construction dam has increased. BOM10 GJ-HOTEL FIRE-PROBE Gujarat: Police, forensic experts visit Jamnagar hotel to conduct probe into fire Jamnagar: Police personnel, forensic experts and officials of the electricity department visited the five-storey hotel in Gujarat"s Jamnagar city on Friday morning for a detailed investigation into the major fire that had broken out at the place the previous day, an official said. BOM4 GJ-ACCIDENT-MLA KIN-FIR Gujarat: Cong MLA"s son-in-law booked for culpable homicide after his SUV kills six persons Anand: Police have registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the son-in-law of a Congress MLA in Gujarat after his Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) rammed into an autorickshaw and a motorcycle, killing six persons, officials said on Friday. BES5 MP-POISONOUS GAS-DEATH MP: Three die after inhaling poisonous gas inside well in Sagar Sagar: Three persons died after inhaling a poisonous gas on entering a well in a village in Madhya Pradesh"s Sagar district, police said on Friday. BOM5 MH-BOULDER FALL-TRAINS Train services on Mumbai-Pune route hit for nearly 8 hours as boulders fall on track Mumbai: Train services on the Mumbai-Pune route were disrupted for nearly eight hours early on Friday after boulders fell on a railway track in the Lonavala-Karjat ghat section, although the traffic movement was restored later, officials said. BOM3 MH-FAMILY-RESCUE Five of family rescued in Pune after car gets stuck on flooded riverside road Pune: Five members of a family were rescued in Pune city in the wee hours of Friday after their car got swept away and stuck in a flooded riverside road in Erandwane area, fire brigade officials said. PTI RSY RSY


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