Mumbai, Aug 17 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS. BOM14 MH-LD DERAILMENT Maha: Four wheels of express train get off track after it hits goods train, no serious injury Nagpur/Mumbai: Four wheels of an express train going from Chhattisgarh to Rajasthan got off the tracks in Gondia district of Maharashtra after it hit a goods train from behind in the wee hours of Wednesday, although nobody was seriously injured, an official said. BOM17 GJ-BJP-LD INDUCTION Former Gujarat minister, ex-Congress MP join BJP ahead of Assembly polls Gandhinagar: Nearly two weeks after resigning from the Congress, former Gujarat minister Naresh Raval and ex-Rajya Sabha member Raju Parmar joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Wednesday, months ahead of the Assembly polls. BOM6 MP-MINISTER-ACCIDENT MP minister Tulsiram Silawat, kin escape unhurt after truck rams into his car Dewas (MP): A truck rammed into the official car of Madhya Pradesh minister Tulsiram Silawat in Dewas district of the state when he was travelling to Bhopal with his family members, but all of them escaped unhurt, a police official said. BOM4 MH-ACCIDENT Maha: Five of family killed as container hits their car near Pune Pune: Five members of a family, including three children, were killed after a container running from the wrong side of the road rammed into their car in Pune district of Maharashtra early on Wednesday, police said. BOM12 GJ-MEPHEDRONE-DETENTION Gujarat ATS detains 6 men after recovery of 225 kg mephedrone worth Rs 1,125 crore Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has detained six persons in connection with the seizure of 225 kilograms of party drug mephedrone worth Rs 1,125 crore during a raid at an under-construction factory near Vadodara city, an official said on Wednesday. BOM16 CG-BJP-LEGISLATIVE LEADER 3-time MLA Chandel is BJP"s new legislative party leader in Chhattisgarh Assembly Raipur: Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday appointed its three-time MLA Narayan Chandel as the new legislative party leader in the state assembly, replacing Dharamlal Kaushik. BOM5 MH-SESSION-OPPN-SLOGANS Opposition raises slogans against Shinde govt before start of monsoon session Mumbai: Just before the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature began on Wednesday, the opposition parties raised slogans against the Eknath Shinde-led state government on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan here. BOM11 MH-SII-US DELEGATION US envoy, Novovax CEO hail role played by India and SII during COVID-19 pandemic Pune: United States" Mission India Chargé d"Affaires Patricia Lacina on Wednesday asserted that the long-standing relationship between her country and India in the health sector has had a profound impact on the lives of people in both the countries as well as globally. PTI RSY RSY