Mumbai, Sep 30 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS. BOM17 GJ-LD PM PM flags off Vande Bharat train, launches Ahmedabad metro Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express semi-high speed train and inaugurated the first phase of the Ahmedabad Metro rail project on the second day of his two-day visit to Gujarat, where Assembly elections are due by the year-end. BOM16 GJ-PM-LD CITIES Cities will shape India"s destiny, ensure it becomes developed nation in 25 years: PM Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said cities will shape the destiny of India and they will ensure that it becomes a developed nation in the next 25 years. BOM9 GJ-PM-2NDLD VANDE BHARAT PM Modi flags off Vande Bharat Express train between Gandhinagar-Mumbai Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express, a semi-high speed train, and travelled in it from the state capital to Kalupur railway station in Ahmedabad city. BOM10 GJ-PM-LD METRO PM Modi inaugurates phase-1 of Ahmedabad Metro rail project, travels in train Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated phase-1 of the Ahmedabad Metro rail project between Thaltej and Vastral here, and also travelled in the train. BOM15 GJ-PM-CONVOY-AMBULANCE Gujarat: PM Modi"s convoy stops to give way to ambulance Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi"s convoy stopped for a brief time to give way to an ambulance while travelling to Gandhinagar from Ahmedabad on Friday. BOM3 MH-MOB ATTACK-MAN Maha: Man assaulted by mob on suspicion of being child-lifter Thane: A man in his thirties was severely beaten up by a mob on the suspicion of being a child-lifter at Diva in Maharashtra"s Thane city, police said on Friday. LGB2 MP-COURT-VYAPAM-CONVICTION Vyapam case: Five get 7 years RI for irregularities in 2013 cop recruitment test Bhopal: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh has sentenced five persons to seven years rigorous imprisonment in connection with the Vyapam scam. BES1 MP-ACCIDENT MP: Veterinarian among three killed in road accident Indore: A veterinary doctor and two others were killed after the motorcycle they were going on collided with a stationary truck in Madhya Pradesh"s Indore, police said on Friday. BES4 GA-CHILD LIFTERS-ARREST Goa: Four held for beating up men on suspicion of being child lifters Panaji: Four persons have been arrested in connection with incidents of some men being beaten up on suspicion of being child lifters in different parts of Goa, police said on Friday. PTI RSY RSY