NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai, Apr 27 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.

BOM17 MP-SESSION-LD WOMEN QUOTA **** MP assembly: Cong stages walkout over Speaker’s refusal to accept pvt bill on women’s quota Bhopal: Congress legislators staged a walkout during a one-day special session of the Madhya Pradesh assembly on Monday, protesting the Speaker’s refusal to accept their private bill seeking immediate implementation of 33 per cent reservation for women. **** BOM15 MH-AUTO DRIVERS-MARATHI-NIRUPAM **** Defer making Marathi mandatory for auto, taxi drivers by 6 months: Nirupam to govt Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam has appealed to the Maharashtra government to defer its plan to make Marathi compulsory for autorickshaw and taxi drivers by six

months to a year. **** BOM6 MP-ACCIDENT-SUV **** Five killed, seven injured in SUV-tractor collision in MP’s Narmadapuram Narmadapuram: Five persons were killed and seven others injured when an SUV, part of a marriage party, collided with a tractor in Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram district in the wee hours of Monday, police said. **** BOM13 GJ-BUILDING-FIRE **** Fire breaks out at commercial complex in Ahmedabad; 25 persons rescued Ahmedabad: A fire broke out at a commercial building in Ahmedabad on Monday and quickly spread from the ground floor to upper levels, trapping several people, officials said. **** BOM9 GJ-ACCIDENT-CAR **** Four of family killed as car jumps divider on highway in Gujarat’s Panchmahal Godhra: Four members of a family were killed, and one sustained grievous injuries after their speeding car jumped a divider on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway corridor in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district on Monday, police said. **** BOM11 MH-LD-ACCIDENT **** Three killed as motorbike hits pedestrian at Marine Drive in Mumbai Mumbai: Three persons were killed after a speeding motorcycle rammed into a pedestrian at Marine Drive in south Mumbai in the early hours of Monday, police said. **** BOM7 MH-FOOD POISONING-DEATHS **** Mumbai: Four of family die of suspected food poisoning after consuming watermelon Mumbai: A couple and their two minor daughters died due to suspected food poisoning from eating watermelon following a family get-together at their home in south Mumbai, police said on Monday.**** LGB3 MH-COURT-KHARAT **** Nashik court sends ‘godman’ Kharat to 3-day police custody in 7th sexual exploitation case Nashik: A court in Maharashtra’s Nashik has remanded self-styled astrologer-cum-godman Ashok Kharat to police custody till April 29 in the seventh case of sexual exploitation registered against him. **** BOM10 MH-HEATWAVE **** Akola hottest in India at 46.9 deg C; Vidarbha under grip of heat wave Nagpur: Akola in Maharashtra has recorded the highest temperature in the country at 46.9°C, while Nagpur and several other parts of Vidarbha reeled under a severe heat wave, MeT officials said on Monday. **** LGB1 MH-COURT-RHEA **** Drugs case: Mumbai court orders defreezing of Rhea Chakraborty’s bank account Mumbai: A special court in Mumbai has ordered the defreezing of the bank accounts of actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother, accused in a drugs case, citing the NCB’s failure to follow procedural requirements under the NDPS Act. **** PTI RSY