NEWS HIGHLIGHTS FROM WESTERN REGION AT 1700 HRS

Mumbai, Jan 23 (PTI) Following are the top stories
from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.

BOM8 MP-FARMERS-CONG-PROTEST

MP: Cong protests over farm laws, cops use tear gas,
water cannons

Bhopal: Police used tear gas shells and water cannons
as Congress leaders and workers in Madhya Pradesh marched
towards the Raj Bhavan here in a bid to gherao it over the
demand for withdrawal of three new central farm laws, a senior
official said.

BOM6 MH-ARNAB-DESHMUKH
Arnab”s chats: Maha seeking legal opinion for action, says
minister

Nagpur: The Maharashtra government is taking legal
opinion on whether action can be taken against Republic TV
editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami under the Official Secrets Act
over his purported WhatsApp chats concerning the Balakot air
strike, a state minister said on Saturday.

BOM10 GJ-MAN-PAKISTAN
Guj cattle herder who crossed over to Pak in 2008 returns to
India

Ahmedabad/Amritsar: A cattle herder from Gujarat”s
Kutch district, who had inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan
in 2008 and was arrested there on charges of spying, has
finally returned to India after languishing in the
neighbouring country”s jails, officials said.

BOM7 GJ-BIRD FLU
Guj: Samples of 10 dead poultry birds test positive for avian
flu

Gir Somnath (Guj): Samples of 10 dead poultry birds
from Dolasa village in Gujarat”s Gir Somnath district have
tested positive for avian influenza, officials said on
Saturday.

BOM4 MH-JAIL TOURISM
Maha govt to start jail tourism in state from Jan 26: Minister

Nagpur: The Maharashtra government will start ”jail
tourism” in the state from Pune”s Yerawada prison on January
26 to facilitate people to visit and see from close quarters
the historical prisons, a minister said on Saturday.

BES5 MP-SIT-RAPE VICTIM-DEATH
MP govt forms SIT to probe minor rape victim”s death

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has formed a
Special Investigation Team (SIT) of police to probe the death
of a 17-year-old rape victim who allegedly took an overdose of
sleeping pills at a shelter home earlier this week, an
official said on Saturday.

BES7 MH-VACCINE-JAVADEKAR
Atmanirbhar Bharat vision fulfillment: Minister on vaccines

Pune: The large-scale manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines
in the country was the fulfillment of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi”s vision of ”Atmanirbhar Bharat”, Union minister Prakash
Javadekar said here on Saturday.

BES8 MH-CHAVAN-CM
In no hurry to become Maha chief minister: Ashok Chavan

Nanded: Maharashtra minister Ashok Chavan said he is
in no hurry to become the chief minister and is in complete
support of Uddhav Thackeray who is the head of the state. PTI
NSK NSK

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