Following are the top stories from the western region at 21 hours.

Following are the top stories from the western region at 21 hours.
BOM 7 GA-LD BYPOLL-PARRIKAR
Panaji: The ruling BJP wins the by-elections to two assembly seats in Goa, with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar emerging victorious from Panaji and health minister Vishwajit Rane from Valpoi.
BOM 13 GA-BYPOLL-PARRIKAR-REAX
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar says the BJP's victory in the two bypolls in the state will provide "moral strength" to the party-led ruling coalition.
BOM 14 AP-BYPOLL-LD TDP

Amaravati: The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh wins the Nandyal Assembly by-election by a huge margin of 27,466 votes.

BOM 28 MH-ACCIDENT
Pune: Nine people were today killed and 12 others injured after a bus of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation rams into a stationary tempo near Narayangaon in Pune district amid heavy rains.
BOM 10 MH-VEHICLES
Nashik: Nine persons were killed and over 15 injured in an accident involving four vehicles at Babhulgaon-Shivar near Yeola town in Nashik district of Maharashtra, says police.
BOM 29 GJ-ASARAM-RUPANI
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani says it is up to the court to take a decision on fast-tracking the rape case against self-styled godman Asaram, and the state government has no role in it.

BOM 20 CG-COWS-COMMISSION
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government forms a judicial commission to probe the death of large number of cowsat three state-aided cow shelters recently.
LGB 2 MH-HC-LD JUDGE
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court raps the Maharashtra government for the manner in which it was withdrawing its charge of bias against Judge A S Oka in the noise pollution matter, saying it should "show remorse" and apologise through an affidavit.
BES 13 MP-SHARAD YADAV-CONVENTION
Indore: The second convention of non-BJP parties under rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav will be held here on August 30, which will be attended by leaders of the Congress, SP, and Left parties.

BOM 26 MH-MINISTER-COMMITTEE
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government forms a one-member committee comprising former additional chief secretary (home) K P Bakshi to probe charges of illegal denotification of MIDC land against industries minister Subhash Desai.