HIGHLIGHTS WESTERN REGION AT 2230 HRS

Following are the top stories from the Western region at 2230 hrs.

BOM 10 GJ-POLLS-BJP-TEA

Ahmedabad: Countering a Congress' meme mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'chaiwala' past, BJP leaders, including Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley, tune in to his radio programme 'Mann ki Baat' while having tea with people across poll-bound Gujarat.

BOM 16 MH-ATTACKS-RIJIJU

Mumbai: Union minister Kiren Rijiju says said India adopts a "zero-tolerance policy" towards terrorism and laments that neighbour Pakistan was not doing enough to control the growth of terror on its soil.

BOM 18 GJ-ARCHBISHOP-EC-NOTICE

Ahmedabad: The Election Commission (EC) issues a notice to the archbishop of Gandhinagar for asking Christians to pray to save the country from "nationalist forces" in the run-up to the Gujarat Assembly polls.
 

BOM 21 GJ-JAITLEY-KASHMIR

Surat: Finance minister Arun Jaitley claims post demonetisation those who used to distribute money to stone pelters in Jammu and Kashmir cannot able to gather even 100 young people to carry out the attacks.

BOM 23 MP-RAPE LAW

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government clears a proposal to enact a law for awarding death sentence to those guilty of raping girls aged 12 or below in the state.

BOM 5 GJ-RUPANI-LD INTERVIEW

By Parag Dave

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani accuses the Congress of seeking refuge in casteism and "outsourcing" its campaign to caste leaders while dismissing any threat to the BJP's poll prospects from the Congress-Hardik Patel tie-up.

BOM 20 BIZ-JAITLEY-TEXTILE TRADERS

Surat: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley meets representatives of Surat's textile industry and assures them that the Centre will look into their concerns.

BOM 7 MH-ATTACKS-DERADICALISATION

By Dnyanesh Chavan

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) deradicalises 86 people in the last two years as a part of its efforts to wean away misguided youth from the path of extremism in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.

BOM 17 MH-ATTACKS-AHIR

Mumbai: Pakistan has released 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed from "house arrest" in a bid to increase terrorist activities in India, says Union minister Hansraj Ahir.

BES 13 MP-SURGERY IRON OBJECTS REMOVED

Satna: In a rare surgery, doctors in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district remove 5 kg iron objects--a chain, as many as 263 coins and shaving blades--from the stomach of a man who is not in a good frame of mind.