Following are the top stories from the western region at 2115 HRS.
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Facing an agrarian unrest in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launches an indefinite fast here with an appeal for peace and meets farmer leaders, but fails to reach a compromise, while the opposition Congress dismisses it as mere "drama".
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BJP chief Amit Shah says Mahatma Gandhi was a "chatur baniya", who had rightly advised dissolution of the Congress after Independence.
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NCP chief Sharad Pawar hits out at the BJP-led government at the Centre; says politics in the country has come to an "unwelcome situation".
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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut says Maharashtra will witness a "political earthquake" next month.
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The Gujarat High Court concludes hearing a petition filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of slain former MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging a clean chit to Narendra Modi, the then Chief Minister, and others in 2002 riots cases.
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Around 150 members from Patidar community in Gujarat tonsure their heads to protest the death of 28-year-old Ketan Patel here allegedly in judicial custody earlier this week.
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A rift seems to have developed in the steering committee of leaders of agitating farmers in Maharashtra, with some of its members refusing to take part in a meeting with a high-powered group of ministers.
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Five persons were killed and 10 others injured when a mini-truck carrying them overturned near Beerampur village in this district.
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Maharashtra unit Congress president Ashok Chavan Amit Shah like Pak leaders who used to criticise Gandhi: Cong condemns Amit Shah for dubbing Mahatma Gandhi a 'chatur baniya'.
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Shiv Sena minister Diwakar Raote alleges he was kept in the dark about the panel formed by the Maharashtra government to look into the farmers' demands.
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