HIGHLIGHTS WESTERN REGION AT 2145 HRS

Following are the top stories from western region at 2145 hrs.

LGB 6 GJ-HC-ZAKIA JAFRI

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court is likely to pronounce its order tomorrow on Zakia Jafri's petition challenging a lower court order upholding the special investigation team's clean chit to the then chief minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with the 2002 post- Godhra riots.

BOM 23 BIZ-RBI-LD GROWTH

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank sharply revises downwards its growth projection to 6.7 per cent for the current fiscal, from 7.3 per cent earlier, due to lower kharif foodgrain production and disruptions arising from the implementations of GST.
 

BOM 15 BIZ-RBI-LD FISCAL DEFICIT

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank cautions the government against a stimulus package to revive the sagging growth, arguing that breaching the fiscal deficit target will fire up inflation and hurt long-term macroeconomic stability.

BOM 22 MH-CHATURVEDI BLAST CLAIMS

Mumbai: Sudhakar Chaturvedi, one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, claims that investigators had tried to "frame" Yogi Adityanath, the then BJP MP and current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and other Hindu leaders in it.

BOM 26 MP-EC-JOINT POLLS

Bhopal: The Election Commission launches a web-based application, Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) network, aimed at efficient conduct of elections and says it would be "logistically equipped" by September 2018 to hold simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and assemblies.

BCM 30 BIZ-RBI-ANALYSTS

Mumbai: Stating that status policy stance was expected given the upside risks to inflation and there is only slim chances of a rate cut this year, analysts say any change in the policy hinges on the way inflation and growth trajectories evolve.

BCM 29 BIZ-RBI-REAX-BANKERS

Mumbai: Bankers say the Reserve Bank policy stance was on the expected lines and that its continuing focus on inflation fighting will ensure investor confidence on the country.

LGB 4 MH-COURT-KASKAR

Thane: A court here remands mob boss Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar in police custody till October 10 in an extortion case involving a jeweller.