Following are the news highlights from the Western Region at 2115 HRS.
BOM 19 PM-LD RAPE ORDINANCE
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By Lemuel Lall
Mandla (MP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi says sons have to be made more responsible for a safe environment for daughters and asserts that the promulgation of an ordinance on rape showed the Centre acted on people's outrage on sexual crimes against minors.
BOM 18 MH-LD NAXALS
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Gadchiroli: In a massive blow to Maoists, 37 hardcore Naxals killed since Sunday in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district.
BOM 16 MP-MODI-LD ABHIYAN
By Lemuel Lall
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Mandla (MP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggests funds provided under the MGNREGA scheme be used on water conservation work for three summer months to curb water shortages in villages and boost farm activities.
BOM 9 MH-NANAR-CM
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis says Industries Minister Subhash Desai had submitted a letter seeking denotification of the land earmarked for a refinery complex in Nanar in Ratnagiri district, over 350 kilometres from here.
LGB 2 GA-COURT-BRITISH WOMAN-MEDIA
Panaji: A Goa court hearing the death case of Danielle MacLaughlin, a British woman whose body was found in Canacona taluka last year, asks the media not to publish detailed depositions and names of the witnesses in the matter.
BES 12 CG-NAXALS-ARREST
Raipur: Fifteen Naxals held from Sukma and Narayanpur districts of Chhattisgarh.
BES 8 MH-RAPES
Aurangabad: Two minor girls allegedly raped in separate incidents in Parbhani and Hingoli districts in Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
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