HIGHLIGHTS WESTERN REGION AT 1630 HRS

Top stories from the western

region at 1630 hrs.

LGB1 MH-HC-BEST STRIKE

Mumbai: BEST workers union agrees to withdraw its

strike after accepting `10-step' pay hike by the civic

transport undertaking's management.

BOM2 GA-MINISTER-REMARKS

Panaji: Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar stokes

a controversy by saying "ghatis" need not come to the state

for work and Goans would be given preference in jobs.

BES1 MH-JNU-SENA

Mumbai: Shiv Sena says the BJP has no moral right to

criticise student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, charged with

sedition, after teaming up with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir.

BES3 MH-LABOURER-RESCUED

Jalna: A labourer held captive by a contractor for

more than a fortnight over a monetary dispute rescued by the

police.

BES9 MH-WEAPONS-LD SEIZURE

Thane: An office-bearer of Dombivli unit of the BJP

arrested after police seize around 170 weapons, including

air guns, swords and knives, from his shop.