HIGHLIGHTS WESTERN REGION AT 5 PM

Mumbai, Mar 20 (PTI) Top stories from western region at 5 pm.

BOM5 GA-GOVT-BJP Swearing-in of new BJP govt in Goa to take place between Mar 23-25; PM to attend: Party leaders Panaji: The swearing-in ceremony of the new BJP government in Goa, where the party has emerged as the single largest political force by winning 20 out of total 40 Assembly seats, will tentatively take place between March 23 and 25, senior party leaders said on Sunday.

BOM1 GA-SAWANT-SHAH Goa's caretaker CM Pramod Sawant, BJP leader Vishwajit Rane hold joint meeting with Amit Shah Panaji: With the BJP legislature party meeting in Goa yet to be convened even as the Assembly poll results were declared on March 10, state's caretaker chief minister Pramod Sawant and his party colleague Vishwajit Rane together met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi.

BOM7 MH-UDDHAV-AIMIM Uddhav rejects AIMIM alliance offer, says it's part of BJP's game plan to defame Shiv Sena's Hindutva agenda Mumbai: Asserting that Shiv Sena is a "Hindutvavadi" party, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday rejected AIMIM's offer for an alliance calling it a "conspiracy" by the opposition BJP to defame the Sena, which heads the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.

BOM4 MH-KASHMIR FILES-RAUT BJP promoting 'The Kashmir Files' with eye on Assembly polls in Gujarat, Rajasthan, alleges Raut Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday accused the BJP of promoting 'The Kashmir Files' movie with an eye on the forthcoming Assembly polls in Gujarat and Rajasthan, and also alleged that an attempt has been made in the film to suppress several "harsh truths".

BES3 MP-KASHMIR FILES-OFFICER 'The Kashmir Files' makers should now create film on killings of Muslims in India: IAS officer in MP Bhopal: An IAS officer in Madhya Pradesh has urged the makers of 'The Kashmir Files' movie to also make a film on the "killings of large number of Muslims across several states" in India, and said members of this minority community are "not insects, but citizens of the country". PTI NSK NSK