Mumbai, Apr 24 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Western Region at 1700 HRS.

BOM5 CG-NAXAL-ENCOUNTER **** 3 Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh Raipur: Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border on Thursday, police said. **** BOM15 MH-TERROR-LD TOURISTS **** 1st batch of 65 Maharashtra tourists stuck in JK arrives in Mumbai Mumbai: The first batch of 65 tourists from Maharashtra stranded in Jammu and Kashmir landed in Mumbai early on Thursday as part of the evacuation efforts launched by the Shiv Sena led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. **** BOM6 MH-TERROR-VICTIMS-PAWAR **** Sharad Pawar meets kin of 2 Pune residents killed in Pahalgam attack Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday visited the homes of Pune residents Santosh Jagdale and Kaustubh Ganbote, who were killed in the Pahalgam terror attack, and paid tributes to them. **** LGB1 MH-HC-INSTANT TALAQ **** Only instant triple talaq barred, not Talaq-e-Ahsan: HC Mumbai: Only instant triple talaq is prohibited and not the traditional method of divorce called ‘Talaq-e-Ahsan’, the Bombay High Court has said quashing a case lodged against a man and his parents on his wife’s complaint. **** BOM18 GJ-TERROR-CREMATIONS **** 3 Gujarat residents killed in J&K terror attack cremated; CM, ministers meet grieving kin Ahmedabad: Three Gujarat residents, who were among the 26 persons killed in the terror attack in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam town, were cremated at their respective native places on Thursday as local residents joined their funeral processions amid outpouring of grief. **** BOM12 MH-TERROR-SAAMANA **** J&K terror attack ‘intelligence failure’, Article 370 move has not ended violence: Sena (UBT) Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday claimed the deadly attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam was the result of an “intelligence failure” and maintained issues facing the Union Territory are not going to get resolved by threatening Pakistan. **** BOM21 MP-BHEL-LD FIRE **** Fire breaks out at Bhopal-based BHEL plant, doused; no one injured Bhopal: A fire broke out at Bhopal-based plant of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Thursday though no one was injured in the blaze, officials said. **** BOM17 MP-TERROR-MINISTER **** Pak economy will suffer due to Indus Water Treaty suspension: MP minister Jabalpur: The Centre’s tough stand to suspend the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 with Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack will have a huge impact on the neighbouring country’s economy, Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya claimed on Thursday. **** BOM7 MH-TERROR-BANDH **** Pahalgam attack: Mourning loss of its 3 residents, Maharashtra town observes bandh Thane: Commercial establishments were shut and vehicles remained off roads in Maharashtra’s Dombivli town on Thursday as residents observed a spontaneous bandh to protest against the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam town. **** PTI RSY