Mumbai, Sep 7 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the western region at 2200 hrs. LGB 4 MH-COURT-LD BLASTSMumbai: A Mumbai court awards death sentence to Tahir Merchant and Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan and life imprisonment to extradited gangster Abu Salem in the 1993 serial blasts case. LGB 9 GA-COURT-TEJPALPanaji: A Goa court orders framing of charges against senior journalist Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting and raping a former woman colleague nearly four years ago. BCM 31 BIZ-RBI-ACHARYA-PSBMumbai: RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya says there is a need for a more potent state-run bank recapitalisation plan and also suggests radical measures to tide over governments funds shortage. PTI NRB NRB

Source: India Today September 07, 2017 16:30 UTC