4 Ravi Pujari aides held

Mumbai
The Mumbai Police on Tuesday claimed to have foiled a plot to carry out a shooting attack on a corporator- cum-builder in Dombivali near here with the arrest of four henchmen of fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari and seizure of firearms. Sanjeev Vashistha (32), Manishkumar Pande (27), Rajesh Yadav (40) and Mahendra Dive (29) were arrested on Monday, the police said. PTI

Mumbai
Maha Budget on March 18
The Budget session of Maharashtra Legislature will start here from March 9 and the state Budget will be tabled on March 18, parliamentary affairs minister Girish Bapat said on Tuesday. PTI

Kohima
4 killed, 9 hurt in blast
Four persons were on Tuesday charred to death and nine were injured while several houses gutted in a fire which broke out after a powerful blast occurred at Wokha Town of Nagaland, the police said. The blast occurred at around 11:30 am in a gun shop while the fire turned ravaging with the blast of gas cylinders, they said. PTI

Ayodhya
Ayodhya row: Plan discussed
The main litigant in Babri Masjid case Hashim Ansari has met Akhara Parishad president Mahant Gyan Das to discuss a proposal for resolution of the Ayodhya dispute and they plan to put it before the Supreme Court. PTI