Former Maharashtra Minister and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP SP) leader Vinayakrao Patil has quit the party and joined the ruling Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Pics/Eknath Shinde's office

Five people lost their lives in a tragic collision involving a bus and an SUV on the Khamgaon-Shegaon highway in Buldhana, Maharashtra. The accident occurred when a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus collided with a Bolero SUV. (PICS/PTI)