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Kolkata, May 14 (PTI) Following are the top stories of the eastern region at 5 pm.
CAL2 JH-PANCHAYAT-POLLS Polling underway in first phase of Jharkhand panchayat elections amid tight security Ranchi: People turned up in large numbers on Saturday morning to cast their votes in the first phase of panchayat polls in Jharkhand, officials said.
CAL4 WB-BLAST 17-year-old boy killed as bomb explodes in garbage dump near Kolkata Kolkata: A 17-year-old boy was killed on Saturday morning when a container bomb exploded in a garbage dump in West Bengal"s North 24 Parganas district, police said.
CAL5 OD-LD SCHOOLS-POST COVID 30% students didn"t return to schools after pandemic; Odisha govt to try reverse trend Bhubaneswar: After discovering that about 30 per cent of students have not returned to schools as classroom teaching resumed after a gap of two years due to the pandemic, the Odisha government has asked the district collectors to try reverse the alarming trend.
CAL6 BH-SHAHNAWAZ-NATIONAL ANTHEM Yogi govt right in making national anthem mandatory at madarsas: Shahnawaz Patna: Senior BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain has asserted that there was "nothing objectionable" in the order of Yogi Adityanath administration making recitation of the national anthem compulsory at madrasas across Uttar Pradesh.
CAL8 TR-DEB-RESIGNATION Tripura CM Biplab Deb says he has resigned Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday said he has submitted his resignation to Governor SN Arya.
CES1 WB-ARREST-GANJA Two arrested with 48 kg ganja, Rs 34 lakh cash in Siliguri Siliguri (WB), May 14 (PTI) Two persons were arrested in Siliguri in northern West Bengal with 48 kg ganja and a huge amount of cash, police said on Saturday.
CES2 TR-COUNCIL-POLICE ESCORT Tripura tribal body’s chief, executive members decide to leave police escort Agartala: Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council has asked its executive members not to avail police escorts until the state government assures the local body authorities of providing “uninterrupted security coverage” to them, an official said on Saturday.
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