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Kolkata, May 16 (PTI) Following are the top stories of the Eastern Region at 5 pm.
CAL 9 JH-TRADERS-MARKET FEE J’khand may face food shortage as traders disrupt supply over market fee imposition Ranchi: Jharkhand may face shortage of food soon as traders have stopped importing consumable items from other states in protest against the proposed introduction of a market fee by the state government.
CAL 8 BH-RS-BYPOLL-CANDIDATE Low-key office-bearer Anil Hegde is JD(U) candidate for Bihar RS by-poll Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar"s JD(U) on Monday announced its low profile top office-bearer Anil Hegde as the candidate for the by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat which has been necessitated by the death of multiple-term MP King Mahendra.
CAL 7 BH-NITISH-CASTE CENSUS Not long before wheels start moving on caste census: Nitish Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday asserted that "it will not take long" before work began on a state-level caste-based census, which he has agreed to after inability expressed by the Centre to conduct the same on a national level.
CAL 6 WB-METRO-GOLDSMITHS Goldsmiths of Kolkata’s Bowbazar in quandary as shops shut after Metro work damages buildings Kolkata: Goldsmiths of Durga Pithuri Lane in Kolkata’s Bowbazar -- whose shops had to be shut overnight after at least 12 houses in the area developed major cracks due to tunneling work for the East-West Metro line -- are staring at an uncertain future, as they run from pillar to post with jewellery-filled bags.
CAL 5 TR-MINISTERS-OATH Eleven MLAs take oath as ministers in Tripura Agartala: Eleven MLAs -- nine from the ruling BJP and two of the IPFT– were on Monday sworn in as cabinet ministers of the new Manik Saha-led government in Tripura.
CAL 2 MG-WOMAN-HECKLE-PANEL Register case against those involved in tying woman to pole: Meghalaya women"s panel tells police Shillong: The Meghalaya State Commission for Women on Monday asked police to register a suo moto case against those involved in heckling and tying a woman to a pole for alleged pickpocketing at a market place in Jowai last week.
CES 5 WB-CBI-TMC MLA CBI summons TMC MLA for probe into BJP activist"s case Kolkata: The CBI, which is probing cases of post-poll violence, has summoned TMC MLA Paresh Pal in connection with its investigation into the murder of BJP activist Abhijit Sarkar, a senior official said on Monday.
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