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Kolkata, Oct 3 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the eastern region at 5 pm.
CAL1 WB-DURGA PUJA-ECONOMY Rs 40,000 crore Durga Puja in West Bengal creates 3 lakh jobs: Stakeholders Kolkata: Not just fun and frolic, Durga Puja in West Bengal is a grand economic affair involving transactions of at least Rs 40,000 crore, creating employment opportunities for around three lakh people, stakeholders said on Monday.
CAL3 TR-EVMs-POLL EVMs, VVPATs arrive in Tripura for next year’s assembly polls Agartala: As many as 4,900 EVMs and VVPATs for next year"s assembly polls in Tripura arrived here from Hyderabad, an election official said on Monday.
CAL4 WB-PUJA-ROW-NETIZENS Netizens seek action against organisers of Durga Puja that had Asura looking like Gandhi Kolkata: Outraged over the installation of a Mahishasur idol that resembled Mahatma Gandhi at a pandal in southwest Kolkata, people on social media sought immediate arrest of Hindu Mahasabha leaders who organised the Durga puja.
CAL5 BH-BOOKS-SCHOOLS Exercise books, almanacs to be distributed free of cost to govt school students in Bihar Patna: In a first, exercise books and almanacs, bearing teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and APJ Abdul Kalam, along with textbooks, will be distributed free of cost among students of classes 1 to 8 in all government schools of Bihar.
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