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Kolkata, Dec 12 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the eastern region at 5 pm.
CAL4 MG-EC TEAM-VISIT EC team to visit Meghalaya this week to review preparedness for 2023 assembly polls Shillong: A team of Election Commission officials will visit Meghalaya this week to review preparedness for the assembly polls due next year, an official said on Monday.
CAL5 WB-PRANAB-LD JANGIPUR Jangipur: The legacy of Pranab Mukherjee Jangipur (WB), Dec 12 (PTI) A motley group of people converged at a street crossing in this dusty little border town in West Bengal"s Murshidabad district as a marble bust of Pranab Mukherjee, the country"s 13th President, was unveiled without much fanfare.
CAL6 WB-SARADA MATH PRESIDENT-DEATH Sri Sarada Math president Pravrajika Bhaktiprana dies Kolkata: President of Sri Sarada Math and Ramkrishna Sarada Mission Pravrajika Bhaktiprana died of age-related ailments here on Sunday night.
CAL9 AS-MILITANTS-SURRENDER 1,179 Bru militants surrender in Assam: Police Hailakandi (Assam), Dec 12 (PTI) A total of 1,179 Bru militants belonging to two outfits surrendered in Assam"s Hailakandi district on Monday, police said. CAL10 MG-LD MAMATA Mamata arrives in Meghalaya to address TMC meeting ahead of assembly polls Shillong: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived here on Monday as part of her three-day visit to Meghalaya where she will address a Trinamool Congress workers" convention to boost the morale of the party functionaries ahead of the assembly elections due early next year.
CAL11 BH-CONGRESS Bihar yatra to witness presence of Kharge, Rahul Gandhi Patna: AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Bihar as part of the a “yatra” that will commence later this month, a senior party functionary said on Monday.
CES1WB-BANGLADESH BOOK FAIR Around 4-5 lakh visitors throng Bangladesh Book Fair Kolkata, Dec 12 (PTI) An estimated 4-5 lakh people visited the Bangladesh Book Fair, held in Kolkata from December 2-11, organisers said on Monday.
CES2 WB-FIRE-FACTORY Major fire at plastic factory in Kolkata Kolkata: A major fire broke out on Monday morning at a plastic factory in the city’s Tangra area, where inflammable materials were stored, an official said.
CES4 OD-MLA-OATH Newly elected BJD MLA Barsha Singh Bariha takes oath in Odisha Assembly Bhubaneswar: Barsha Singh Bariha, who was elected in the recent by-poll to Padampur, on Monday took oath as a legislator of the Odisha Assembly.
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