Kolkata, Jan 23 (PTI) Following are the top stories of the Eastern Region at 5 pm. CAL 9 BOSE-COMMISSION-LD ASHES New translation reveals Mukherjee Commission ignored Renkoji temple"s nod for DNA test of Netaji ashes: kin Kolkata: Tokyo"s Renkoji temple gave permission to Indian authorities to conduct DNA tests on ashes said to be those of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, according to fresh translation of a letter which refutes claims that the temple was "reticent", placing doubts on a commission of enquiry"s ruling that the "ashes were not Netaji"s". CAL 10 BOSE-SOVIET-SECRET LETTER Netaji sent secret letter to Soviet leadership in 1939 asking for help in India’s liberation Kolkata: Amiya Bose, freedom icon Subhas Bose’s nephew, was tasked by his uncle to carry a secret letter seeking Soviet help in India’s liberation, which was to be delivered to agents in Britain in October 1939, barely a month into the Second World War. CAL 6 WB-BOSE-FORWARD BLOC Netaji"s Forward Bloc struggles to stay afloat amid financial woes, dip in vote share Kolkata: As the country commemorates Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose"s 125th birth anniversary, the Forward Bloc, which had in 1939 emerged as a faction of the Indian National Congress under his leadership, struggles for political survival, having been plagued by financial crisis, numerous splits and lack of management. CAL 5 WB-BOSE-AWARD-ABE Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe given Netaji Award 2022 Kolkata: Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was conferred on with the Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau on Sunday. CAL 8 BH-SANITARY NAPKINS-BOYS Sanitary napkins provided to boys in Bihar school Patna: Nitish Kumar government"s well intentioned scheme to provide free sanitary pads to adolescent girls enrolled in government schools seems to have gained un-intentioned male beneficiaries ! CAL 2 WB-MAMATA-BOSE Mamata pays tribute to Netaji, renews demand for national holiday on his birthday Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday paid tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on the occasion of his 125th birth anniversary, and said that the day would be observed as "Desh Nayak Dibas" across the state. CAL 12 WB-BOSE-MAMATA SPEECH Injustice done to Bengal by rejecting Netaji tableau, Centre failed to solve disappearance mystery: CM Kolkata: Sharpening her attack on the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the Narendra Modi government, with the promise of installing a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at the India Gate, cannot absolve itself of the injustice done to her state by rejecting its Republic Day tableau on the legendary freedom fighter. CAL 11 AS-FIRING-PROTEST Ex-student leader injured in police firing in Assam, oppn says situation worse than "secret killings" Guwahati: A former student leader, alleged by law enforcers to be a drug peddler, was injured in police firing in Assam"s Nagaon district, leading to the opposition parties calling it an effect of the prevailing "jungle raj" and claiming that the present situation in the state is worse than that during the "secret killings" of the 1990s. PTI RG RG