Kolkata, Dec 9 (PTI) Following are the top stories of the Eastern Region at 5 pm. CAL8 MG-HC-LD BORDER PACT HC orders interim stay on Assam-Meghalaya border pact Shillong: The Meghalaya High Court has ordered an interim stay on physical demarcation or erection of boundary posts on the ground in connection with an interstate border pact signed by chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya earlier this year CAL7 TR-BSF-BGB BSF-BGB vow to ensure peace along international border Agartala: The BSF and Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) have vowed to work together to maintain peace and tranquillity along the Indo-Bangla border, an official said here on Friday. CAL6 WB-SUNDARBANS-GROUNDWATER-SALINITY Sundarbans: High salinity in groundwater forces people to buy drinking water, leave farming Hasnabad (WB): Bibhas Mondal, a farmer of West Bengal’s Hasnabad gram panchayat, stopped agricultural work two years ago as Cyclone Aamphan of 2020 inundated the area in the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve with saline water making land unfit for cultivation. By Sudipto Chowdhury CAL4 WB-ABHISHEK-GOKHALE-ARREST Democracy in shambles: Abhishek on TMC spokesperson"s arrest after bail in Gujarat Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday said the arrest of party spokesperson Saket Gokhale in Gujarat twice in three days shows that democracy "remains to be in shambles". CES3 AR-CBI-APPSC-CHARGESHEET CBI files charge sheet in APPSC question paper leak case Itanagar: The CBI has filed charge sheet against 10 accused persons in a local court here, in the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission conducted assistant engineer (civil) examination question paper leak case. CES5 SK-G20-CHIEF SECRETARY Sikkim chief secretary holds meeting with officials on G20 events Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Secretary V.B. Pathak on Friday chaired a meeting with officials to discuss preparations for G-20 events scheduled to be held in the state in March next year. PTI SOM SOM