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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jul 20 2017 | 5:58 PM IST
Following are the top stories from the Eastern Region at 1745 hours.
CAL1 WB-GJM-SITUATION
Darjeeling: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha activists and other hill parties hold a demonstration outside the district magistrate's office here demanding restoration of Internet services in the hills.
CAL2 TR-IPFT AGITATION WITHDRAWN
Agartala: The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) today withdraws its 11-day old blockade of railway lines and NH 8 to press for the creation of a separate tribal state following an ultimatum by the administration.
LGC1 WB-HC-DARJEELING

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Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court today comes down heavily on the CBI for not ensuring presence of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung and 21 other accused in a city court in the Madan Tamang murder case.
LGC2 AS-HC-LIEZIETSU
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court today dismisses the petition of former Nagaland Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu, seeking sufficient time to prove his majority in the state assembly.
LGC3 OD-HC-QUOTA
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today asks the state government to restrict the quantum of reservation for SC, ST and OBC or Special Categories in employment and education to 50 per cent.
CES4 OD-BONDED LABOUR
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will identify bonded labourers in the state and has decided to spend Rs 4.5 lakh in each of its 30 districts.
CES5 WB-LD-FIRE
Kolkata: A fire broke out in a multi-storied building which houses mostly offices on Pretoria Street in the southern part of the city.
ERG2 WB-FISHERMEN
Canning (WB): Fifteen fishermen of a fishing trawler, which had developed mechanical fault in the highseas seas off the coast of Jambudweep in South 24 Parganas district, have been rescued.
ERG5 BH-MISHAP
Sasaram (Bihar): Three persons have been killed and another injured when a tanker collided with a pick up van in Shivsagar police station area of Rohtas district early today.
ERG6 MZ-PROTEST
Aizawl: Police today resort to cane charge and lobbed teargas shells to disperse agitating students near the higher and technical education department's technical wing office in Aizawl.

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First Published: Jul 20 2017 | 5:58 PM IST

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