Following are the top stories from the Eastern Region at 2100 hours today.

Following are the top stories from the Eastern Region at 2100 hours today.
CAL11 WB-KARNAN-ARREST
Kolkata: Former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan was today arrested by the West Bengal CID from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
CAL2 WB-RAINS DEATH
Kolkata: Heavy rainfall and lightning have claimed at least nine lives in several districts of West Bengal.
CAL4 SK-SDF-GORKHALAND

Gangtok: The Sikkim Democratic Front, the ruling party in this north-eastern state, today extended its support to the "democratic demand" for a separate Gorkhaland and expressed its opposition to the "illegal, undemocratic and unconstitutional" acts committed in Darjeeling.
CAL3 BH-SUSHIL FLATS

Patna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today made fresh allegations against Lalu Prasad's family saying his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi "owns" 18 flats here worth around Rs 20 crore, which the RJD termed as "baseless and absurd."
CES8 BH-CABINET
Patna: The monsoon session of the bicameral state legislature in Bihar will commence from July 28.
CES3 OD-PREZ-NAVEEN
Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress today questioned BJD's "equal distance policy" and criticised Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for supporting NDA's candidate for the presidential poll as soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him up.
CES7 TR-FLOOD
Agartala: A person was washed away and 2000 people were rendered homeless in floods in Tripura following incessant rains since Sunday, officials said today.

CES9 OD-DAS
Bhubaneswar: Odisha PCC general secretary and spokesperson Sulochana Das today formally joined the ruling BJD in presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
CCM4 BIZ-TEA
Kolkata: With the new indirect taxation regime coming into effect from July one, 2017, the Tea Board is now working on how to make the present auction system compliant with the Goods and Services Tax (GST).