Following are the expected/top stories from the Eastern region at 4.30 pm.
STORIES IN THE PIPELINE
Midnapore: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee's meeting in West Midnapore district
Kolkata: Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh and VVS
Laxman in book launch
STORIES ON THE WIRE
CAL1 WB-TOY TRAIN
Heritage value of Darjeeling's toy train to be restored: Lohani
Sukna (Darjeeling): The Railways will restore the heritage value of the century-old Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), widely known as toy train, Railway Board chairman Ashwani Lohani has said.
CAL2 SK-CHAMLING-KARMAPA
Chamling writes to Sushma for Karmapa's visit to Sikkim
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has written to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj seeking permission for the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's visit to the northeasten state.
CAL3 OD-FARMERS
Odisha farmers suspend stir till May 5
Bhubaneswar: Agitating for the last ten days for a better price for their farming produce and social security for themselves, Odisha peasants today suspended their stir till May 5 on government's promise of action to improve their plight.
CES1 OD-PATNAIK-FOODGRAIN
Patnaik writes to Centre for rice allocation, reimbursement
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the Centre to dole out 99,960 MT rice to compensate for the "shortfall in allocation" of the grain and sought reimbursement of the funds his government had to pay due to delay in release of procurement subsidy.
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CES2 BH-POWERTARIFF
BERC announces five pc power tariff hike in Bihar
Patna: The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) today announced an average five per cent power tariff hike for 2018-19 fiscal.
CES3 OD-ASSEMBLY-BJP
Odisha Assembly adjourned thrice as BJP MLAs protest leader's arrest
Bhubaneswar: Repeated adjournments marred the proceedings of the Odisha Assembly today as opposition BJP members protested the arrest of party leader Jaynarayan Mishra in connection with the Banbira firing incident in which a BJD worker was killed.
CES4 TR-HEALTHCARE
Tripura govt to launch e-hospitals, GPS-fitted ambulances
Agartala: The Tripura government has decided to launch 21 e-hospitals and 50 life-support ambulances with GPS tracking systems as part of its initiative to modernize healthcare services in the state, health minister Sudip Roy Burman said here today.
CES5 SHAMI-WIFE MAMATA
Mamata likely to meet Shami's wife
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet Team India pacer Mohammed Shami's estranged wife Hasin Jahan in connection with her complaint of domestic violence and infidelity against the cricketer.
ERG1 AR-REBEL-ARREST
Cadre, overground worker of NSCN(K) arrested in Arunachal
Itanagar: The Assam Rifles on Tuesday apprehended a cadre and a overground worker of NSCN(K) in two separate operations, defence sources said.
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