Following are the top stories from the Eastern Region at 2115 HOURS.
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Berhampur (Odisha) : BJP president Amit Shah lashes out at the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government in Odisha for "poverty and backwardness" in the state and expresses confidence that his party will form the next government there.
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Bhubaneswar : A police team meets a woman medical student, who has accused policemen of molesting women devotees during 'Sandhya Darshan' of Lord Jagannath at Gundichha Temple on Sunday.
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Patna : Continuing his campaign against RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder son and Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi alleges the minister was gifted over 13 acres of land when he was three years old.
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Kolkata : In an unprecedented move, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accuses Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi of threatening her and says he is acting like a "BJP block president.
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Kolkata : Opposition nominee Meira Kumar calls for an end to "the atmosphere of fear" in the country, urges lawmakers to vote with their "conscience" in the presidential poll.
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Itanagar : An IAF chopper, on a flood victim rescue mission with three crew members on board, goes missing near Sagalee in Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh.
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Guwahati : Flood situation in Assam deteriorates with one person washed away by the gushing waters and over 3.8 lakh people left affected in 13 districts of the state.
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Kolkata : West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi expresses surprise over Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "attitude and language", says there was nothing in his talks for which she felt insulted, threatened or humiliated.
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Shillong : Opposition Presidential candidate Meira Kumar will be campaigning in Congress-ruled Meghalaya tomorrow to garner votes for the July-17 elections.
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Bhubaneswar : The Ministry of Railways sanction a new broad gauge (BG) line between Jeypore and Nabarangpur in Odisha.
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Guwahati : India and Bangladesh resolve to ensure greater people-to-people and business-to-business contacts between the North East and the neighbouring country.
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Phulbani (Odisha) : Three people killed and ten others injured, seven of them critically, when a jeep carrying them overturned on a ghat road in Odisha's Kandhamal district.
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Madhepura : Six women, including three minor girls, were electrocuted today when they came in contact of a 11,000 volt live electric wire lying on a field near Murliganj market in Bihar's Madhepura district.
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Kolkata : Country's second largest commercial vehicles (CV) manufacturer Ashok Leyland is aiming at a 35 per cent market share during the current fiscal.
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Bhubaneswar : Ahead of the opening ceremony of the 22nd Asian Athletic Championship here, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik describes it as a historic day for the state.
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Kolkata : Empathising with the sufferings of people in and around Darjeeling under indefinite shutdown, Calcutta High Court asks the Centre and the West Bengal government to resolve their differences over need and deployment of Central Armed Police Force in the hills.
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