Following are the top stories of the eastern region at 1700 hours.

Following are the top stories of the eastern region at 1700 hours.

CAL1 WB-GJM-SITUATION

Darjeeling: Normal life continues to be crippled while Internet services remains suspended on the seventh day of the GJM-sponsored indefinite shutdown today.

CAL5 BH-PREZ-JD(U)

Patna: The JD(U) has decided to back the candidature of the NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind, party MLA Ratnesh Sada said today.

CAL7 WB-GJM-BANDH-STUDENTS

Darjeeling: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) today offers a 12-hour "window" on June 23 to the schools in the Darjeeling hills to evacuate their students safely to Siliguri and Rongpo.

CES1 MZ-GJM-DEMO

Aizawl: The Mizoram unit of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) today staged a demonstration here demanding a separate 'Gorkhaland' state carving out of West Bengal.
 

CES6 AR-LANDSLIDE

Itanagar: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has opened the strategically important Bhalukpong-Charduar-Tawang (BCT) road for vehicular traffic which remained blocked since June 19.

CES7 OD-NAVEEN-STATUS

Berhampur (Odisha): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today hits out at the Centre for denying special category status to the state despite having promised to grant this facility before last elections.

CES8 NL-GUNBATTLE

Kohima: A gun battle took place between security forces and some militants in Mon district of Nagaland but no casualty was reported, Assam Rifles sources said today.

CES9 AS-RHINO

Kaziranga/Guwahati: Carcass of an adult female rhino with its horn missing was recovered today in flooded Kaziranga National Park by forest guards.

CES10 TR-NCW-CRIME

Agartala: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has expressed concern about the "high rate" of crime against women in Tripura and asked the director general of police to submit a report on it.

CES12 YOGA-LD NORTHEAST

Guwahati: The northeastern states of the country today celebrates the third International Day of Yoga with thousands of school children and people from all walks of life enthusiastically performing yoga asanas.