Following are the top stories from Eastern Region at 1830 hours.
JH-BRINDA-JAITLEY
CAL2: CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat criticises Union minister Arun Jaitley for his speech in Kerala and alleges that it has hit the peace process initiated by the state government there.
BH-MAOIST-COMMUNITY HALL
CES2: Maoists triggers a blast in an under-construction community hall at a village in Bihar's Gaya district, destroying the structure.
TR-PIPELINE-PRADHAN
CES3: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has taken up with Bangladesh for laying a pipeline for carrying natural gas from Chittagong to Tripura to meet the crisis of cooking gas (LPG) in the north eastern region, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today.
OD-RAIN
CES4: Heavy rainfall is likely in Odisha in the next 24 hours, the Indian Meteorological Department.
WB-IIT-GIRLS
CES5: IIT-Kharagpur will raise the number of female students at its undergraduate level to give girls more scope in the premier institution, IITKGP director Prof Partha Pratim Chakrabarti has said
BIZ-GOAIR
CCM5: Private low-cost carrier Go Air will start flying overseas from October this year, its Managing Director Jeh Wadia said
BIZ-LD BRITANNIA
CCM12: Leading FMCG company Britannia Industries will invest Rs 1000 crore at its proposed largest plant at the Ranjangaon food park in Maharashtra, a company official said.
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