HIGHLIGHTS EASTERN REGION 4.30 PM

Kolkata, Jan 22 (PTI) Following are PTI's top stories from the
eastern region at 4.30 pm.
    STORIES ON THE WIRE:
    CAL1
    POL-AKHILESH-INTERVIEW
Cong kept out of UP alliance to correct poll arithmetic:
Akhilesh
    Kolkata: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav has
said that despite his "immense respect" for Congress President
Rahul Gandhi, the grand old party was kept out of the SP-BSP
alliance in Uttar Pradesh to correct "poll arithmetic" in
order to defeat the BJP.
    CAL7
    WB-AMIT SHAH
    All Bengali refugees will be given citizenship under
the Citizenship Bill: Amit Shah in Malda
    Malda: Kick-starting the BJP's campaign in West
Bengal, party chief Amit Shah Tuesday said all Bengali
refugees will be granted citizenship with the passage of the
Citizenship Bill.
    CES1
    MZ-RDAY--BOYCOTT
    Citizenship bill: Mizoram body calls for R-Day boycott
    Aizawl: Mizoram's NGO Coordination Committee, an
umbrella organisation of civil societies and students' bodies,
has called for a boycott of the Republic Day celebrations in
the state in protest against the citizenship bill, the
committee's chairman Vanlalruata said.
    CES2
    AS-CABINET
    Assam approves 10% quota for economically weaker
sections of general class
    Guwahati: The Assam Cabinet has approved 10 per cent
quota for the economically weaker sections of the general
category in government jobs and education, officials said.
    CES3
    OD-ACCIDENT
    Eight killed, 35 injured in Odisha as vehicle falls
into gorge
    Phulbani (Odisha): At least eight persons were killed
and about 35 others injured Tuesday when a mini-truck carrying
them skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in the
forested area of Odisha's Kandhamal district, a senior police
officer said.
    ERG1
    OD-BROWN SUGAR
    1 held for possessing contraband in Odisha
    Balasore (Odisha): Excise department sleuths Tuesday
seized brown sugar from a man at Jaleswar in Balasore district
and arrested him for possessing the contraband, an official of
the department said. PTI
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