HIGHLIGHTS-EASTERN REGION 4.30PM

    Kolkata, Mar 4 (PTI) Following are PTI's top stories
from the eastern region at 4.30 pm.
    Stories on the Wire:
    CAL 1 WB-POL-TERROR-JAVADEKAR
    Opposition asking for operational details of Balakot
strike untenable: Javadekar
    Kolkata: Union minister Prakash Javadekar Monday
criticised opposition parties for questioning the Indian Air
Force's bombing of a terror training camp in Pakistan, saying
operational details cannot be shared as doing so will only
help that country.
    CAL 1 NL-MINE
    4 killed in coal mine mishap in Nagaland
    Kohima: Four miners have been killed following
mudslides at an illegal coal mine at Yonglok village in
Longleng district of Nagaland, police said Monday.
    CES 1 SK-HSP
    HSP to contest all seats in Sikkim
    Gangtok: Bhaichung Bhutia's Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP)
will contest all 32 Assembly seats and the lone Lok Sabha seat
in Sikkim.
    CES 2 MN-CM-POVERTY
    Will take measures to eradicate poverty in state:
Manipur CM
    Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said
his government would take "steps to eradicate poverty" in the
state and work toward ensuring that the beneficiaries of
welfare schemes receive their dues on time.
    CES 3 BH=GIRIRAJ-RALLY
    Giriraj finds himself in the soup over absence at
Modis rally
    Patna: Little did Union minister Giriraj Singh
realize, while asserting that the March 03 rally here of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi would make it clear who stood with
India and who with Pakistan, that he would end up explaining
his own absence at the public meeting on Sunday.
    ERG 1 WB-SAFETY-MAMATA
    Dip in road accidents after state govt campaign:
Mamata
    Kolkata: West Bengal has recorded a 14 per cent
reduction in road accidents in 2018 as compared to 2017
owing to the 'Safe Drive Save Life' campaign of the state
government, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Monday.
    ERG 2 OD-TURTLES
    Over 4 lakh Olive Ridley turtles spotted at Gahirmatha
beach
    Kendrapara: Over four lakh Olive Ridley turtles have
arrived for nesting in the past five days at Gahirmatha beach
here, one of the world's largest rookeries of the endangered
species, a forest official said. PTI
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