Kolkata, Sep 15 (PTI) Following are PTI's top stories from the
eastern region at 5.30 pm.
CES 7 WB-WILDLIFE-PHOTOS
Guides, drivers at Bengal's Gorumara National Park
told not to post wildlife photos on social media
Jalpaiguri: Safari jeep drivers and guides working at
the Gorumara National Park in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri
district were on Sunday asked by the authorities to refrain
from posting photographs of wild animals on the social media.
CES 8 WB-INA SONG
Sonu Nigam lends voice to iconic INA song after 76
years
Kolkata: Seventy-six years after the INA soldiers sang
the song to welcome Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose when he
returned to Singapore, Sonu Nigam has lent his voice
to its 're-arranged original sound track' in an upcoming film
by national award-winning director Srijit Mukherji.
CES 9 OD-EDU PROG-HRITHIK
'Zindagi' edu prog in Odisha wins praise from Hrithik
Roshan
Bhubaneswar: A noble initiative in Odisha
to mentor aspiring medicos from financially downtrodden
families has drawn effusive praise from Bollywood actor
Hrithik Roshan among others.
CCM 1 BIZ-COAL-STRIKE
Centre's effort to prevent coal strike may go futile:
Union leader
Kolkata: The Centre's attempt to prevent trade unions
of the coal sector from carrying out the strike on September
24 is likely to go in vain as workmen are keen to go ahead
with their decision protesting 100 per cent foreign direct
investment in mining, a union leader said.
ERG 1 AS-GANJA
Five kg suspected cannabis seized, one nabbed
Guwahati: Five kg of suspected cannabis was seized
from a person at Guwahati railway station on Sunday,
Government Railway Police (GRP) officials said.
ERG 2 OD-MAOIST-SURRENDER
Maoist surrenders in Odisha
Rourkela: A Maoist, who was active in Odisha for
years, has surrendered here following stepped up operations by
security forces and his disillusionment with Maoist ideology,
police said.
ERG 3 OD-BROWN SUGAR
302 gram brown sugar seized, 3 arrested in Odisha
Balasore: The Odisha police on Sunday arrested three
alleged drug peddlers from Balasore district and seized 302
gram brown sugar, valued at over Rs 30 lakh, from their
possession. PTI
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