Kolkata Feb 4 PTI Following are the top stories of the Eastern Region at 5 pm.

    CAL 3 AS-AJP-LD RAIJOR DAL
    Regional players AJP and Raijor Dal forge alliance for
Assam assembly polls
    Guwahati: Newly floated Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP),
led by former AASU leader Lurinjyoti Gogoi, on Thursday forged
an alliance with the Raijor Dal of jailed anti-citizenship law
activist Akhil Gogoi for the upcoming assembly elections.
    CES 3 WB-MINOR GIRL
    9-year-old girl's body recovered from residential
building in Kolkata, cops suspect sexual abuse
    Kolkata: The body of a nine-year-old girl was
recovered on Thursday morning from the terrace of a
residential building in the city's Jorabagan area, sparking
protests by locals, who claimed that the police did not take
action when the family had reported that she was missing.
    CES 4 JH-ASSEMBLY-BUDGET SESSION
    Budget session of Jharkhand Assembly to begin from Feb
26
    Ranchi: The budget session of the Jharkhand Assembly
will be held from February 26 to March 23, an official said.
    CES 5 OD-JUMBO DEATH-TRAIN
    Two elephants die after being hit by goods train in
Odisha
    Bhubaneswar: Two elephants were killed after being hit
by a goods train in Rourkela forest division area in Odisha's
Sundargarh district, officials said on Thursday.
    CES 7 TR-BRU-RESCUE
    8 girls among 10 Brus rescued in Tripura
    Agartala: Eight girls and two women from the Bru
community were rescued here after they fled a rehabilitation
camp in North Tripura district in search of jobs, police said
on Thursday.
    CES 8 WB-IIT-URBAN PLANNING
    IIT-KGP inks MoU with NIUA to develop framework for
inclusive city planning
    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur has inked an MoU with the
National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) to develop
a framework for universal city planning inclusive for all
sections of the society, an institute spokesperson said on
Thursday.
    CES 9 WB-GUV
    Authorised CM to perform duties related to finacial
statement presentation: Bengal guv
    Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on
Thursday that he has authorised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
to perform all duties in the Assembly related to the
presentation of the annual financial statement for 2021-22 and
the motion for vote on account.
    CES 10 WB-OFFICE-ATTENDANCE
    West Bengal govt allows several depts to work with
100pc staff strength
    Kolkata: With the COVID-19 pandemic on a steady
decline, several departments of the West Bengal government
have decided to allow all its employees to attend office, an
official said on Thursday. PTI
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