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     Kolkata, Sep 26 (PTI) Following are the top stories of the Eastern Region at 5 pm.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        CAL 3  OD-LD CYCLONE<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Odisha sets ‘zero casualty’ target as cyclone ‘Gulab’ approaches, evacuation drive underway<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Bhubaneswar: Hours before cyclone ‘Gulab’ makes landfall in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday set a “zero casualty” target in the vulnerable districts of the state, where rainfall activity started in the southern and coastal regions under the influence of the weather system.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        CAL 2  WB-BYPOLL-CPI(M)-CAMPAIGN<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Bhabanipur bypoll: CPI(M)-police scuffle after campaigning stopped near Mamata's house<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Kolkata: The CPI(M)'s Bhabanipur bypoll candidate Srijib Biswas got engaged in a scuffle with the police on Sunday after he was stopped from campaigning on the road that leads to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        CAL 4  WB-VIDYASAGAR-TMC-BJP<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Bengal celebrates Vidyasagar birth anniv; BJP, TMC blame each other for 2019 vandalism of bust<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Kolkata: The TMC and the BJP blamed each other for the vandalism of a bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar on College Street in Kolkata during a 2019 rally of Union Home Minister Amit Shah as West Bengal celebrated the polymath's 201st birth anniversary on Sunday.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        CAL 5  OD-NAXAL-PATNAIK<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Conduct study on success of children from Naxal-hit areas in national exams: Patnaik to Centre<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged the Centre to conduct a study on how many children from Naxal-hit regions in the country succeed in national-level examinations.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        CES 2  JH-WITCHCRAFT<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Three members of a family killed for practising witchcraft<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Gumla: Three members of a family were axed to death allegedly for practising witchcraft in Jharkhand's Gumla district, a senior police officer on Sunday said.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        CES 3  WB-ZSI-NHM-MOU<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        ZSI signs MoU with Natural History Museum London<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Kolkata: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has signed an MoU with the Natural History Museum (NHM) London to work together to collect, study and conserve faunal specimens for science and to create and exchange associated data and images.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        CES 7  OD-VIRUS-CASES<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Odisha reports 585 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 585 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and five more deaths, the Health Department said.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        CES 8  MG-BSF-BANGLADESHI BOY<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        BSF hands over 13-year-old Bangladeshi boy to BGB in a goodwill gesture<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        Shillong: The Border Security Force (BSF) handed over a 13-year-old Bangladeshi boy, who was apprehended while illegally crossing the international border in Meghalaya, to the BGB in a goodwill gesture, officials said on Sunday. PTI<br>RG   RG

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