HIGHLIGHTS

Kolkata, Apr 11 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the eastern region at 5 pm.
    
11CAL20 AS-2NDLD SHAH
    BJP will return to power by winning over 300 LS seats in next year's polls: Shah
    Dibrugarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that the BJP will win more than 300 Lok Sabha seats across the country in next year's general elections and return to power for the third consecutive term with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm.
    
11CAL18 JH-BJP-GHERAO-LD CLASH
    BJP workers clash with police during Jharkhand Secretariat gherao programme
    Ranchi: Clashes erupted between BJP workers and the police when they attempted to march towards the Jharkhand Secretariat here on Tuesday as part of their gherao programme, officials said.
    
11CAL16 WB-LD FIRE
    Fire breaks out in timber godown in city, no report of any injury
    Kolkata: A fire broke out in a timber godown at Garia in the southern part of the metropolis on Tuesday, Fire Brigade sources said.
    
11CAL10 WB-TMC-LD FALERIO
    TMC to announce new candidate for seat vacated by Falerio
    Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Monday said it will announce a new candidate for the seat vacated by former Goa chief minister Luizinho Falerio, who resigned as a Rajya Sabha MP.
    
11CAL9 AS-AMRITPAL-AIDE-JAIL
    Amritpal Singh's aide Papalpreet lodged in Dibrugarh jail
    Dibrugarh: Radical preacher Amritpal Singh's close aide Papalpreet Singh was brought here on Tuesday and lodged in the central jail, police said.
    
11CAL5 OD-MORNING-CLASS
    Morning school begins in Odisha as state sizzles under scorching sun
    Bhubaneswar: With the continuance of the heat spell across Odisha, morning classes began for Class I to 12 students across the state on Tuesday.
    
11CES4 TR-REDDY-SCHEMES
    Centre to help Tripura speed up development works, says DoNER minister
    Agartala: The central government will render all help to Tripura for speedy implementation of the schemes related to infrastructure and welfare, Union minister G Kishan Reddy said here on Tuesday.
    
11CES3 AN-TRADE STRIKE
    Industry body in Andamans calls for 12-hr strike on Wednesday
    Port Blair: An industry body in Andaman and Nicobar Islands has called for a 12-hour strike on Wednesday against "harmful policies, lack of infrastructure and gross negligence by the administration" which is "adversely affecting" the economic growth of the archipelago.

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