Kolkata, Apr 29 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Eastern Region at 5 pm.
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Amartya Sen's lawyers move court over eviction notice
Santiniketan: Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's lawyers have moved Bengal's Birbhum district court challenging a fresh eviction order by Visva Bharati, asking the celebrated economist to vacate a portion of “encroached land” within his ancestral property situated on the university campus by May 6.
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Expert team to be set up in Andaman to uplift PVTG
Port Blair: A central team of experts will be set up soon for extensive research of tribal communities for better communication to uplift the socio-economic conditions of the particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTG) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Union Tribal Minister Arjun Munda said.
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Manipur’s Churachandpur situation remains ‘grim’, night curfew from Saturday
Imphal: The situation in violence-hit Churachandpur in Manipur remained "grim", with unidentified miscreants setting fire to forest department building, even as night curfew was imposed in the district from Saturday, officials said.
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Will be happy to organise opposition leaders' meet in Patna: Nitish Kumar
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday hinted that a meeting of opposition leaders may take place in Patna after the crucial Karnataka assembly polls were over as many would be busy electioneering there.
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Man kills wife, cuts her body into two pieces in Tripura
Agartala: A man in Tripura's West district allegedly killed his wife and cut her body into two pieces, police said on Saturday.