Kolkata, Jul 19 (PTI) Following are PTI's top stories

Following are PTI's top stories from the eastern region at 12 noon. CES3 AS-MANUAL SCAVENGERS Survey to identify manual scavengers in Assam Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes Department to formulate a state-wide survey to identify manual scavengers.

CES1 WB-CHANDANNAGAR-FACELIFT Experts begin study for facelift of Chandannagar Kolkata: Chandannagar, which was an official French trading colony till 1950, is set to get the much-awaited facelift soon, as a team of experts commence study of the Strand promenade on the banks of Hooghly to give shape to the MoU signed between France and the West Bengal government. CES2 WB-MUSIC SERIES Bengali music series with major artistes to stream on YouTube from Friday Kolkata: Sixteen popular singers from across the country have come on board to dish out Bengali songs with influences from genres ranging from Baul, Bihu to new-age pop, in a new music series that will be streamed on YouTube from Friday afternoon.

ERG1 WB-IITKGP-PROGRAMME Registration for IIT KGP's Young Innovators Programme begins Kolkata: Registration for the third edition of the Young Innovators Programme of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, began on July 18..