HIGHLIGHTS EASTERN REGION 4.30PM

Following are PTI's top stories

from the eastern region at 4.30 pm.

TOP NEWS:

CAL11OD-PM-LD PROJECTS

PM unveils projects worth over Rs 1,550cr in Odisha

Balangir (Odisha): Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Tuesday launched a slew of central government projects worth

over Rs 1,550 crore in Odisha and said they would play a key

role in accelerating the state's development.

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Past governments ruled like sultanates, neglected

country's rich heritage: Modi

Balangir (Odisha): Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Tuesday accused the past governments at the Centre of ruling

like "sultanates" and neglecting the country's rich heritage.

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India in final stages of setting up Defence Cyber

Agency

Kolkata: India is setting up a cyber agency under the

Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) to deal with potent threats in

the cyber space, Lt Gen M M Naravane, GOC-in-C, Eastern

Command, said Tuesday.

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Citizenship Amendment Bill should be made national

issue: Akhil Gogoi

Guwahati: KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi Tuesday said he

would meet Congress president Rahul Gandhi, TMC chief Mamata

Banerjee, leaders from JD(U) and other parties to make the

controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill a national issue.

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Protests against Citizenship Amendment Bill rage on

amid Bihu celebrations

Guwahati: Protests against the controversial

Citizenship Amendment Bill raged on in Assam Tuesday amid

'Bhogali Bihu' celebrations as copies of the legislation were

burnt symbolically.

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Coast Guard women pilots keep close eye on Gangasagar

pilgrims

Gangasagar (WB): Steering skillfully through the

treacherous waters at the confluence of Hooghly river and Bay

of Bengal, Coast Guard deputy commandant Shruti Mohan Jainpur

is keeping a close eye from her hovercraft on lakhs of

devotees who have congregated at the Gangasagar.

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30 lakh Ganga Sagar pilgrims take holy dip on Makar

Sankranti

Sagar Island (WB): Over 30 lakh pilgrims from across

the country and neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal took holy

dip at the confluence of the River Ganga and the Bay of Bengal

on the occasion of Makar Sankranti Tuesday, the state

government said.