Kolkata, Jun 6 (PTI) Following are PTI's top stories

Following are PTI's top stories from the eastern region at 9 pm. CAL5 AR-AIRCRAFT-VILLAGERS Missing Army plane: Arunachal villagers saw smoke in mountain on route Itanagar: Residents of an Arunachal Pradesh village Thursday said they had seen thick black smoke billowing from a mountain on Monday, the day an Indian Air Force aircraft carrying 13 people went missing, prompting authorities to verify the claim.

CAL6 WB-KISHOR-LD MAMATA Prashant Kishor meets Mamata; may work to fine-tune TMC's strategy for 2021 Bengal polls Kolkata: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here on Thursday, raising speculation about working with her in the near future to help her foil the BJP's growing influence in the state and maintain her grip on Bengal for the 2021 state polls. CAL7 MG-GUV-BENGALIS Bengali boys sweep floors, girls dance in bars: Meghalaya guv's tweets trigger storm Shillong/Kolkata: Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy, known for posting controversial messages on social media, has triggered another storm by claiming that Bengali boys sweep the floors of houses across the country these days and Bengali girls dance in Mumbai's bars.

CAL8 OD-MLA-LD ENGINEER BJD MLA apologises after video of him forcing PWD engineer to do sit-ups goes viral Bhubaneswar: Newly elected BJD MLA, Saroj Kumar Meher, who drew flak after a video purportedly showing him forcing a junior PWD engineer to do sit-ups in public went viral, Thursday apologised for his action, while claiming that he did it to assuage public anger. CES1 OD-TUSKER Carcass of elephant with tusks missing found in Odisha Balasore: Carcass of an elephant with its tusks missing was found inside Kuldiha reserve forest in Odisha's Balasore district, a forest official said on Thursday.

CES2 NL-STUDENTS-STRIKE Students' body calls off indefinite hunger strike in Nagaland Kohima: An indefinite hunger strike called by a students' body in Nagaland in support of its five-point charter of demands has been called off following the intervention of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, the organisers said Wednesday. CES4 CBI-NARADA-IPS OFFICER IPS officer deposes before CBI in Narada tapes scam Kolkata: SMH Mirza, an IPS officer who had been shown in the Narada tapes allegedly taking cash from a purported businessman in a sting operation conducted in 2014, deposed before the CBI officials here on Thursday.

CES6 OD-PRADHAN-DUBAI Pradhan seeks Jaishankar's help for release of stranded Odias at Dubai Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Thursday sought the intervention of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for the release of 10 Odia people stranded in Dubai. CES7 AS-GOGOI-SOLDIER Cong MP writes to Shah seeking relief for war veteran Guwahati: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure "justice" to Kargil war veteran Mohammad Sanaullah, who has been recently declared a 'foreigner' and sent to a detention camp..