Kolkata, Jul 26 (PTI) Following are PTI stories from

Following are PTI stories from the eastern region at 9 pm. STORIES ON THE WIRE: CAL7 LETTER-CHANDRA BOSE Bengal BJP leader calls 'selective outrage' statement a mockery Kolkata: In an embarrassment for the BJP, its West Bengal vice-president Chandra Kumar Bose on Friday described the statement of 61 celebrities "against selective outrage" as a "mockery which would trivialise the matter".

CAL8 OD-MINE-LD BODIES Odisha mine accident: Two more bodies found, CM announces Rs 5 lakh ex gratia Bhubaneswar: The death toll in the coal mine accident in Odisha's Angul district increased to three with the recovery of two more bodies on Friday, officials said. CAL9 WB-SAT-DA WB employees entitled to get DA on All India Consumer Price Index: SAT Kolkata: The State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) on Friday ordered that the West Bengal government employees are entitled to get DA at a rate to be calculated on the basis of the All India Consumer Price Index.

CAL12 AS-FLOOD 5 more die in Assam flood, toll touches 80 Guwahati: Floods in Assam claimed five more lives, taking the toll in the state to 80 on Friday even as water levels in all the affected districts receded further, an official report said. CES13 AS-FLOOD-RHINO 2 rhino carcasses found in flood-hit Pobitora sanctuary Morigaon (Assam): The carcasses of two rhinos have been found from Assam's flood-hit Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary which had recorded no animal deaths because of inundation even four days ago, an official said.

CES14 WB-TEACHERS WB govt announces hike in teachers' grade pay Kolkata: The West Bengal government Friday announced a hike in the grade pay of primary teachers in the state on the fourteenth day of their hunger strike..