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Following are PTI top stories from the eastern region at 9 pm. STORIES ON THE WIRE: CAL 2 BH-FLOODS Bihar floods death toll climbs to 130 Patna: Death toll in Bihar floods rose to 130 on Tuesday, whereas 88.46 lakh people have been affected in 13 districts in inundation caused earlier this month due to torrential rainfall in the catchment areas of Nepal, state disaster management department said.

CAL 4 AS-FLOOD Assam flood situation improving Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam, where 86 people have died in the current wave of deluge, improved considerably on Tuesday as water levels in all major rivers started receding and no death was reported in the past 24 hours. CAL 5 WB-INDIGO-LD HANOI IndiGo to fly to Hanoi from Kolkata Kolkata: IndiGo is set to launch daily direct flights between Kolkata and Hanoi from October 3, making the Vietnamese capital the fifth Southeast Asian destination on the airline's network, the low-cost carrier announced on Tuesday.

CES 10 OD-MLA-JOBS-AGE Odisha MLA urges govt to raise upper age limit for job application Bhubaneswar: A legislator of the ruling BJD on Tuesday urged the Odisha government to raise the upper age limit for job application by 10 years, on par with Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Uttarakhand. CES 11 SK-ASSEMBLY SDF Two SDF MLAs defy party line, attend budget session Gangtok: In a jolt to the opposition Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), two of its MLAs attended the assembly proceeedings defying party lines on Tuesday, the second day of the ongoing budget session.

CES 12 BH-NITISH RETROFITTING Nitish asks to speed up retrofitting of schools & hospitals buildings Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday called to expedite the retrofitting work in all the schools and hospitals buildings as per the 'rapid visual screening' (RVS) procedure of the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA). CES 14 AS-ASSEMBLY MORTALITY MMR, IMR higher, sterilisation down in Assam Guwahati: The maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR) in Assam continues to be higher than the all-India level over the last decade, state Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the state legislative assembly on Tuesday.

CES 16 BH-NITISH METRO Nitish asks officials to start work on Patna metro at the earliest Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday asked the officials to start work on Patna Metro project at the earliest. CES 18 OD-RAIN More rains likely in Odisha in the next few days Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to receive more rains in the next few days due to a low pressure even as the situation in rain battered Malkangiri improved on Tuesday with water receding from submerged areas..