Kolkata, Aug 8 (PTI) Following are PTI stories from

Following are PTI stories from the eastern region at 9 pm. CAL2 DEF-ORDNANCE-STRIKE Ordnance factory employees give one-month strike notice Kolkata: Unions representing civilian employees of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) at its various facilities have given a notice for a one-month strike protesting against the Centre's corporatisation plan, a federation official said on Thursday.

CAL3 AS-NRC-HARDSHIP-CJI NRC applicants pledge jewellery to make it to hearings, civil society writes to CJI Rangia/Guwahati: Several eminent members of Assam's civil society have urged the Chief Justice of India to direct the NRC authority to reschedule the re-verification hearings and hold the exercise within the respective districts of applicants so they don't have to travel hundreds of kilometres at short notice. CAL4 JH-TRIPLE TALAQ Man utters triple talaq, J'khand police registers case of domestic violence Hazaribag: A Muslim woman in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district has lodged a complaint against her husband for allegedly uttering talaq thrice, but the police registered a case of domestic violence in the absence of notification of the new act against such instantaneous divorce.

CAL5 OD-LD RAIN Rain subsides, Odisha limping back to normalcy Bhubaneswar, Aug 8 (PTI) Rain-battered south Odisha, where fears of flood loomed large, was limping back to normalcy on Thursday with rainfall subsiding and water gradually receding from submerged areas, officials said. CAL6 NL-ASSEMBLY-ASSAM Nagaland Assembly laments Assam minister's allegations of encroaching 594.90 sq km of land Kohima, Aug 8 (PTI) The Legislative Assembly here Thursday expressed serious concern over neighbouring Assam government's allegations that Nagaland has encroached 594.90 sq km of land along the inter-state border area.

CES6 MG-SIBLINGS-FLOOD Siblings donate Rs 50K from pocket money for flood victims Shillong: Three siblings in Shillong donated Rs 50,000 from their pocket money to the chief minister's relief fund on Thursday to help flood victims in the state, official sources said. CES9 OD-LOKAYUKTA_IPS Former DGP takes charge as Lokayukta member in Odisha Bhubaneswar: Hours after handing over the charge of Odisha director general of police (DGP) to his batchmate B K Sharma in Cuttack, IPS officer R P Sharma on Thursday joined Lokayukta as its non-judicial member.

CES10 MZ-ART 371-BJP Art 371(G) giving spl rights to Mizoram not to be scrapped: BJP Aizawl: The BJP Mizoram unit on Thursday asserted that the Narendra Modi government has no intention to scrap the Article 371(G) that gives certain special provisions to the state, following the revoking of provisions of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. CES12 JH-CYBERCRIME ARREST Man taken into transit remand for cybercrime against Punjab MP Jamtara: The Punjab police have taken into transit remand a person from Jharkhand in connection with defrauding Punjab MP Preneet Kaur of Rs 23 lakh from her bank account, Jamtara Superintendent of Police Ansuman Kumar said on Thursday.

LGC2 JH-COURT-LIFER 22 get life term for burning three of a family to death in Jharkhand Lohardaga: A court here on Thursday sentenced 22 people to life imprisonment for setting a house on fire and killing three members of a family after accusing them of practising witchcraft..