HIGHLIGHTS

Following are the top stories from the Eastern Region at 5 pm.

CAL 18 AS-HIMANTA **** Gandhi family most corrupt in India: Himanta Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday alleged that the Gandhi family is the most corrupt one in the country.**** CAL 8 AS-YATRA-LD RAHUL **** Assam govt most corrupt in India: Rahul Gandhi Sivasagar: Soon after 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' entered Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that perhaps the ''most corrupt government'' in India is functioning in the state.**** CAL 17 BH-MOHAN YADAV-VISIT **** Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav visits Patna Patna: BJP leaders in Bihar on Thursday accorded a warm welcome to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav whose day-long visit here is being viewed by the party as an opportunity to make a dent into the core base of the state's ruling RJD.**** CAL 16 OD-LD-WILD-TUSKER **** Wild tusker enters Baripada town forcing people to remain indoors for 6 hours Baripada: A wild tusker from Similipal National Park entered Baripada town in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Thursday forcing people to remain indoors till the jumbo was chased away from human habitation areas.**** CAL 15 WB-HC-HARMONY-RALLY **** Cal HC allows TMC's harmony rally on Jan 22, directs state govt to ensure no breach of peace Kolkata, Jan 18 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the ruling Trinamool Congress to hold a Sampriti (harmony) rally here on January 22, the same day as the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.**** CAL 14 MN-GUNFIGHTS-KILLING **** One killed as Manipur groups engage in shootouts Imphal: A village volunteer was killed in a gunfight between two warring communities in Manipur's Kangpokpi district, officials said on Thursday. **** CAL 11 WB-AYODHYA-GUV **** Ram temple inauguration: Bengal Guv writes to CS on security arrangements in state Kolkata: In response to concerns from opposition parties about a potential law and order crisis in West Bengal on the day of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, Governor CV Ananda Bose wrote to chief Secretary BP Gopalika requesting details of the security arrangements in the state, according to a Raj Bhavan official.**** CAL 2 WB-ED-RAIDS **** ED conducts raids in Kolkata in Bengal school jobs scam Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday started conducting raids simultaneously at seven places in and around Kolkata in connection with its probe into the alleged irregularities in recruitment in schools of West Bengal, a senior officer said.****