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Amit Shah chairs Eastern Zonal Council meet, focuses on settlement of long-pending issues

Ranchi, July 10 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah today chaired the 27th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council in Ranchi. The meeting was attended by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, and West Bengal Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya.
Chief Secretaries of the four member states—Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal—along with senior officials from the Centre also participated.
Organised by the Inter-State Council Secretariat of the Ministry of Home Affairs in coordination with the Jharkhand government, the meeting focused on long-pending inter-state issues, including water resource sharing, asset division of PSUs post Bihar’s bifurcation, and implementation of new criminal laws.
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Kolkata, Jul 17 (UNI) Multiple police teams are engaged in a massive search operation to trace a teenage national-level shooter who has gone missing since leaving her home in neighbouring Howrah, sources said on Friday.
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RBI hosts MSME townhall in Aizawl to improve access to finance

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Meghalaya : KSU locks ‘illegal’ masjid in Shillong

17 Jul 2026 | 11:03 PM

Shillong, Jul 17 (UNI) The Khasi Students’ union (KSU) on Friday locked down a masjid at Fourth Furlong in Meghalaya’s capital Shillong, alleging that it was illegally constructed without proper authorisation and documentation.

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Four arrested as security forces seize drugs & illegal arms in Manipur

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Bengal: Five killed, 2 critically injured after train rams school van at Murshidabad level crossing

17 Jul 2026 | 10:43 PM

Kolkata, Jul 17 (UNI) Five persons including four school students and a local resident, were killed and two others critically injured after a local train hit a school van and a bicycle at a level-crossing gate near Karnasubarna station in Murshidabad district today morning.

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