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GUWAHATI, May 15 — Overcoming the initial shock and the internal bickering that followed its somewhat lacklustre electoral performance in the Lok Sabha polls in the State, the State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today tried to put up a brave front and claimed that there was nothing for it to be dispirited by the Lok Sabha poll results. Rather, it said, the party had secured the highest number of votes in 28 of the 126 Legislative Assembly Constituencies (LACs) of the State.

The party has won two of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, namely, Nagaon and Mangaldoi, in the State, while its ally ABSU-BPAC...

MARIANI, May 15 – The first-ever survey of gibbon with an object to enumerate their existing numbers, was conducted by the State Forest Department at the gibbon wildlife sanctuary here. The department which conducted the survey during the first week of April announced that seven rare species of primates are existent at the sanctuary.

It is worth mentioning that out of 15 rare species of primates available in the country, nine of them are found in the North East. Out of these, seven are found at the gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary. Detailing the survey report, the Department informed that the...

Shillong, May 15: Syiem of Hima Mylliem, Laborious Manik Syiem, was voted out of power through a referendum by the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) last evening. The referendum against Laborious Syiem received the support of 27 of the 42 members present in the House. He was ousted a couple of years ago by the KHADC for alleged misappropriation of funds and other irregularities in the Mylliem Dorbar, but has been contesting the decision of the district council to remove him from the post. Latho Manik Syiem was appointed acting Syiem.

Soon after the ouster, Laborious moved court...

ITANAGAR, May 15 – Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang of the BJP has said “underestimating opposition” by the National Democratic Alliance leaders and their “over- confidence” were responsible for defeat of the alliance, reports PTI. Asked to comment on the defeat of the BJP-led NDA, Apang told PTI that preponing of elections following BJP’s victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, selection of ‘ineffective’ candidates and too much stress on the ‘feel good’ factor and ‘India shining’ campaign were also responsible for the outcome, which he labelled as “disastrous...

SHILLONG, May 14 – The poll verdict from Meghalaya's two Lok Sabha seats which returned both the incumbent MPs back to Parliament was on expected lines, reports PTI. Nationalist Trinamool Congress leader Purno Agitok Sangma retained his Tura seat for eighth time in a row and Congress veteran P R Kyndiah made a hat-trick from Shillong seat. Sangma, who reduced his winning margin to 72,763 this time from over 1.13 lakh in 1999 hustings, had proved he was still a 'force' to reckon with in North-east nothwithstanding the reverses he suffered in the run-up to the polls by losing the NCP symbol to...