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...

DISPUR, May 15 – The Committee on State Public Sector Enterprises (SPSE) in its meeting held recently with the management of APOL (Assam Polyester Co-operative Society Ltd) in the presence of authorities concerned of the co-operative Department and ASEB sorted out regarding reconnection of powerline to APOL and payment for energy bill which is to be as per the revised connected load as approved by the ASEB.

The Chief Engineer, P&D and RE, who represented the Chairman, ASEB, will submit his report to the Chairman, ASEB, on the facts stated above and gave an assurance to help APOL on...

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...

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...

Aizawl, May 14: Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga, who is also the Mizo National Front president, today allayed fears that the Congress-led government at the Centre would dissolve the MNF ministry. With the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) voted out of power in Delhi, doubts have been raised within the ruling MNF over the fate of the government. The MNF had joined the NDA in January this year.

Zoramthanga expressed his opinion at a function here today where the new MP and MLA of the MNF were being felicitated.

Describing the dissolution of ministries in states ruled by Opposition parties...