Guwahati, May 13: Bhupen Hazarika today lost to Bhupen Hazarika, at least that is what the music maestro thinks. Accepting his defeat to the Congress’ Kirip Chaliha “sportingly”, the BJP’s star candidate tonight said that “complacency among the grassroots workers” had led to his loss in Guwahati. “They (the party workers) thought that there was no need for campaigning as Bhupen Hazarika is contesting. That made the difference in the ultimate analysis,” Hazarika told The Telegraph.

He had declined to speak to reporters who thronged his residence here after the result trend became clear. While...

IMPHAL, May 13 – Dr Thokchom Meinya of the Indian National Congress (inc) has succeeded in wresting the Inner Manipur parliamentary constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha polls from three times sitting mp, Thounaojam Chaoba of the Bharatiya Janata Party (bjp) by a landslide margin. Chaoba, a former Union Minister of State for Sports, had been elected as mp thrice on a Manipur State Congress Party (mscp) ticket. He also won the same seat on a Congress ticket in 11th Lok Sabha. But he was defeated this time.

Dr Meinya, who is also the Higher and Technical Education Minister with the ruling Congress...

SHILLONG, May 13 – Meghalaya has reposed its faith in two MPs of the dissolved Parliament with both, Purno Sangma, the All-India Trinamool Congress leader, and Congress nominee PR Kyndiah retaining Tura and Shillong constituencies respectively, reports PTI. Sangma, who contested from his home constituency – Tura – for the eighth time in a row now, defeated his Congres rival Mukul Sangma in a straight fight by a margin of 72,763 votes.

The former Lok Sabha speaker, who sought re-election this time on the AITC ticket after losing his Nationalist Congress Party symbol to the Sharad Pawar group...

LUMDING, May 13 – The people of Lumding in general and the employees of Lumding railway division in particular have expressed deep concern over the unabated extortions and killings in Karbi Anglong and NC Hills districts by extremists violating all norms of ceasefire.

The railway employees, through their trade unions, have submitted memorandums to the General Manager, Divisional Railway Manager, NF Railway and other concerned authority, expressing deep concern over the extortion in the form of monthly payment from the salary of the employees, extortion of high amount from the middle class...

TURA, May 13 – Poll predictions of a close fight between sitting MP from Tura, Purno A Sangma, contesting on an All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) ticket, and Dr Mukul M Sangma, of the Indian National Congress (INC) proved otherwise with the veteran MP defeating his Congress opponent by a margin of 75,269 votes. However, unlike earlier elections when P A Sangma had won by record margins of over a lakh votes this time it was reduced. In the last LS election Purno Sangma had defeated his nearest rival Atul C Marak of the Congress by a margin of one lakh thirty thousand votes. The much reduced...