HIGHLIGHTS-EASTERN REGION 9.30PM

Kolkata, May 25 (PTI) Following are PTI's top stories from the
eastern region at 9.30 pm.
    STORIES ON THE WIRE:
    CAL2
    POLL-AR-ASSEMBLY
    BJP wins 41 seats in 60-member Arunachal Pradesh
Assembly
    Itanagar: The BJP has won 41 seats in the 60-member
Arunachal Pradesh Assembly after results of all the
constituencies were announced, an election official said
Saturday.
    CAL3
    WB-POLL-TMC-ANALYSIS
    Amid saffron surge, Mamata Banerjee's challenge to
keep flock together ahead of state polls
    Kolkata: A Modi wave and simmering anger over TMC's
alleged appeasement of the minorities that polarised voters
after bloodied panchayat elections last year may have cost the
ruling party in West Bengal dearly as its tally came down from
34 to 22 in the Lok Sabha polls.
    CAL4
    AR-POLL-KHANDU
    Khandu thanks the people for reposing faith in his
govt
    Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu
Saturday thanked the people of the state for reposing faith in
the policies and performance of his government and electing 41
BJP MLAs in the recently held state polls.
    CAL6
    POLL-WB-VIOLENCE
    1 dead, several injured in post-poll clashes between
TMC, BJP across Bengal
    Kolkata: Violent incidents were reported from across
West Bengal on Saturday in which one person died and many were
injured, officials said, as a face-off brewed between the
ruling Trinamool Congress and a surging BJP after the Lok
Sabha results were declared.
    CAL7
    SK-SKM-STAKE CLAIM
    SKM leaders meet Sikkim Governor, stake claim to form
government
    Gangtok: A Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) delegation
led by its president P S Golay on Saturday called on Governor
Ganga Prasad and staked claim to form the next government in
the state.
    CAL12
    MHA-JMB-BASES
    Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh planning to set up
permanent bases in eastern states: MHA
    Agartala: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has
sounded an alert about plans of terrorist outfit Jamaat-ul-
Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) making permanent bases within 10
kilometres of the India-Bangladesh border in the eastern
states of Tripura, Assam and West Bengal.
    CAL13
    WB-LD MAMATA
    Poll effect: Mamata offers to quit as CM, party
rejects
    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee
Saturday offered to quit as chief minister of West Bengal
following her party's drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, but the
TMC rejected it.
    CES1
    OD-SPLIT-VOTE
    Odisha voters go for split voting while electing MPs
and MLAs
    Bhubaneswar: The Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly
elections were held simultaneously, but in many constituencies
people have voted in favour of one party in the Parliamentary
poll and for another in the state election.
    CES2
    WB-CELEBRITIES
    TMC and BJP repose faith in celebrities
    Kolkata: Reposing faith in celebrities over seasoned
politicians, the Trinamool Congress and the BJP fielded seven
actors, a playback singer and two footballers in West Bengal
for the Lok Sabha polls.
    CES3
    OD-CONGRESS-SHOT
    Congress candidate dies
    Berhampur: Congress candidate from Aska Assembly seat
in Odisha's Ganjam district, Manoj Jena who was shot by
unknown miscreants three days ago succumbed to injuries during
treatment, police said on Saturday.
    CES5
    POLL-AR-ASY-NEWCOMERS
    Arunachal Assembly will have 20 first time MLAs
    Itanagar: As many as 20 first timers won the Assembly
elections in Arunachal Pradesh this time with a majority of
them belonging to the ruling BJP.
    CES8
    SK-BHAICHUNG
    Bhaichung Bhutia congratulates SKM for victory in
Sikkim
    Gangtok: India's former football captain and Hamro
Sikkim Party (HSP) working president Bhaichung Bhutia on
Saturday congratulated the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) on
winning the assembly polls and the lone Lok Sabha seat in
Sikkim.
    CES10
    TR-RAIN
    Heavy rain in Tripura, 700 people take shelter in
relief camps
    Agartala: At least 739 people were rendered homeless
and forced to take shelter in relief camps across Tripura due
to heavy rain and thunderstorms since Friday, an official
said. PTI
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