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The party's central leadership had summoned Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, both contenders for the top post.

According to Deputy Commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha, the estate has been declared a containment zone.

The saffron party won 60 of the 126 seats, its allies Asom Gana Parishad nine and United Peoples Party (Liberal) six.

The RTI activist, in an attempt to reach out to the people of the state, wrote several open letters from jail, highlighting problems that need to be addressed.

Chandrashekhar Rao congratulated Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on the hat-trick win of her party in West Bengal and forming the government for third consecutive term

As per the Election Commission website, the BJP is leading in 60 out of the total 126 assembly seats.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 60 seats while Congress is leading in 26 seats.

The Congress has established initial leads only on five seats while its partners Bodoland Peoples Front on two seats and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on one seat.

On Saturday, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra reviewed counting arrangements with senior officers of the commission.

A total of eight quakes jolted the state since Wednesday night and all originated in and around Tezpur, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in its bulletin.

An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude hit Assam on Wednesday morning, causing widespread damage in the Northeast state.

Most parts of the region felt the impact of the massive earthquake as people ran out of their homes and other places in panic.

The state government has also ordered all market places and shops to down shutters by 6 pm, and face mask has been made mandatory for everyone.

Three employees of the ONGC were on April 21 kidnapped by suspected ULFA-I militants from its Lakwa oilfield in Assam's Sivasagar district along the Assam-Nagaland border.

"Around 300 people created chaos at both places, mainly over payment of Rs 500 for the tests," Cachar district Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumit Sattawan said.

Funds collected in Asom Arogya Nidhi account last year shall be utilised for procuring the vaccines, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Whereabouts of the kidnapped employees were not known and kidnappers have not made any contact with the family or the company so far, a source in ONGC said.

The third phase of election in the tea-garden state was held in 40 constituencies of 12 districts in the state

Altogether 79,19,641 voters -- 40,11,539 men, 39,07,963 women and 139 of the third gender -- are entitled to exercise their franchise in 11,401 polling stations.

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are voting on Tuesday in single-phase assembly elections.