Following are PTI's top stories from the eastern region

Following are PTI's top stories from the eastern region at 5 pm. STORIES ON THE WIRE: ELN17 AS-RESULTS BJP improves tally in Assam, bags nine of 14 seats Guwahati: The BJP has surpassed its 2014 tally in Assam, securing nine of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, even as its allies, the AGP and the BPF, drew a blank in the state.

ELN24 OD-RESULTS BJP improves showing in Odisha LS polls, wins 5 seats Bhubaneswar: The BJP has improved its Lok Sabha performance in Odisha by winning five seats and remaining ahead in two out of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. ELN34 JH-RESULTS BJP-Ajsu Party alliance wins 12 seats in Jharkhand Ranchi: The BJP-Ajsu Party alliance swept the polls in Jharkhand, winning 12 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats while the Congress and the JMM bagged one each.

ELN51 WB-MAMATA MEETING Mamata calls a meeting of TMC MPs, party leaders Kolkata: TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have called an emergency meeting of leaders of her party on Saturday at her home following the stunning saffron surge in the state in the Lok Sabha polls. ELN68 WB-RESULTS BJP wins 18 of 42 Lok Sabha seats in Mamata's citadel Kolkata: Coming too close for comfort for the ruling Trinamool Congress, the BJP clinched 18 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, in consonance with its impressive show throughout the country.

ELN69 WB-DILIP GHOSH BJP will follow tit for tat policy to counter TMC : Dilip Ghosh Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Friday criticised TMC for allegedly letting loose violence on the party's workers in the state since the Lok Sabha polls and said BJP would follow the 'tit for tat' policy to counter it. ELN72 OD-LD RESULTS BJP eats into BJD's Lok Sabha pie in Odisha Bhubaneswar: The saffron storm, which swept parts of neighbouring West Bengal, also cut a swathe through Odisha, with the BJP bagging eight of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

ELX1 OD-ASY-PATNAIK Patnaik retains Hinjli seat, leads Bijepur by 56000 votes Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Friday retained his home turf Hinjli for a fifth consecutive term, trouncing nearest rival and BJP nominee Pitambar Acharya from the assembly seat by 60,160 votes, according to EC sources. ELX9 OD-PCC-RESIGN OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik resigns after election debacle Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik Friday announced his resignation from the post in the wake of the party's electoral debacle in the state.

ELX16 OD-ASY-RESULT BJD storming to power in Odisha for fifth consecutive term Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha is set to form a government for a record fifth term in a row, having bagged 104 of the 146 Assembly seats in the state and establishing leads in eight others.