A Supreme Court lawyer has been allegedly threatened by the militants as he was legally assisting the family, whose son was murdered allegedly by the son of Manipur CM N Biren Singh. Utsav Singh Bains, the SC lawyer, has written a letter to the Union Home Secretary to provide him with adequate[Read More…]
As most of India were hooked to their TV screens watching the results of the five-state assembly elections on the afternoon of 11th March, 2017; Himanta Biswa Sarma landed quietly at Imphal airport with a small team of trusted protégés. There was a palpable tension in Imphal city as the[Read More…]
Four Congress MLAs from Manipur quit the party on Friday and joined BJP in yet another setback to the Congress. The four leaders who joined the BJP include Y Surchandra, Ngamthang Haokip, O Lukhoi and S Bira. All the leaders were felicitated by CM N Biren Singh and state unit[Read More…]
According to the Central Groundwater Board, the concentration of iron contamination was found to be the largest in Northeast. Iron contamination in the Northeast has even crossed the permissible limit of 0.3 milligramme/litre. Water samples were collected through its permanent network of 678 groundwater monitoring stations in the Northeast, which[Read More…]
A Congress MLA from the Singngat Assembly seat in Churachandpur district joins BJP along with 14 members of the Congress Autonomous District Council from Chandel district. Ginsuanhau Zou and others were felicitated at an event at the state BJP office in Imphal by CM N Biren Singh. “Day after day,[Read More…]
Just a month after being sworn in as the minister in the new Manipur government, state health and family welfare minister Langpoklakpam Jayentakumar Singh resigned from his post citing ‘interference’ to his authority.’ The news came into the light that the NPP leader resigned after the copy of his resignation[Read More…]
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday distributed portfolios to his council of ministers. Biren Singh has retained majority of portfolios including home department, transport, general administration, sericuluture, tourism, IT, and vigilance, a statement by Chief Secretary O Nabakishore said. Deputy Chief Minister Y Joykumar Singh will look after[Read More…]
Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh, who was appointed on the March 16, will face floor test in the 60-member Manipur Assembly on Monday. As the floor test is appearing nearer, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leaving room for sloppiness and are headstrong to form their government in the state.[Read More…]
Just ahead of its floor test in the assembly on Monday, the BJP-led coalition government managed to convince the United Naga Council (UNC) to lift its almost four-month-long economic blockade on the Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Silchar highways. The UNC lifted the blockade that had left Manipur teetering on the edge, from[Read More…]
“I want to stay alive. I want to live. I want to marry, I want to love, but before I can do that, I want the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act removed from Manipur,” this was Irom Sharmila Chanu’s demand for which she went on an epic fast against AFSPA for 16 years. Sharmila decided to[Read More…]
Irom Sharmila on Wednesday alleged that BJP has usurped power in her home state Manipur with the help of money and muscle power. Sharmila said the BJP’s assuming of power in the north-eastern state would further erode its fragile socio-political equilibrium, already vitiated by the special powers enjoyed by the[Read More…]
BJP leader N Biren Singh on Wednesday took oath as the new Chief Minister of Manipur at the Raj Bhawan in Imphal. Ending 15 years of Congress rule in Manipur, this is the first time the BJP has come to power in the north-eastern state. Y Joykumar Singh of the[Read More…]
Incumbent Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh announced on Monday evening that he would resign from the chief ministerial position shortly. “I will tender my resignation (from position of CM) in a short period of time, either today or tomorrow,” he said. Earlier, Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla had asked Congress’s[Read More…]
As BJP overthrew Congress from Assam last year, it is expecting another northeastern state of Manipur to come under its vicinity. However, in the ongoing Assembly result trends, Congress and BJP are having a neck to neck battle. Here are the latest updates: Irom Sharmila polled just 90 votes in[Read More…]
Sixty percent of voters cast their ballot in Uttar Pradesh and over 83 per cent votes were cast in final phase of the Manipur Assembly polls on Wednesday. Voting for the last phase covering 40 seats in Uttar Pradesh and 22 Assembly constituencies in Manipur began on Wednesday, with all[Read More…]
Polling began on Saturday in 49 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh and 38 constituencies of Manipur in the key assembly polls. More than 7 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh are voting in the sixth phase of assembly polls on Saturday. The Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency[Read More…]
