BJP’s Tripura ally IPFT to go solo in upcoming Lok Sabha polls

The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura, the main ally of the ruling BJP in Tripura, has announced that it would go solo in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Speaking to Northeast Live, IPFT assistant general secretary Mangal Debbarma said the party is preparing for the upcoming polls in full swing and that it is confident […]

LS polls: BJP set to contest both Shillong, Tura seats

The BJP in Meghalaya is preparing to contest both Shillong and Tura Lok Sabha seats. The party has decided to skip the upcoming district council polls to prepare for the Lok Sabha elections. BJP’s decision to contest both Shillong and Tura seats has come as a blow to the NPP-led MDA coalition’s bid to field […]

Manipur CM N Biren Singh holds separate meeting with Rajnath Singh ahead of NE CM’s meet

Manipur Chief Minister and senior BJP leader N Biren Singh met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi today ahead of Friday’s crucial all NE chief ministers’ meet. State BJP chief KS Bhabananda was also present at the meet. The meeting was to register Manipur’s opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Bill. The state has been […]

Counting underway for NC Hills Autonomous Council polls

Counting is underway for the 28 district council seats in North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council. According to latest reports, the BJP has won 8 of the 28 seats while 2 seats have gone to independent candidates. BJP’s Hen Samuel Changsan has won from the Diger constituency defeating his nearest Congress rival by less than 100 […]

Mahagathbandhan in Kolkata; Opposition leaders attend TMC’s ‘United India’ rally

In a show of strength ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, opposition parties have assembled in Kolkata for a ‘Mahagathbandhan’ rally under the leadership of TMC chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Non-BJP parties from across the nation led by Banerjee hold deliberations in a bid to channelize efforts towards dethroning the current […]

Former Arunachal CM Gegong Apang to float new political party

Former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Gegong Apang who quit the BJP on Tuesday is all set to float a new political party. Apang disclosed to Northeast Live that he has already left for Kolkata after being invited by Trinamool Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Apang further revealed that his party […]

Former Arunachal CM Gegong Apang quits BJP

In what can be termed as a big fallout of the Centre’s decision to push for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Gegong Apang resigned from BJP’s primary membership on Tuesday. Unhappy over the party’s functioning, Apang shot off a letter to BJP national president Amit Shah stating that Prime Minister Narendra […]

Pradip Dutta Roy expelled from BJP

The BJP has expelled Pradip Dutta Roy, the founder president of Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi Students Union, from the primary membership of BJP for threatening the students of Assam University in Silchar and warning them not to protest against the Citizenship Bill. At a time when the entire state of Assam is on the boil over […]

PM Narendra Modi’s first interview of 2019: What he said

In an interview to the news agency ANI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on a variety of issues ranging from surgical strikes to demonetisation and from the Ram temple issue to that of triple talaq and Sabarimala protests. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first interview of the year, spoke about the four and half […]