Assembly Election result: MNF returns to power in Mizoram

The Mizo National Front has returned to power in style in Mizoram with the party almost making a clean sweep. As per the latest figures, the MNF is leading 25 seats while the Congress is leading only 5 seats while the BJP has won only 1 seat till now. #ResultsWithNortheastLive | Battleground MizoramLeads 40/40 MNF […]

Campaigning for first phase Panchayat polls ends in Assam; parties carry out intense campaigning across state

Campaigning for Assam’s most politically divided Panchayat polls comes to an end this afternoon with the BJP and its alliance partner Asom Gana Parishad not only battling each other but also engaged in an unprecedented war of words. The opposition Congress and the AIUDF are the two other main political players in the fray but […]

Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi asks AGP to snap ties with BJP

Just a day after the ruling BJP in Assam launched its first major offensive against ally AGP over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill saying that the AGP has no moral right to oppose the Bill. Senior Congress leader and former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi added a new twist to the ongoing friction in the BJP-AGP […]

Mizoram: PM Modi meets civil society leaders at Aijal Club

After addressing a rally at Lunglei, Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Aizawl where he held a meeting with top civil society leaders and party members. While the BJP candidates in fray sought a special package for Mizoram, the Mizo civil society groups highlighted the Bru issue which the PM said will be resolved after […]

BJP promises big in Mizoram poll manifesto

BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav released the party’s manifesto in Aizwal on Tuesday. Madhav started his address with a characteristic salvo at the ruling Congress saying the lack of development that has been witnessed in Congress ruled Mizoram in the past 10 years is something which that has not been seen in any other part […]

Cong president Rahul Gandhi addresses rally in Champai; attacks BJP, MNF

Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the BJP for allegedly trying to get entry into Mizoram by riding on the MNF. Addressing a rally at Champhai in Mizoram, the Congress President slammed the BJP for allegedly trying to impose one idea on India. Gandhi also lambasted the MNF for allegedly opening the […]

Action packed day in Mizoram; Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi address election rallies

BJP national president Amit Shah and Congress president Rahul Gandhi have landed in the poll bound state of Mizoram to address public meets. BJP national president Amit Shah addressed his first rally at Lawngtlai on Tuesday. The BJP president who reached the Lengpui airport in Aizawl at 11am, headed straight to Lawngtlai for the public […]

Assam BJP president Ranjit Das stirs controversy

Assam BJP President Ranjit Das has stirred major controversy by saying that it would be ethically correct for alliance partner, Asom Gana Parishad to quit the government and coalition and continue with its protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Speaking to Northeast Live Editor-in-Chief Wasbir Hussain on the show Northeast Tonight, Das said he would […]

Union Minister Ananth Kumar passes away at 59

Union minister and six-time BJP MP Ananth Kumar breathed his last at a Bengaluru hospital on Monday morning. The 59-year-old was suffering from cancer and was earlier treated at a hospital in New York. He is survived by wife Tejaswani and two daughters Aishwaraya and Vijayeta. The Karnataka government declared a three-day mourning and a public […]