Manipur Polls 2022: NPP, JD (U) BJP’s B-Team Claims Congress Observer Jairam Ramesh

The War of words between different parties has intensified ahead of the Manipur Polls. In a big statement, the Congress has termed the NPP and JD-U as the B-team of the BJP in the state. Veteran Congress leader and AICC observer for Manipur, Jairam Ramesh while speaking to Northeast Live Editor-in-chief Wasbir Hussain in the […]

Heavy Rain likely over Assam, Arunachal; dense fog possible in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura

Temperatures have dipped across the region, as parts of the Northeast, including Guwahati, were lashed by incessant rainfall since yesterday. The downpour and snowfall in parts of the region have led to a further drop in the mercury level. Several parts of the state are experiencing bone-chilling cold with temperatures dipping below 10 degrees Celsius. […]

NPP will emerge as single largest party in Manipur: Conrad Sangma

Meghalaya Chief  Minister and National People’s Party Chief Conrad Sangma is pulling all stops for the party’s candidates in the fray for the Manipur Assembly Polls.   As part of his 4-day in poll-bound Manipur, the NPP National President campaigned in Churachandpur district to drum up support for as many as six candidates in fray […]

Northeast Covid Alert: Latest tally from Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur & Sikkim

Assam’s COVID trajectory continues to witness a slight dip, with a total of 1,019 fresh cases being reported in the state in the last 24 hours. Of these, a total of 238 cases have been reported from the Kamrup Metropolitan district. With this, the state’s acute caseload stands at 13,786. In Assam we recorded a […]

Nagaland: Naga People’s Front reach out to ruling NDPP for merger

The Naga People’s Front has reached out to the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party or the NDPP to merge with it. Talking exclusively to Northeast Live, NPF legislature party leader and former Chief Minister TR Zeliang stated that there is nothing wrong in inviting another regional party to merge with his party. However, Zeliang said […]

Northeast Covid Updates: Cases spike in Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur ; Assam witnesses a marginal dip

Assam’s COVID trajectory witnessed a slight dip with a total of 1,028 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours. Of these, 254 cases have been detected in the Kamrup Metropolitan district. With this, Assam’s active caseload stands at 15,178. Thus, the COVID positivity rate is 3.08 percent. Meanwhile, a total of 18 COVID-related deaths […]

Manipur Polls 2022: NPP Announce 13 candidates, JD(U) 30

The NPP has released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Manipur assembly elections. The NPP’s second list includes names of 13 candidates. Significantly, the list includes names of at least two BJP leaders who were denied party tickets. The BJP leaders who defected the party and are contesting on NPP tickets include Z […]

Manipur Polls: Denied Tickets in BJP, intending candidates hop party

The BJP has been rocked by desertions since the release of its list of 60 candidates. Faced with the problem of plenty in the election-bound state, the BJP denied tickets to 3 sitting MLAs. The party also had to disappoint a number of intending candidates, many of whom were near certain of making the cut. […]

Manipur Polls: BJP denies tickets to three sitting MLAs

Names of three sitting BJP MLAs were missing from the candidate list for Manipur polls that was announced by BJP on January 30. This includes Y Irabot of Wangkhei assembly constituency. In his place BJP has decided to field Okram Henry. Apart from this Kakching MLA M. Rameshwor has been denied a ticket where Y […]