Manipur: 50 acres of poppy fields destroyed in Churachandpur

In the fight against drugs, a total of 50 acres of poppy cultivation were destroyed during a poppy destruction drive on Friday at Thangching Hill range in Manipur’s Churachandpur district. The drive against illicit poppy cultivation was carried out by a joint team of Churachandpur District Police, Narcotics and Affairs of Border (a unit under […]

Northeast Covid Scenario: Cases continue to spike

Assam reported a total of 6,897 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours. Out of these fresh cases, 1,561 cases have been reported from Kamrup Metropolitan District. With these fresh cases, Assam’s COVID positivity rate now stands at 12.13 percent. On this note, the active caseload of the state stands at 45,021. What is […]

Manipur celebrates 50th Statehood day

Manipur celebrated its statehood day and golden jubilee today at the 1st Battalion Manipur Rifles Parade Ground in Imphal. As part of the Golden Jubilee celebration, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh released a commemorative postage stamp for the 50th anniversary of Manipur’s statehood. PHED Executive Engineer Shri Chamdanlung Rongmei was also awarded for his dedication […]

Manipur Assembly Elections: Crackdown on cash and liquor intensified

As the polls dates of the Manipur Assembly Elections gets closer the Election Commission is taking special care for its smooth conduct. As part of such efforts, nearly 60 percent of licensed arms in poll-bound Manipur have been deposited with district authorities so far. Moreover to check the pre-poll violence in the state a total […]

Lone TMC MLA in Manipur joins BJP

Lone Trinamool Congress MLA in the state, Tongbram Robindro joined the BJP today. Apart from Robindro, former Congress MLA Surchandra also joined the saffron party. At the party office in Imphal, Robindro, who was the only TMC MLA in Manipur, was welcomed to the party by Union Minister Pratima Bhoumick and election co-in-charge of Manipur […]

Terror attack foiled in Manipur, huge cache of arms seized, IED neutralised

In a major success, a planned terrorist attack in Manipur was foiled by security forces today. Acting on specific inputs, troopers of the Assam Rifles and Manipur police personnel launched a search operation which led to the recovery of a cache of arms and ammunition from Chingmanglei village in Churachandpur district which included one 7.62 […]

Manipur Polls 2022: Congress’ efforts on to form a pre-poll alliance

The Congress is working on plans to stitch a pre-poll alliance with like-minded parties for the upcoming Manipur Polls. However, the party is yet to take a final call on the alliance partners. The Congress is also considering the number of candidates to be fielded for the ensuing assembly elections, a call on which is […]

Mary Kom should have been played by someone from the Northeast: Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra revealed that she was wrongly cast to play the role of the six-time amateur boxing champion Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom in an interview with Vanity Fair Magazine on 13 January, 2022. Chopra who is the cover girl for Vanity Fair’s February issue said that someone who exhibits features from northeast India should have […]

Manipur Polls : BJP President rubbishes speculations any crisis over ticket distribution

The BJP today rubbished speculations of internal crisis in the party over the allotment of tickets for the upcoming Manipur Polls. Speaking exclusively to Northeast Live Manipur BJP president A Sharda Devi said that the party’s popularity and developmental initiatives have prompted many to seek tickets ahead of polls. Sharda Devi advised the opposition to […]