Incidents of poll-related discrepancies are being reported from Manipur as polling for Phase 2 takes place today. In  Thoubal, a number of first-time voters among others were seen queuing up outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office after allegedly being denied voting rights. Talking to Northeast Live, some of the voters claimed that they were compelled to […]

After continuing attacks on Ukraine for 10 days, the Russian Federation declared a ceasefire starting at 6:00 GMT or 10 a.m. (Moscow time) on Saturday to allow civilians to leave the country.  Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant on Friday in an assault that caused alarm around the world and that […]

Rohit Sharma-led Team India on Saturday gave a guard of honour to maverick batter Virat Kohli in the batter’s 100th Test. When India walked out to the field on Day 2 of the ongoing Test against Sri Lanka here in Mohali, the entire Team stood together to give Kohli a guard of honour. Kohli scored […]

More incidents of poll violence are coming to the fore from Manipur. The election agent of BJP’s Karong candidate in Senapati has demanded a magisterial inquiry into an incident of violence at Namju polling station under the constituency. In a complaint filed with the Returning officer the BJP candidate’s agent alleged that one person had […]

In a major breakthrough, the Assam Police has arrested five persons from Barpeta’s Howly and Kalgachia for their links with an outfit based out of Bangladesh having affiliation to Al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent.  The five persons have been identified as Mohammad Suman alias Saiful Islam, Khairul Islam, Badshah Suleman, Naushad Ali, and Taimur […]

Violence erupted at Tobumai Polling Station as the final phase of the Manipur Assembly Elections 2022 got underway, with supporters of both the Naga People’s Front and Independent candidates clashing. The supporters of candidates toppled down a jeep. Meanwhile, team Northeast Live was attacked by miscreants during poll coverage near Tobumai village. Northeast Live’s equipment […]

Voting for the much awaited final phase of Manipur Assembly Elections 2022 is underway. Polling has began at 7 am at a total of 22 constituencies spread across 6 districts in the state. As many as 92 candidates, including two women, are in the fray for the second phase. The two women candidates are CPI’s […]

A total of over 8.40 lakh people are expected to cast their votes in the second phase of Manipur Assembly elections with 92 candidates in fray. Of the 92, only two are female candidates. Polling is set to take place in the electoral districts of Thoubal which has 10 assembly seats, Ukhrul, Senapati and Tamenglong […]

Top NSCN-IM leader Thuingaleng Muivah was today airlifted from his base at Camp Hebron to a hospital in Dimapur for a medical check-up. Informed sources said that Muivah was examined at the Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research hospital in Dimapur and his condition is stable. However, it is not immediately known whether the […]

Russia has blocked the BBC’s Russian language news website. The BBC’s website appeared to be blocked in Russia as reports said there were problems accessing the website, hours after it brought back shortwave radio technology to cover the Russia-Ukraine war. BBC Russia’s Twitter account claimed that Facebook parent Meta, Google Play Store and German public […]