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Manik Saha sworn-in as 12th Tripura Chief Minister
Agartala: Sixty-nine-year-old Professor of Dental Surgery in Tripura Medical College Manik Saha was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tripura on Sunday in a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhawan here. State Governor Satyadeo Narain Ar administered…
Tripura, Arunachal CMs meet Rajnath
New Delhi, April 18: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu on Monday separately called on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here and discussed their state's development issues. Apprising…
Don’t forget your roots: Tamang exhorts youths
Gangtok, April 14: The Vikram Samvat New Year 2079 celebrations were held here on Thursday, with the participation of various sub-communities of Sikkimese Nepalese. Speaker, Sikkim Legislative Assembly, LB Das presided over the…
Assam, Meghalaya sign an accord resolving 50-yr-old border issue.
New Delhi, March 29: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalayan counterpart Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to resolve a decade-old boundary dispute between the two North-eastern…
N Biren Singh to get second term as Manipur CM
Imphal, March 20: Nongthombam Biren Singh was unanimously elected leader of the Manipur BJP Legislature party on Sunday, paving the way for his second consecutive term as Chief Minister of the Northeastern state. Soon after his…
Kuki People’s Alliance extends support to BJP in Manipur
Imphal, March 18: Kuki People's Alliance (KPA) on Friday extended unconditional support to Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Manipur. KPA President Tongmang Haokip along with two newly elected MLAs - Kimneo Haokip Hangshing and…
Arunachal all-party delegation to request Centre for amending Article 371(H)
Itanagar, March 16 (UNI) An all-party delegation from the State will move to Delhi in the coming days to request the Centre to amend Article 371(H) of the Indian Constitution to put Arunachal at par with Article 371(A) and 371(G) in…
BJP’s central leadership to decide on next CM of Manipur: Biren Singh
New Delhi, March 15: Manipur caretaker Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday categorically said that the BJP's central leadership will decide on who will be the next CM of the state as he dodged the question on whether he would…
Biren welcomes NPF, rules out including NPP in Govt
Imphal, Mar 10 (UNI) Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday ruled out including the National People's Party (NPP) in any future coalition government to be formed by the BJP in Manipur but welcomed the Naga People's Front…
Cong urges poll panel to ensure free & fair elections in Manipur
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) A day before the second phase of Assembly elections in Manipur, the Congress party on Friday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure free and fair polls as it has accused the ruling BJP of indulging…
Meghalaya waits for a new DGP
Shillong, Feb 16 (UNI) The Meghalaya government would soon take a call on the appointment of a full-fledged Director-General of Police after the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recommended the names of three senior IPS officers for…
Sonia, Rahul Gandhi among star campaigners for Manipur
New Delhi, Feb 14: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party leader Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh are among the 30 star campaigners for Manipur assembly elections, the Congress announced in a list on Monday. Kanhaiya Kumar, who recently…
Two former Tripura BJP MLAs join Congress
Agartala, Feb 8 (UNI) A day after resigning from the BJP and also as legislators, two senior Tripura politicians - Sudip Roy Barman and Ashis Kumar Saha - on Tuesday joined Congress at the party headquarters in New Delhi. All India…
PM Modi remotely inaugurates 22 dev projects worth over Rs 4,800 cr in for Manipur
Tripura/New Delhi, Jan 05 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 22 development projects worth Rs 4800 crores for Manipur, remotely from Imphal.
However in Agartala, the opposition Congress trained its guns on Prime Minister…