Naga Peoples Party

At least 13 parties, including the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), the BJP, the Naga People's Front, and the Congress, have nominated candidates for the polls.

In a major political development ahead of next year's Assembly polls in Nagaland, 21 of the 25 MLAs of the Naga People's Front (NPF) on Friday joined the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP).

Some 142 people, including children of VIPs, actors and politicians, have been taken into custody after a rave party was busted in the early hours of Sunday at a pub of a five-star hotel in Banjara Hills by the task force team of Hyderabad Police.

A sub-plot in the electoral battle for Manipur this time has been the rivalry between members of BJP-led the ruling coalition, the latest episode of which on Saturday saw one of them accuse another of an outright "betrayal".

The Naga Peoples' Front (NPF), a member of the all party government in Nagaland and Naga Students' Federation (NSF) will hold democratic agitations till the Centre reconsiders its latest extension of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act.

Nagaland Assembly will soon be opposition-less. The main Opposition party in the state - Naga People's Front (NPF), which is the single largest party in Nagaland with 25 MLAs, decided to join the Neiphiu Rio-led People's Democratic Alliance (PDA)

The Neiphiu Rio-led Ruling People's Democratic Alliance in Nagaland has said Governor RN Ravi's Independence Day speech has "not been well-received by the people" of the state. Apart from Mr Rio's party, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party or NDPP, the BJP is the other partner in the alliance government.

Seven opposition Naga People's Front (NPF) lawmakers have declared their support to the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDDP) nominee and ruling People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) consensus candidate, Tokheho Yepthomi for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland.

Meghalaya's United Democratic Party (UDP) has decided to quit the Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA) - the BJP-led anti-Congress political alliance in the Northeast - over the Narendra Modi government's stand on the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. But it will remain in Meghalaya's Conrad Sangma-led alliance government, where the BJP is ...

By-elections to four Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly constituencies across 10 states are being held today. The Lok Sabha seats that will vote include Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and the lone seat in Nagaland. While the BJP held three of these seats, its former ally Naga People's Front (NPF) had won the Naga...

In a major development in Nagaland, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) led People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) government is at loggerheads with civil society groups and the opposition party - the Naga People's Front (NPF). The matter of contention here is a letter written by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and his deputy Y Patton to Uni...

In Nagaland, both the incumbent chief minister TR Zeliang and the aspirant Neiphiu Rio have staked claim to form the government in alliance with the BJP. But putting all uncertainty to rest, at least for now, BJP strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma said in Kohima on Monday that his party will not have any truck with the incumbent Naga People's Front (NP...

Counting of votes is complete in the three north east states - Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura. The BJP under its state chief Biplab Kumar Deb and along with its ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura won 43 seats. CPI(M) leader and Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who has been in power for 20 years, has reached the end, with the party getting 16 se...

Neiphiu Rio is returning to Nagaland politics after a gap of nearly four years. He is contesting the Nagaland assembly elections on an NDPP ticket and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party has teamed up with the BJP. The combine is facing Chief Minister TR Zeliang's Naga People's Front or NPF.

Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang, 66, belongs to the Naga People's Front or NPF. He has expressed confidence that his party will win the assembly elections to be held on February 27. Mr Zeliang faces an alliance of the BJP and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in the Nagaland assembly elections

At least 13 parties, including the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), the BJP, the Naga People's Front, and the Congress, have nominated candidates for the polls.

In a major political development ahead of next year's Assembly polls in Nagaland, 21 of the 25 MLAs of the Naga People's Front (NPF) on Friday joined the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP).

Some 142 people, including children of VIPs, actors and politicians, have been taken into custody after a rave party was busted in the early hours of Sunday at a pub of a five-star hotel in Banjara Hills by the task force team of Hyderabad Police.

A sub-plot in the electoral battle for Manipur this time has been the rivalry between members of BJP-led the ruling coalition, the latest episode of which on Saturday saw one of them accuse another of an outright "betrayal".

The Naga Peoples' Front (NPF), a member of the all party government in Nagaland and Naga Students' Federation (NSF) will hold democratic agitations till the Centre reconsiders its latest extension of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act.

Nagaland Assembly will soon be opposition-less. The main Opposition party in the state - Naga People's Front (NPF), which is the single largest party in Nagaland with 25 MLAs, decided to join the Neiphiu Rio-led People's Democratic Alliance (PDA)

The Neiphiu Rio-led Ruling People's Democratic Alliance in Nagaland has said Governor RN Ravi's Independence Day speech has "not been well-received by the people" of the state. Apart from Mr Rio's party, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party or NDPP, the BJP is the other partner in the alliance government.

Seven opposition Naga People's Front (NPF) lawmakers have declared their support to the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDDP) nominee and ruling People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) consensus candidate, Tokheho Yepthomi for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland.

Meghalaya's United Democratic Party (UDP) has decided to quit the Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA) - the BJP-led anti-Congress political alliance in the Northeast - over the Narendra Modi government's stand on the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. But it will remain in Meghalaya's Conrad Sangma-led alliance government, where the BJP is ...

By-elections to four Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly constituencies across 10 states are being held today. The Lok Sabha seats that will vote include Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and the lone seat in Nagaland. While the BJP held three of these seats, its former ally Naga People's Front (NPF) had won the Naga...

In a major development in Nagaland, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) led People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) government is at loggerheads with civil society groups and the opposition party - the Naga People's Front (NPF). The matter of contention here is a letter written by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and his deputy Y Patton to Uni...

In Nagaland, both the incumbent chief minister TR Zeliang and the aspirant Neiphiu Rio have staked claim to form the government in alliance with the BJP. But putting all uncertainty to rest, at least for now, BJP strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma said in Kohima on Monday that his party will not have any truck with the incumbent Naga People's Front (NP...

Counting of votes is complete in the three north east states - Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura. The BJP under its state chief Biplab Kumar Deb and along with its ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura won 43 seats. CPI(M) leader and Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who has been in power for 20 years, has reached the end, with the party getting 16 se...

Neiphiu Rio is returning to Nagaland politics after a gap of nearly four years. He is contesting the Nagaland assembly elections on an NDPP ticket and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party has teamed up with the BJP. The combine is facing Chief Minister TR Zeliang's Naga People's Front or NPF.

Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang, 66, belongs to the Naga People's Front or NPF. He has expressed confidence that his party will win the assembly elections to be held on February 27. Mr Zeliang faces an alliance of the BJP and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in the Nagaland assembly elections