Okram Ibobi Singh

Manipur's Leader of the Opposition and three-time Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has said that this time the Congress is busy working out an "understanding" with other parties on gathering numbers to form a government.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former chief Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh are among the 30 star campaigners for the Manipur assembly elections, according to the list released by the party on Monday.

Three-time Manipur Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition in the Manipur legislative assembly Okram Ibobi Singh today filed his nomination from his traditional Thoubal seat and said that this election will be a new chapter for Manipur, a chapter

Former Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and 11 sitting MLAs are among the 40 candidates that the opposition Congress announced on Saturday for the Manipur assembly elections, scheduled to be held in two phases on February 27 and March 3.

The CBI questioned Congress leader and ex-Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh in Imphal for nearly three hours on Wednesday in connection with alleged misappropriation of Rs 332 crore development funds for the state, officials said.

Four MLAs of the National People's Party in Manipur who were flown from state capital Imphal to Guwahati in Assam were today taken to Delhi for talks with the top BJP leadership, a week after they quit the BJP-led coalition government in the northeast state and paved the way for a serious bid by the Congress to topple it.

The CBI on Friday raided nine locations in three cities, including the official and private residences, of former Manipur Congress Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, for allegedly misappropriating Rs 332 crore from development funds in Manipur, the officials said.

Keeping the promise of investigating the previous Congress regime, the BJP-led government in Manipur filed an FIR yesterday against former Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh along with three former chief secretaries over alleged irregularities in the Manipur Development Society (MDS), which develops key infrastructure for the state.

A 19-year-old was killed in a road rage shooting in 2011. The man who pulled the trigger, Ajay Meetai, is the son of Manipur's current Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who was then a sports minister in Okram Ibobi Singh's Congress government. But the victim's parents now allege threat to their safety. They have approached the Supreme Court to request ...

Away from the mainstream media spotlight - a new chapter in Manipur's history was written on Tuesday when Chief Minister N Biren Singh visited Ukhrul and was accorded a red carpet welcome by the local Naga communities. For past 15 years whenever former chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh visited Ukhrul, the home to NSCN (IM) General Secretary Thuingal...

BJP's N Biren Singh, who took oath as Manipur's Chief Minister on March 15, has to prove his majority in the state assembly today. Despite being the second largest party - with 21 legislators - in the recently-concluded assembly elections, the BJP claims to have the support of 33 legislators with the help of regional parties and independent lawmake...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, who tried to prevent Governor Najma Heptulla from inviting the BJP to form the government by holding back his resignation, will quit "today or tomorrow" and stake claim to get a fourth term as head of government in the state. But it may not be easy for Mr Singh to get the invite. With 28 seats, he is the l...

N Biren Singh, who left the Congress last year after a falling out with Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, is set to be his successor. The BJP on Monday named the 56-year-old as its chief ministerial candidate after the Governor said she was "satisfied" with the party's numbers.

Five days of Holi celebrations in Manipur have been overshadowed by competitive politics after the state voted a hung assembly on Saturday. The incumbent Congress, which has ruled the state for 15 years under Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, emerged as the single largest party winning 28 of the state's 60 seats.

Hours after Thoubal handed her just 90 votes, Manipur's Iron Lady Irom Sharmila - who conducted a 16-year hunger strike demanding the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act or AFSPA --- said she would quit active politics and travel south to "calm" her mind. Barely 24 hours ago, the feisty activist had said she would "try again" in the n...

Manipur's Leader of the Opposition and three-time Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has said that this time the Congress is busy working out an "understanding" with other parties on gathering numbers to form a government.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former chief Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh are among the 30 star campaigners for the Manipur assembly elections, according to the list released by the party on Monday.

Three-time Manipur Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition in the Manipur legislative assembly Okram Ibobi Singh today filed his nomination from his traditional Thoubal seat and said that this election will be a new chapter for Manipur, a chapter

Former Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and 11 sitting MLAs are among the 40 candidates that the opposition Congress announced on Saturday for the Manipur assembly elections, scheduled to be held in two phases on February 27 and March 3.

The CBI questioned Congress leader and ex-Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh in Imphal for nearly three hours on Wednesday in connection with alleged misappropriation of Rs 332 crore development funds for the state, officials said.

Four MLAs of the National People's Party in Manipur who were flown from state capital Imphal to Guwahati in Assam were today taken to Delhi for talks with the top BJP leadership, a week after they quit the BJP-led coalition government in the northeast state and paved the way for a serious bid by the Congress to topple it.

The CBI on Friday raided nine locations in three cities, including the official and private residences, of former Manipur Congress Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, for allegedly misappropriating Rs 332 crore from development funds in Manipur, the officials said.

Keeping the promise of investigating the previous Congress regime, the BJP-led government in Manipur filed an FIR yesterday against former Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh along with three former chief secretaries over alleged irregularities in the Manipur Development Society (MDS), which develops key infrastructure for the state.

A 19-year-old was killed in a road rage shooting in 2011. The man who pulled the trigger, Ajay Meetai, is the son of Manipur's current Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who was then a sports minister in Okram Ibobi Singh's Congress government. But the victim's parents now allege threat to their safety. They have approached the Supreme Court to request ...

Away from the mainstream media spotlight - a new chapter in Manipur's history was written on Tuesday when Chief Minister N Biren Singh visited Ukhrul and was accorded a red carpet welcome by the local Naga communities. For past 15 years whenever former chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh visited Ukhrul, the home to NSCN (IM) General Secretary Thuingal...

BJP's N Biren Singh, who took oath as Manipur's Chief Minister on March 15, has to prove his majority in the state assembly today. Despite being the second largest party - with 21 legislators - in the recently-concluded assembly elections, the BJP claims to have the support of 33 legislators with the help of regional parties and independent lawmake...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, who tried to prevent Governor Najma Heptulla from inviting the BJP to form the government by holding back his resignation, will quit "today or tomorrow" and stake claim to get a fourth term as head of government in the state. But it may not be easy for Mr Singh to get the invite. With 28 seats, he is the l...

N Biren Singh, who left the Congress last year after a falling out with Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, is set to be his successor. The BJP on Monday named the 56-year-old as its chief ministerial candidate after the Governor said she was "satisfied" with the party's numbers.

Five days of Holi celebrations in Manipur have been overshadowed by competitive politics after the state voted a hung assembly on Saturday. The incumbent Congress, which has ruled the state for 15 years under Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, emerged as the single largest party winning 28 of the state's 60 seats.

Hours after Thoubal handed her just 90 votes, Manipur's Iron Lady Irom Sharmila - who conducted a 16-year hunger strike demanding the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act or AFSPA --- said she would quit active politics and travel south to "calm" her mind. Barely 24 hours ago, the feisty activist had said she would "try again" in the n...