The Congress' Manipur unit on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind, seeking that the Narendra Modi government make public the framework agreement signed with the NSCN-IM in August 2015.Though the Central government has been assuring...

Congress leader Okram Ibobi Singh on Monday resigned as Manipur Chief Minister, paving the way for formation of a new ministry under the BJP.Ibobi Singh, who had refused to quit earlier saying his party had the numbers, later agreed to resign by Tuesday evening.His...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh of the Congress party won in Thoubal constituency, defeating rights activist Irom Sharmila, who got fewer than 100 votes.The three-time Chief Minister, who had established an insurmountable lead over Sharmila of the PRJA...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Saturday said that demands of the militant groups in the state are unrealistic and brushed them aside as "pipe dreams".Speaking at the formal launch of Deputy Speaker Presho Shimray's election campaign, Ibobi said,...

On request of the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh met him here today. The Home Minister expressed his grave concern over the continued blockade of National Highway-2 causing severe difficulties to the people...

The law and order situation in Manipur has improved dramatically, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi says, but warns that no part of the state can ever be a part of Greater Nagaland.With assembly elections not far away, the Congress leader said people in the state...

The anti-incumbency factor is worrying the ruling Congress in Manipur, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has said.Ibobi Singh, who has been in power for three consecutive terms, said the anti-incumbency feelings may tilt the balance in the January assembly...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Monday hit out at the BJP-led central government for neglecting the northeastern region of India.He claimed that in the last two and a half years of the Narendra Modi government, nothing worth mentioning has been done....

A team of Manipuri politicians, led by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, left for New Delhi on Friday to urge the central government to give assent to three bills the state assembly passed on August 31, 2015 on regulating the influx of "outsiders" but...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is yet to give an appointment to an all-party delegation from Manipur who want to raise the issue of three anti-migrant bills pending with the central government, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said on Thursday.The three bills...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Sunday hit out at the BJP-led central government for "causing instability" in the northeastern state."Whenever the BJP comes to power at the Centre, there is always instability in Manipur," he said at an election meeting...

The Japanese government has sought services of at least 15,000 nurses from Manipur, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said."The Japanese embassy in Delhi has written a formal letter in this regard," the chief minister said earlier this week. He was of the...

In the wake of a renewed agitation on the Inner Line Permit issue, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has convened a meeting of leaders of all political parties in Manipur on Monday morning to take stock of the situation.Indications are that a delegation...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi has finally decided which minister needs to be dropped and which dissident legislator must be inducted.Ibobi, who returned from Delhi on Friday after consultations with party leaders, called on Governor V. Shanmuganathan at...

Manipur's ministers have told Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh that all of them will quit if he drops even one from the ministry to placate dissidents, a minister said on Friday.The ministers conveyed the decision to the chief minister after a meeting amongst...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Friday sought the suspension of fencing along the India-Myanmar border in the state and suggested an all-party delegation should meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others on the issue.The chief minister stated his...

The 67th Republic Day was celebrated in all nine districts of Manipur on Tuesday without any major untoward incident despite boycott calls and general strikes.The call for boycott and dawn-to-dusk shutdown was given by the banned underground militant organisations,...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi on Wednesday visited a relief camp at Kanglatongbi near here even as many of those affected by the January 4 earthquake complained of no government relief reaching them.Accompanied by some ministers and MLAs and district officials,...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi, seeking a copy of the recently signed Naga peace accord.Ibobi Singh met Modi at his residence at 7, Race Course Road in...

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Tuesday said his government will not accept the peace accord signed between the central government and NSCN-Isak-Muivah if it alters the boundaries of Manipur."We welcome the peace accord signed between the central...