New Delhi: The Empowered Group of Ministers on ultra mega power projects (UMPPs), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, is likely to meet on Saturday. Various issues related to UMPPs such as competitive bidding norms and fuel supplies are expected to be discussed, sources said. Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, Law Minister Salman Khursheed and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia are also part of the...
12:51 AM, Apr 28, 2012
Imphal: In perhaps the only solace to the Congress government in the state Assembly elections 2012, the Manipur electorate gave a thumping majority to the party, helping it win 42 seats out of 60. The party scored a hat-trick and returned to power in the northeastern state, helped by a fragmented opposition. The Trinamool Congress, part of an 11-party Peoples Democratic Alliance, made an impressive debut winning seven seats, followed...
06:58 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Imphal: Congress appeared to be retaining power in Manipur with the party leading in 24 seats and winning 11 seats in the 60-member Assembly. The NPF was leading on 4 seats, TMC 3 and others 4. The Congress candidate in Tipaimukh constituency Dr Chaltonlien Amo won defeating TMC's Lalumkhum Fimate. Trinamool Congress nominee Kh Joykishang won the prestigious Thangmeiband assembly seat defeating his nearest Congress rival Jotin Waikhom by over...
10:31 AM, Mar 06, 2012
Imphal: Initial trends indicated the gap between Congress and others getting wider with the ruling party ahead at 19 seats. NPF was leading on 5 seats, PDF 2, TMC 1 and others 2. According to latest reports, Congress candidate Chalonlien Amo won the Tipaimukh assembly seat in Manipur defeating his nearest Trinamool Congress rival L Fimate by over 1000 votes. Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and Works minister K Ranjit...
09:17 AM, Mar 06, 2012
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Saturday said he is expecting Congress to win a minimum of 35 seats in the 60-member Assembly, voting for which continues peacefully across the state. "I am expecting that the Congress party would secure around 45 seats. But 35 is the minimum number we are winning," Okram Ibobi Singh told IANS after casting his vote. Along with his legislator wife Landhoni Devi,...
12:02 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: Voters on Saturday lined up before 2,357 polling stations across nine districts of Manipur as elections began in 60 assembly constituencies amid tight security. An electorate of 17,40,576, including 8,82,236 woman voters, are eligible to exercise their franchise to choose their representatives from among 279 candidates in the 10th Assembly polls. Incumbent Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, who is contesting for a third term, cast his vote at...
07:03 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Imphal: Campaigning in the 20 hill constituencies for the forthcoming elections to the 60-member Assembly in Manipur has been at its peak, but it has not picked up a similar fervour in other parts of the north eastern state. In stark contrast to the low-key campaigning in the 40 constituencies in the valley, there is hectic electioneering in the 20 hill constituencies. Colourful banners, public meetings, flag hoisting by various...
04:58 PM, Jan 23, 2012
From the Armed Forces Special Power Act, to the raging Naga problem, to the unending spate of encounter killings of Manipur youth, this northeastern state is ready to show the government what it thinks of it, in the coming Assembly elections. ...
10:09 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Imphal: Barely eleven days to go, lacklustre campaigning for the coming January 28 Manipur Assembly polls is at a very low ebb with candidates confining to hoisting flags at their houses and their supporters. Reports from all districts said, apart from hoisting flags at their houses, candidates were doing house-to-house campaigns to woo voters in their favour. The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) which was a major issue in...
02:54 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Imphal: Five non-Congress parties have formed People's Democratic Front (PDF) to fight the January 28 Manipur Assembly elections. The parties are Manipur Peoples Party (MPP), National Congress Party (NCP), Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and CPI-M, MPP President Nimaichand Luwang told reporters in Imphal on Tuesday. Announcing a list of 30 PDF candidates for the 60-member Assembly in the first phase, Luwang said while MPP would fight for...
01:10 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Imphal: The Manipur People's Party, which had on Sunday said it would ally with the BJP to fight the January 28 Assembly election, indicated on Monday it would put up at least 15 candidates in the 60-member House. Sources in the MPP said the party had also signed agreements with the CPI, JD (U) and NCP for a pre-poll alliance in a bid to oust the 'corrupt' Congress-led Secular Progressive...
06:24 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Imphal: Manipur unit of the BJP on Sunday joined hands with the main regional political party Manipur People's Party (MPP) to fight the forthcoming Assembly polls on January 28. A spokesman of the MPP said his party joined hands with the MPP to defeat the Congress-led government. BJP national spokesperson Prakash Javedkar and north-east election in-charge Chanderasekhar Rao, who are camping in the state, said it was now time to...
11:13 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Imphal: Two major political parties in Manipur on Saturday said they would soon announce the names of their candidates for the January 28 Assembly polls in the state. Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaikhangam told media persons that the party's election committee would meet on January 2 to shortlist the party candidates for the forthcoming polls. He said more than 166 aspirants had submitted their nomination forms for contesting the...
09:37 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Imphal: Three political parties have formed a pre-poll alliance for the forthcoming January 28 Assembly elections in Manipur. Opposition leader and senior Manipur People's Party (MPP) leader O Joy said on Tuesday that they had decided to form a pre-poll alliance with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Janata Dal (United). JD(U) national president Arun Kumar Srivastava said the alliance was meant to defeat the Congress and bring a new government...
01:59 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has ordered attachment of two properties of film actor Sanjay Dutt in keeping with an arbitration award passed by the Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association in January this year on a financial dispute between him and producer Shakeel Noorani. Noorani has claimed Rs 2.03 crore from the actor which includes Rs 50 lakh paid to him as signing amount for an under-production film 'Jaan Ki...
06:54 PM, Dec 28, 2010
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