NPP chief Conrad Sangma takes strong exception to stripping finance portfolio from party leader Y Joykumar Singh

The BJP-led coalition government in Manipur is in the grip of a major political crisis with NPP national President Conrad Sangma on Friday, expressing his party’s total displeasure in the manner in which chief minister Biren Singh had stripped deputy chief minister and NPP leader Y Joykumar Singh of the finance portfolio following the acute […]

Manipur Dy CM stripped of finance portfolio; CM N Biren Singh takes over as financial crisis grips state

Within a day of Reserve Bank of India stopping fund flow to Manipur due to excess withdrawals by state departments, Chief Minister N Biren Singh stripped deputy chief minister Joykumar Singh of finance portfolio and has banned all hiring. A 3-member high level committee has been set up to investigate the large drawals. Chief Minister […]

CM N Biren Singh campaigns for Outer Manipur BJP candidate

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh began election campaigning for the BJP candidate of the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency Benjamin Mate. CM Biren Singh visited the Tengnoupal district, which is about 70 kilometers from the state capital Imphal. CM Singh visited the party headquarters there along with Mate and hoisted the party flag in […]