Manipur Assembly Election 2017

Manipur's CM-designate, Biren Singh has an uphill task of maintaining peace between hills and valley

Even as Nongthongbam Biren Singh heads to be the first BJP chief minister in Manipur, he has an uphill task of chalking out a mutually acceptable path of existence for all the ethnic identities in the conflict ridden state.

Naga MLAs demand ministerial berths to back BJP government in Manipur

Nongthombam Biren, who is tipped to be the first BJP chief minister of Manipur, faces an unforeseen road block with the four Naga People's Front MLAs now demanding ministerial berths.

Goa crisis: Arun Jaitley defends BJP, says governor could not have invited 17 Congress MLAs to form govt

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said it's "a bit too much" as the governor could not have invited minority of 17 MLAs to form the government.

Manipur Elections 2017: Biren Singh to be sworn-in as first BJP chief minister in state

Nongthombam Biren, who was elected leader of BJP Manipur legislature wing on Monday, will be sworn in as the 24th chief minister of Manipur on Wednesday. Biren Singh, MLA from Heingang constituency, will be the first BJP chief minister in the state.

Manipur Election Results 2017: BJP's Nongthombam Biren Singh set to be new CM

Former editor and minister Nongthombam Biren was on Monday unanimously elected as the BJP legislature party leader in Manipur

Manipur Election 2017: CM Ibobi Singh asks guv to invite Cong to form govt, accuses BJP of having no principles

Imphal: In a late night press conference Sunday Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said that he has requested Manipur Governor Najma Heptullah to invite the Congress to form the government in the state as they were the largest party.

Assembly Election 2017: Congress accuses BJP of subverting democracy; Chidambaram says party stealing polls

Congress on Sunday accused the BJP of "playing a dangerous game of subverting democracy" and abducting an Independent MLA from Manipur by misusing the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Imphal airport.

Manipur Election 2017: BJP bags second northeastern state, claims support of 32 MLAs to form govt

The BJP in Manipur on Sunday night claimed to have secured the support of 32 MLAs after getting the backing of NDA constituent parties and two other MLAs, and said it would elect the legislature party leader on Monday.

FP Playlist: Manipur elections results day, through the eyes of our rock star correspondent Irom Maiden

Here's a list of all the tracks that were part of Irom Maiden's playlist on counting day in Manipur, and the circumstances wherein Irom felt it appropriate to play these

Assembly Elections Results 2017: Winners, losers and where they fought the state polls

The map helps to locate the closely contested seats in all the five states that went for elections in February-March.