Tag: Manipur Chief Minister

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh tests positive for coronavirus

The chief minister is undergoing home isolation, a health department official told news agency PTI.

November 15, 2020

Manipur to oppose Citizenship Bill if clause to protect natives not included: CM

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said that the BJP-led government in the state would not support the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill unless there was a provision for protecting the indigenous people of the northeast.

January 17, 2019

Police brace for influx from Assam to Manipur

Manipur Police have tightened security to check the possible influx of migrants after a draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) published in neighbouring Assam has sparked fears that many may be declared non-Indians. Director General of Police L.M. Khaute has supervised security measures along the Assam-Manipur border on the state’s eastern side to...

January 4, 2018

CM claims improvement in law and order in Manipur

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Thursday claimed a significant improvement in the law and order situation since the BJP came to power in the insurgency-hit state six months ago. He made the remarks at a function here to commemorate 125 years of the first police force in Manipur. Singh, who also holds the...

October 19, 2017

Manipur’s growth depends on peaceful coexistence: CM

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today called for solidarity among hill and valley people, saying development of the state would depend on peaceful coexistence of different communities. Speaking at ‘Mera Houchongba’ — celebrated to foster and promote peace and solidarity among various communities of Manipur, he regretted that efforts were being made to divide...

October 5, 2017

Eight Manipuri trafficked girls return home

Eight Manipuri girls, who were being trafficked to Singapore by members of an international gang, were rescued in Myanmar and brought home, officials said on Sunday. They were given counselling sessions in their home district of Churachandpur on Sunday before being handed over to their families. The officials said the girls were brought to Kolkata...

October 1, 2017

MDS scam to be handed over to CBI, says CM Biren Singh

The alleged scam of Rs 186.79 crore in the Manipur Development Society (MDS) will be handed over to the CBI once the preliminary investigation by the police was over, Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said. The alleged scam figured former Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and five top bureaucrats. Ibobi Singh had served the...

September 9, 2017

Manipur CM urges voters not to accept bribes

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday appealed to the voters in the state not to accept money from candidates during elections — if they wanted to stop post-election bribery. He was addressing a public meeting in his Heingang constituency in Imphal West district. Voters take money from all candidates and some of the...

August 14, 2017

Manipur prospects

A footballer while serving in the Border Security Force, Manipur’s BJP chief minister N Biren Singh may or may not have goals to his credit but within 100 days of assuming office he scored a political hat-trick. His first task was to lift the 139-day indefinite economic blockade of the state’s two vital national highways,...

July 3, 2017

Manipur CM Biren Singh calls on Prime Minister Modi

Newly-elected Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him about the issues concerning the Northeastern state. During the 20-minute meeting, the chief minister briefed the prime minister regarding the financial health of the state and prevailing law and order situation there, official sources said. The prime...

March 27, 2017

Lotus blooms in Manipur as Biren Singh takes charge as new CM

Putting an end to days of uncertainty in the state over government formation, Nongthombam Biren Singh on Wednesday took charge as Manipur’s 24th chief minister at the Raj Bhavan, the state’s first ever BJP-led government. Earlier in the day, Governor Najma Heptullah had administered the oath of office to Biren and eight cabinet ministers, including Yumnam Joykumar...

March 15, 2017

Ibobi Singh resigns as Manipur chief minister

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 decision to resign on Monday night comes as the...

March 13, 2017

Okram Ibobi Singh to step down as Manipur Chief Minister on Tuesday

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Monday announced that he will tender his resignation on Tuesday. "I will resign by tomorrow to facilitate the process of government formation," he told reporters in Imphal. Few hours before the resignation announcement, Governor Najma Heptulla had directed Singh to resign in order for a new ministry to...

March 13, 2017

Last ray of hope

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has a history of jumping  guns. In 2004, he could not wait for then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seated alongside with him on the dais, to declare the conversion of the Manipur University into a Central University. (The PM was in Imphal then to assuage the hurt feelings of...

February 12, 2017