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The first election that the US and UK-trained Conrad Sangma, who now runs the National People's Party (NPP) formed by his father PA Sangma, fought in 2004 had resulted in a narrow defeat.

Meghalaya Election Result: Ahead of Meghalaya Assembly election results, Chief Minister Conard Sangma visited the grave of his father and former CM, PA Sangma in Tura on Thursday.

The PA Sangma Fellowship for Legal and Policy Research will allow students of NLSIU for undertaking research activities in Meghalaya.

The political crisis in Manipur has seen the Manipur unit of Conrad Sangma's National Peoples' Party's form an alliance with arch-rival Congress. The Congress-led Secular Progressive Front was formed on Thursday - a day after nine MLAs supporting the Biren Singh government turned rebel.

PM Narendra Modi said former Lok Sabha speaker, PA Sangma, who died in 2016, would have been delighted to be at his daughter Agatha Sangma's wedding.

Tariq Anwar returned to the Congress today, more than 19 years after he quit the party to form the Nationalist Congress Party along with Sharad Pawar and the late PA Sangma. He quit the NCP a month ago after differences with Mr Pawar, who is the party president.

The Rafale controversy has activated a crisis in Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a key opposition party, just months before the 2019 national election. Tariq Anwar, a founder member, said today that he had resigned after Sharad Pawar's "defence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Tariq Anwar announced in his Lok Sabha constituency Ka...

Conrad Sangma, the 40-year-old chief of the National People's Party (NPP), today took oath as the 12th chief minister of Meghalaya as the head of a five-party coalition. While the Congress got 21 seats, his party got 19 seats in Meghalaya Assembly Elections 2018. Stitching an alliance with four parties and an independent candidate, Conrad Sangma, w...

Conrad Sangma, chief of the National People's Party is all set to be the next Chief Minister of Meghalaya. Mr Conrad, who will be sworn in on Tuesday, will not have a deputy, BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma announced after Mr Sangma staked claim to form government and received an invite. Meghalaya is the third state after Goa and Manipur where the C...

In Meghalaya, the big election battle is Sangma versus Sangma - two families that dominate state politics and are, in a way, also trying to keep the BJP at a distance from their territory.

The National People's Party (NPP), a regional party founded by former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma will get to play king maker after the Congress and the BJP failed to get a majority in the Manipur assembly elections, results of which were announced yesterday. Largest party, the Congress, has 28 seats, three short of the 31 needed to form government...

Sharad Pawar, chief of the Nationalist Congress Party or NCP, and BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi have been awarded the country's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, this year. The Padma Shri awards celebrate the "Unsung Hero", with a 68-year-old martial art expert, a weaver and several doctors sharing honours with India's cricket ...

Along with Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, the Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya is also holding elections today.

Conrad Sangma, the younger son of former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma, is likely to contest the bypoll to Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya, necessitated by the death of his father and sitting lawmaker last month, party sources said today.

The Tura Lok Sabha seat and the Anantnag Assembly constituency which fell vacant following the demise of former Speaker PA Sangma and the then Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed respectively will witness bypolls in May.

The first election that the US and UK-trained Conrad Sangma, who now runs the National People's Party (NPP) formed by his father PA Sangma, fought in 2004 had resulted in a narrow defeat.

Meghalaya Election Result: Ahead of Meghalaya Assembly election results, Chief Minister Conard Sangma visited the grave of his father and former CM, PA Sangma in Tura on Thursday.

The PA Sangma Fellowship for Legal and Policy Research will allow students of NLSIU for undertaking research activities in Meghalaya.

The political crisis in Manipur has seen the Manipur unit of Conrad Sangma's National Peoples' Party's form an alliance with arch-rival Congress. The Congress-led Secular Progressive Front was formed on Thursday - a day after nine MLAs supporting the Biren Singh government turned rebel.

PM Narendra Modi said former Lok Sabha speaker, PA Sangma, who died in 2016, would have been delighted to be at his daughter Agatha Sangma's wedding.

Tariq Anwar returned to the Congress today, more than 19 years after he quit the party to form the Nationalist Congress Party along with Sharad Pawar and the late PA Sangma. He quit the NCP a month ago after differences with Mr Pawar, who is the party president.

The Rafale controversy has activated a crisis in Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a key opposition party, just months before the 2019 national election. Tariq Anwar, a founder member, said today that he had resigned after Sharad Pawar's "defence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Tariq Anwar announced in his Lok Sabha constituency Ka...

Conrad Sangma, the 40-year-old chief of the National People's Party (NPP), today took oath as the 12th chief minister of Meghalaya as the head of a five-party coalition. While the Congress got 21 seats, his party got 19 seats in Meghalaya Assembly Elections 2018. Stitching an alliance with four parties and an independent candidate, Conrad Sangma, w...

Conrad Sangma, chief of the National People's Party is all set to be the next Chief Minister of Meghalaya. Mr Conrad, who will be sworn in on Tuesday, will not have a deputy, BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma announced after Mr Sangma staked claim to form government and received an invite. Meghalaya is the third state after Goa and Manipur where the C...

In Meghalaya, the big election battle is Sangma versus Sangma - two families that dominate state politics and are, in a way, also trying to keep the BJP at a distance from their territory.

The National People's Party (NPP), a regional party founded by former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma will get to play king maker after the Congress and the BJP failed to get a majority in the Manipur assembly elections, results of which were announced yesterday. Largest party, the Congress, has 28 seats, three short of the 31 needed to form government...

Sharad Pawar, chief of the Nationalist Congress Party or NCP, and BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi have been awarded the country's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, this year. The Padma Shri awards celebrate the "Unsung Hero", with a 68-year-old martial art expert, a weaver and several doctors sharing honours with India's cricket ...

Along with Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, the Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya is also holding elections today.

Conrad Sangma, the younger son of former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma, is likely to contest the bypoll to Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya, necessitated by the death of his father and sitting lawmaker last month, party sources said today.

The Tura Lok Sabha seat and the Anantnag Assembly constituency which fell vacant following the demise of former Speaker PA Sangma and the then Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed respectively will witness bypolls in May.