Reported By Ratnadip Choudhury Edited By Debanish Achom

A third contender backed by the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for the Chief Minister's seat has emerged in Manipur. The RSS-backed leader, Yumnam Khemchand Singh, was called to Delhi by the BJP leadership yesterday.

The BJP will contest all 60 seats in the Manipur assembly elections, the party said today, as it released a list of its candidates. At least 10 former Congress leaders among 16 MLAs who joined the BJP have got tickets in Manipur.

The BJP government in Manipur will work towards creating a "conducive" law and order atmosphere in the state so that it can push the centre to remove AFSPA if it wins another term, Chief Minster N Biren Singh told NDTV.

The army has agreed to give access to Nagaland's Special Investigation Team, or SIT, to record the statements of soldiers who were involved in an ambush that went horribly wrong on December 4, which claimed the lives of 14 civilians.

An Indian Army Colonel, his wife and son, and four soldiers were killed in an ambush by terrorists near the border with Myanmar in Manipur. The Commanding Officer of 46 Assam Rifles, Colonel Viplav Tripathy, had gone to a forward camp.

Explosives of over 250 kg have been recovered from an area along the border with Myanmar in Manipur, a border state where assembly election will be held next year, raising security concerns.

A big human organ trafficking racket that persuaded villagers in debt to sell their kidneys has been busted in Assam. Three people have been arrested, the police said.

Assam BJP MLA Shiladitya Dev has given his resignation to the party after he was denied a ticket to contest the election this time. Mr Dev said he will contest as an independent.

Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) chief Atul Bora on Sunday indicated the party feels that its founder and two-time chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta doesn't have winnability in the coming election.

Six migrant workers from Assam died after they fell into a 150-feet pit in a forest in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the same district where 15 men disappeared inside an illegal rat-hole mine after it collapsed in December 2018.

The Assam government has asked the centre to administer coronavirus vaccine in stage 2 trials to frontline health workers if the efficacy of the vaccine is established. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today suggested the vaccine can be administered to health workers to begin with, and that can in turn be also counted as stage 3 trials.

Three Assam Rifles soldiers laid down their lives for the country in an ambush by militants at a district in Manipur near the border with Myanmar. Five others were injured; they are critical, sources said.

The flood situation in Assam improved marginally on Sunday, officials said. The number of deaths due to floods rose to 84, with five deaths reported on Sunday. At least 24 districts in the state are still flooded.

The Army has cordoned off the site of a big oil well fire in Assam's Tinsukia district. The Oil India Ltd's site had been leaking gas for 14 days before it caught fire on Tuesday. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force along with the local authorities are trying to contain the fire.

Two firefighters of Oil India Ltd who had been missing were found dead at a wetland near the site of a massive oil well fire in Assam, officials said today. The oil well in upper Assam's Tinsukia district that has been leaking gas for 14 days caught fire on Tuesday. The fire was so intense that it could be seen from as far as 10 km away.

A third contender backed by the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for the Chief Minister's seat has emerged in Manipur. The RSS-backed leader, Yumnam Khemchand Singh, was called to Delhi by the BJP leadership yesterday.

The BJP will contest all 60 seats in the Manipur assembly elections, the party said today, as it released a list of its candidates. At least 10 former Congress leaders among 16 MLAs who joined the BJP have got tickets in Manipur.

The BJP government in Manipur will work towards creating a "conducive" law and order atmosphere in the state so that it can push the centre to remove AFSPA if it wins another term, Chief Minster N Biren Singh told NDTV.

The army has agreed to give access to Nagaland's Special Investigation Team, or SIT, to record the statements of soldiers who were involved in an ambush that went horribly wrong on December 4, which claimed the lives of 14 civilians.

An Indian Army Colonel, his wife and son, and four soldiers were killed in an ambush by terrorists near the border with Myanmar in Manipur. The Commanding Officer of 46 Assam Rifles, Colonel Viplav Tripathy, had gone to a forward camp.

Explosives of over 250 kg have been recovered from an area along the border with Myanmar in Manipur, a border state where assembly election will be held next year, raising security concerns.

A big human organ trafficking racket that persuaded villagers in debt to sell their kidneys has been busted in Assam. Three people have been arrested, the police said.

Assam BJP MLA Shiladitya Dev has given his resignation to the party after he was denied a ticket to contest the election this time. Mr Dev said he will contest as an independent.

Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) chief Atul Bora on Sunday indicated the party feels that its founder and two-time chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta doesn't have winnability in the coming election.

Six migrant workers from Assam died after they fell into a 150-feet pit in a forest in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the same district where 15 men disappeared inside an illegal rat-hole mine after it collapsed in December 2018.

The Assam government has asked the centre to administer coronavirus vaccine in stage 2 trials to frontline health workers if the efficacy of the vaccine is established. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today suggested the vaccine can be administered to health workers to begin with, and that can in turn be also counted as stage 3 trials.

Three Assam Rifles soldiers laid down their lives for the country in an ambush by militants at a district in Manipur near the border with Myanmar. Five others were injured; they are critical, sources said.

The flood situation in Assam improved marginally on Sunday, officials said. The number of deaths due to floods rose to 84, with five deaths reported on Sunday. At least 24 districts in the state are still flooded.

The Army has cordoned off the site of a big oil well fire in Assam's Tinsukia district. The Oil India Ltd's site had been leaking gas for 14 days before it caught fire on Tuesday. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force along with the local authorities are trying to contain the fire.

Two firefighters of Oil India Ltd who had been missing were found dead at a wetland near the site of a massive oil well fire in Assam, officials said today. The oil well in upper Assam's Tinsukia district that has been leaking gas for 14 days caught fire on Tuesday. The fire was so intense that it could be seen from as far as 10 km away.