Disturbed area tag, AFSPA withdrawn from four districts: Assam Director General of PoliceAt the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations, Singh said, "From today, only four districts in Assam will have AFSPA. These are Dibrugarh, Tins...
Assam cabinet recommends centre to withdraw Armed Forces Special Powers Act from the stateThe Assam cabinet has recommended the withdrawal of the Disturbed Areas Act and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state....
Making the NE AFSPA-muktThe law was first imposed in the form of the Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Act in 1958 in the Naga Hills region (then a p...
Manipur to honour Anti-Afspa activist Irom SharmilaManipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Friday acknowledged the contributions of Sharmila Chanu, civil society organisations, and women and...
Welcome Centre's decision, but AFSPA should be repealed: Irom SharmilaUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced a reduction in the number of "disturbed areas" in the three northeastern states where t...
Less areas under AFSPA is good newsAFSPA was first imposed in the form of the Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Act in 1958, in the Naga Hills region (then a pa...
Assam government has declared the entire State of Assam as 'disturbed area' up to 6 monthsIn an official communique state government stated,” After reviewing the law and order situation in Assam in the past six months the state g...
Debate on AFSPA to be over and good news is expected by March: Himanta Biswa SarmaTalking to mediapersons on Tuesday he said, "You see AFSPA is technically linked to army and army is not operating in large part of Assam. ...
AFSPA withdrawn partially from Arunachal PradeshThe state had inherited the controversial AFSPA enacted by Parliament in 1958 and applied to the entire State of Assam and the Union Territ...
Indian Army opposes revocation of AFSPA in J&KArmy today opposed any move to revoke Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) in Jammu and Kashmir.
For Irom Sharmila the politician, core theme remains the sameThe Sharmila-led Peoples’ Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) party has initiated crowd funding and in a short of span time has managed ...
Tripura government dissolves AFSPA after 18 years as peace prevailsChief Minister, Manik Sarkar said that the council of ministers decided to withdraw the AFSPA from the entire state.
AFSPA applicable in J&K, its debate politically motivated: BJPKhan, while explaining the issue, said that DAA 1997, which is under discussion has no relevance with the continuation of AFSPA in JK state.
No plans to review Armed Forces Special Powers Act: GovernmentGovernment has no plans to review the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Lok Sabha was informed by Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju
- Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act
India's democracy has no place for this brutal law that's been in place for 53 years.
- I share activist Irom Sharmila's disappointment: P Chidambaram
Chidambaram has said that he shared the disappointment of Irom Sharmila, who has been fasting for the last 10 years demanding the repeal of...
- I am trying to revisit AFSPA: Chidambaram
A fresh attempt is being made to build consensus within the Government to amend the controversial AFSPA, Chidambaram indicated.