Army pushed for full AFSPA removal but ‘cautious’ Centre kept it: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said, “ Centre wants to be a bit cautious and they are going in a phased manner. The Army insisted on complete withdrawal as in their...
Disturbed area tag, AFSPA withdrawn from four districts: Assam Director General of PoliceAt the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations, Singh said, "From today, only four districts in Assam will have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...
AFSPA extended in 4 districts of Assam, withdrawn from 4 othersThe Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended in four districts of Assam for six more months, according to the Assam Poli...
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....
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma pleads for complete withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers ActIn the course of the meeting that lasted for 30 minutes, Chief Minister Sarma and Union Home Minister Shah discussed threadbare the roadmap...
AFSPA will be completely lifted from the state: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said: “In Assam, the AFSPA has been scrapped from many districts already. The law and order situation of the state has improved large...
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma asks police to work towards lifting AFSPAAFSPA gives immunity to the armed forces. In Assam, these special powers for search and seizure were announced in 1990. In April last year,...
Insurgency down in Assam, Manipur, Nagaland after AFSPA withdrawalAfspa empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without warrant besides giving the forces immunity from arrest and p...
Home Minister Amit Shah announces reduction of AFSPA applicable areas in Nagaland, Assam, ManipurThe home minister said the reduction in areas under AFSPA is the result of the improved security situation and fast-tracked development due...
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...
Decision on Afspa extension in Assam after Manipur pollsA senior government official told ET, "The Assam government has been advised to rationalise the use of Afspa. A final decision will be take...
There will be rationalization of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA): Himanta Biswa SarmaTalking to media persons on Saturday in Guwahati he said, “ASFPA, finally Assam will see some rationalization of AFSPA during 2022.because ...
Army, Police want AFSPA to continue in whole of AssamThough there is complete peace in lower and central Assam, two districts of upper Assam ate still witnessing insurgent activities led by an...
Assam government extends AFSPA for another six monthsDespite BJP led Assam government claiming that law and order has improved drastically, the state government on Wednesday extended Armed For...
Assam declared disturbed area for six months beyond August 31, 2017Assam government insisted on continuation of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in entire Assam for the time being and accordingly took the ...
Assam likely to opt for continuation of AFSPA for some more time: OfficialIn Assam, where AFSPA was first clamped in 1990 when insurgency was at its peak, the situation isn’t favourable enough to lift AFSPA, the s...
MHA for partial withdrawal of AFSPA from Assam, ArunachalThe sources said according to a home ministry assessment, security situation was "better" in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh than never before ...