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AFSPA extended in four Assam districts amid regional disturbancesAFSPA extended in Assam districts—Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, and Sivasagar—for six months due to Bangladesh disturbances affecting loc...- 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- Disturbed area tag, AFSPA withdrawn from four districts: Assam Director General of PoliceAt the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations, Singh said, "From today, only four districts in Assam will have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...
- 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...
- 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- Welcome Centre's decision, but AFSPA should be repealed: Irom SharmilaUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced a reduction in the number of "disturbed areas" in the three northeastern states where t...
- Enough of tweaking, review AFSPAThese questions won't be asked with any seriousness because AFSPA allows them to be brushed under the carpet. Which is why instead of engag...
- AFSPA withdrawn partially from Arunachal PradeshThe state had inherited the controversial AFSPA enacted by Parliament in 1958 and applied to the entire State of Assam and the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...
- 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...
- Is AFSPA in Manipur eternal, asks Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Manipur government how long the Army should be deployed in the state and enjoy unaccountable power.
- AFSPA in Arunachal Pradesh due to state government's failure to curb militancy, says BJPThe Arunachal Pradesh unit of BJP today said that the decision to impose AFSPA in 12 districts was taken due to failure of the state govt.
- Decision on AFSPA after consultation with stakeholders: Kiren RijijuRijiju, said the Ministry of Defence has a "very strong" view that the law should continue because of the "unusual kind of security situati...
- AFSPA should be phased out in time-bound manner: National Conference partyRuling NC party said AFSPA had lost its relevance in J&K and should be phased out in a time-bound manner.
- Decision on AFSPA only after talking to all stakeholders: GovtAFSPA, which grants special powers to the armed forces, is also in force in some northeastern states besides Jammu and Kashmir.
- Governor, not CM has final word on AFSPA: Law MinistryThe debate on who will have the final word on lifting the controversial AFSPA from some areas of Jammu and Kashmir intensified.
- J&K to reduce AFSPA areas, may exclude civilian areasOmar Abdullah govt may shortly decide on excluding several civilian areas of J&K from the ambit of AFSPA and Disturbed Areas Act (DAA).
- March from Srinagar to Imphal in support of Irom SharmilaThe Manipuri activist is on a hunger strike for the last 10 years demanding revocation of AFSPA, which provides impunity to armed forces op...
- Human Rights Watch asks India to repeal AFSPAA leading rights watchdog has asked India to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which it said has led to human rights viol...
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