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Air India to launch direct Guwahati flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi: Assam CM SarmaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that Air India will launch direct flights from Guwahati to Dubai and Abu Dhabi starting ...
EU withdraws travel advisory on most parts of Assam, says Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam's tourism prospects have received a significant boost as the European Union lifted its long-standing travel advisory for most of the ...
AFSPA lifted from Dibrugarh, now applies to only three Assam districts: CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Union Home ministry has removed AFSPA from Dibrugarh, leaving the act applicabl...
Assam: No lives lost to extremist violence in 2023, says CM Biswa SarmaThe chief minister added, “2023 was an unprecedented year as our policing and peace efforts bore fruit. With the blessings of the Prime Min...
Army pushed for full AFSPA removal but βcautiousβ 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Disturbed area tag, AFSPA withdrawn from four districts: Assam Director General of PoliceAt the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations, Singh said, "From today, only four districts in Assam will have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...
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,...
Modi government decides to reduce 'disturbed areas' under AFSPA in northeast: Amit ShahHome Minister Amit Shah announced that the jurisdiction of "disturbed areas" declared under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) w...
Assam CM Sarma says state government considering withdrawing AFSPA from more areasAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Peace has returned to Assam and Northeast. Today, AFSPA is withdrawn from 65 per cent areas...
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...
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...
Onus on people to ensure there's no re-imposition of AFSPA in Assam: Himanta Biswa SarmaAFSPA was withdrawn from several districts of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur following the announcement by union home minister Amit Shah. AFSP...
Demands for Afspa's revocation grow louder in Nagaland after botched encounterChuba Ozukum, advisor to Naga Hoho, the apex tribal body of Nagas, told ET: "We have been waiting for the last 24 years and were expecting ...
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 police for continuation of Armed Forces (Special Powers) ActThe police feel that the situation in the state is still not conducive for the removal of AFSPA as the process to update the National Regis...
Security forces against lifting of Afspa in AssamRecently Meghalaya had withdrawn Afspa and there is demand in Assam from various quarters to withdraw the Act saying insurgency is now at i...