The chief minister added, “2023 was an unprecedented year as our policing and peace efforts bore fruit. With the blessings of the Prime Min...

Sarma 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...

At the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations, Singh said, "From today, only four districts in Assam will have AFSPA. These are Dibrugarh, Tins...

The Assam cabinet has recommended the withdrawal of the Disturbed Areas Act and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state....

In the course of the meeting that lasted for 30 minutes, Chief Minister Sarma and Union Home Minister Shah discussed threadbare the roadmap...

Sarma said: “In Assam, the AFSPA has been scrapped from many districts already. The law and order situation of the state has improved large...

AFSPA gives immunity to the armed forces. In Assam, these special powers for search and seizure were announced in 1990. In April last year,...

Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the jurisdiction of "disturbed areas" declared under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) w...

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Peace has returned to Assam and Northeast. Today, AFSPA is withdrawn from 65 per cent areas...

Afspa empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without warrant besides giving the forces immunity from arrest and p...

The 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 chief minister N Biren Singh on Friday acknowledged the contributions of Sharmila Chanu, civil society organisations, and women and...

AFSPA was withdrawn from several districts of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur following the announcement by union home minister Amit Shah. AFSP...

Chuba 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 ...

Though there is complete peace in lower and central Assam, two districts of upper Assam ate still witnessing insurgent activities led by an...

The 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...

Recently Meghalaya had withdrawn Afspa and there is demand in Assam from various quarters to withdraw the Act saying insurgency is now at i...