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AFSPA extended for six months in all of ManipurThe Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was extended for six months across Manipur, excluding 13 police stations, and in nine Nagaland distri...- Thousands rally against AFSPA in ManipurThousands rallied in Imphal, Manipur on International Human Rights Day to protest against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) and...
- Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh seeks to remove AFSPA from hill areas amidst ongoing ethnic violenceManipur's Chief Minister N Biren Singh wanted to remove AFSPA from hill areas but needed central approval. AFSPA has been lifted from some ...
- Disturbed area tag, AFSPA withdrawn from four districts: Assam Director General of PoliceAt the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations, Singh said, "From today, only four districts in Assam will have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 Manipur hills for 6 months; Valley areas kept outThe police station areas where the Disturbed Areas Act has not been imposed are Imphal, Lamphel, City, Singjamei, Sekmai, Lamsang, Pastol, ...
- 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...
- 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...
- AFSPA likely to be extended in Arunachal PradeshOfficials said while incidents of violence have come down, insurgents groups are still active in various parts of the Northeast.
- 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. ...
- BJP protests in Jammu & Kashmir Assembly over yesterday's terror attackBJP members, carrying placards with "Big No to AFSPA removal" and "Pakistan Hai Hai" (down with Pakistan) stormed the well of the House.
- AFSPA needed to protect soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir: V K SinghSingh was speaking after releasing a book "Holy sinners: search of Kashmir" written by Major (retd) Saras Tripathi and brought out by Manas...
- Out of jail, but no freedom in sight for human rights activist Irom Sharmila ChanuIrom Sharmila’s deification leads to fissures among the faithful who are questioning her human-like behaviour in matters of love & life
- Prashant Bhushan recants, says his remark was misconstruedAAP leader Prashant Bhushan clarified that his reference to a "referendum" was misconstrued to mean "plebiscite on Kashmir’s relationship w...
- Remove AFSPA to end fake encountersAFSPA also allows the armed forces immunity from normal judicial processes, and, instead, in a rare case such as this, use its own mechanis...
- Army not our master, says Farooq Abdullah who was CM during 1989's turbulenceDescribing Afspa as a 'draconian law', he said local police and CRPF were capable enough to handle the security responsibilities.
- Army General reiterates stand on special powers of forcesThe Army has reiterated its opposition to any dilution of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Centre may amend AFSPA, Army could lose coverA draft note has been circulated to defence ministry for their comments.
- UN human rights panel wants India to abolish AFSPAConcerned over reported disappearance of people in Kashmir, the UN on Monday proposed India to repeal the controversial Armed Forces Specia...
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