Manipur imposition of AFSPA in six new areas--Manipur cabinet has decided to recommend to the Central Government to review and withdraw the...

AFSPA extended in Assam districts—Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, and Sivasagar—for six months due to Bangladesh disturbances affecting loc...

Manipur's Chief Minister N Biren Singh wanted to remove AFSPA from hill areas but needed central approval. AFSPA has been lifted from some ...

Abdullah and PDP express concerns over delayed Afspa revocation despite improved situation in Jammu and Kashmir, questioning BJP's intentio...

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...

AFSPA has been extended in Dimapur, Niuland, Chumoukedima, Mon, Kiphire, Noklak, Phek, and Peren districts of Nagaland for the next six mon...

The Central government on September 30 extended for another six months the enforcement of the “disturbed area” under the AFSPA in 12 distri...

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...

Talking to media persons on Saturday in Guwahati he said, “ASFPA, finally Assam will see some rationalization of AFSPA during 2022.because ...

The notification was issued by the additional secretary in the Home Ministry, Piyush Goyal, who has been named the member secretary in the ...

Though the Act is in force in the entire state, the Army has been gradually withdrawn from some districts as the situation improved.

In 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...

A fresh attempt is being made to build consensus within the Government to amend the controversial AFSPA, Chidambaram indicated.