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AFSPA reimposed in Manipur's 6 police station areas; MHA says 'continuous volatile' situationThe Indian government has reimposed the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in six police station areas of Manipur, citing ongoing ethn...
AFSPA extended in Manipur for six more monthsThe government has extended the AFSPA in Manipur for another six months starting from October 1. This excludes 19 police station areas in t...
AFSPA extended in four districts of AssamAssam government extended AFSPA in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar till Sep 30, 2024, due to improved law and order, except for o...
Disturbed area tag, AFSPA withdrawn from four districts: Assam Director General of PoliceAt the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations, Singh said, "From today, only four districts in Assam will have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AFSPA extended in 4 districts of Assam, withdrawn from 4 othersThe Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended in four districts of Assam for six more months, according to the Assam Poli...
Manipur govt extends AFSPA in entire state excluding 19 police station areas including ImphalThe extension of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in the state of Manipur, excluding 19 police station areas including I...
Clash in Jamshedpur over ‘desecration' of religious flag; Section 144 clamped, internet suspendedTension had been brewing in the area since Saturday night when members of a local organisation found that a piece of meat was tagged to a R...
Clash in Jamshedpur over 'desecration' of religious flag; Section 144 clampedSix people were injured in stone-throwing, two shops and an auto-rickshaw were set ablaze by the warring groups and the police fired tear g...
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 areasThe Armed Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without any prior warran...
AFSPA extension in Nagaland: Ruling NDPP says extremely shocked and anguishedWhile a seven-member committee is formed to suggest withdrawal of AFSPA from Nagaland, the Union Home minister ministry has on Thursday ext...
Assam Congress questions the extension of Disturbed Area tag in the StateCongress alleged that people of the State have lost the right to dissent, right to express, right to write on social media platforms or eve...
Disturbed Area tag in Assam extended for another six monthEarlier security forces engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Assam favoured the AFSPA to remain applicable in the entire state as fi...
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...
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.
Home Ministry to review extension of AFSPA in Arunachal PradeshRijiju clarified that his ministry took a decision to extend the same as operation against Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front o...
Army begins all-out offensive against Bodo militantsThe Unified Command, led by the Army, launched a renewed and a full-scale operation against militants of the Songbijit faction of NDFB.
Rajnath Singh blames cops, but Army escapes flak despite heading operationsThe Union home minister highlighted the situation at a review meeting on Wednesday here and said these acts should be seen as terror acts.
Ulfa-Maoist Nexus, says Assam DGP Khagen SarmaThe DGP of Assam, Khagen Sarma, has said the hardline faction of the ULFA has formed a common front with Maoists and other militant outfits...
Extension of Disturbed Area status in Nagaland opposedThe Naga Students' Federation (NSF) today condemned the extension of Disturbed Area status for another year in Nagaland.