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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...- 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.
- Manipur Congress lambasts BJP for skipping Afspa in manifesto“The government has retrospectively imposed Afspa in the state,” Jairam Ramesh, Congress party’s senior election observer for Manipur, said...
- Manipur govt issues 'disturbed area' notification for one-year periodCongress attacked the ruling BJP led government and stated that if law and order has improved why AFSPA is extended. Congress has promised ...
- Enough of tweaking, review AFSPAThese questions won't be asked with any seriousness because AFSPA allows them to be brushed under the carpet. Which is why instead of engag...
- Shopian Encounter: Army initiates action against its troopsThe army said the evidence collected by the inquiry prima-facie indicated that the three unidentified terrorists killed in operation Amship...
- File encounter death FIRs even in AFSPA areas: Supreme Court"The Indian Army has to, in given circumstances, take quick decisions which cannot be dissected later on like an ordinary murder appeal."
- Centre moves SC against verdict negating protection to forces under AFSPASC in its verdict on July 8 last year had given the state police liberty to probe the role of armed forces in alleged encounter cases in ar...
- AFSPA didn't come in way of punishing guilty in Machil case: VK SinghSingh said AFSPA was only an enabling act and the Army was quick in taking action whenever there was any mistake on the part of the soldier...
- P Chidambaram says AFSPA is 'obnoxious', calls for amendmentsHe said the Machil incident was not the first or will not be the last case of an alleged encounter involving personnel of Army or CAPF.
- Court finds prima facie evidence of attempt to suicide against Irom Sharmila ChanuSpeaking to reporters later at the court complex, Sharmila said she was not trying to commit suicide but only demanding withdrawal of AFSPA.
- Will take up AFSPA withdrawal with Centre later this year:Omar AbdullahOmar Abdullah said a start had to be made for the revocation of the AFSPA and he would take up the issue with the Centre.
- Pathribal fake encounter case: Indian Army's acquittal of accused soldiers a blot on democracyCBI led the probe and, in 2012, told a Supreme Court bench that the Pathribal affair was a cold-blooded fake encounter.
- 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...
- Home ministry unhappy with CBI's move to chargesheet IB’s Rajendra Kumar in Ishrat caseThe home ministry has taken exception to the CBI’s decision to charge-sheet IB’s Rajendra Kumar in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.
- End AFSPA: Supreme Court’s sharp hintThe government must speedily act to revoke this black law from wherever it is in effect, be it the north-east or Jammu and Kashmir.
- JK Govt should bring resolution on AFSPA in Assembly: CPI(M)Opposition CPI(M) today demanded that the Jammu and Kashmir government should bring a resolution on revocation of AFSPA in the state.
- Omar protests Army's 'interference', Army commander apologisesThe controversy arose after the Army's Northern Command based in Udhampur issued a press release on the encounter that took place on Novemb...
- Army can step in even after AFSPA withdrawal: Omar AbdullahJammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah feels the Armed Forces Special Powers Act can be withdrawn from some areas in the state with...
- Centre may amend AFSPA, Army could lose coverA draft note has been circulated to defence ministry for their comments.
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