Centre to consider revoking AFSPA, plans to pull back troops from J-K in place: Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has indicated the central government's willingness to consider revoking the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act...
26 Mar, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
View: The killing of Indian citizens in Nagaland by the armed forces is a signal to remove a toxic lawAs a highly trained specialised unit, the 21 Para Special Forces should have managed the operation better. They could, for example, have di...
06 Dec, 2021, 11.17 PM IST
Assam Government puts State under AFSPA for six monthsSecurity forces engaged in counter-insurgency operation in Assam favour the continuation of AFSPA in the whole state. In Manipur, AFSPA is ...
18 Mar, 2020, 11.26 AM IST
Modi lying when he says Congress will remove immunity of armed forces: ChidambaramChidambaram sought to know whether Modi supports "enforced disappearance, sexual violence and torture", the allegations which are common in...
06 Apr, 2019, 05.09 PM IST
Supreme Court rejects army officers’ plea against FIRs in AFSPA areasThe Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea made by over 300 armed forces personnel challenging filing of FIRs against certain personnel o...
01 Dec, 2018, 08.18 AM IST
Supreme Court to hear plea of Army men challenging prosecution in AFSPA areasJustice Lokur said that he, along with Justice U U Lalit, had passed the order last year and the matter has to go before the same bench.
20 Aug, 2018, 01.26 PM IST
SC to hear plea of Army personnel challenging prosecution in AFSPA areasA bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice A M Khanwilkar considered the submissions of lawyer Aishwarya Bhati that the Army ...
14 Aug, 2018, 10.05 PM IST
Shopian firing: Supreme Court agrees to hear Major's father plea to quash FIRThe lawyer said the FIR has illegally been lodged against Major Aditya Kumar in connection with the firing incident in Shopian.
09 Feb, 2018, 01.49 PM IST
Shopian firing: Major Aditya's father moves SC for FIR quashingLieutenant Colonel Karamveer Singh said his son, a Major in the 10 Garhwal Rifles, has been "wrongly and arbitrarily" named in the FIR, sai...
08 Feb, 2018, 02.52 PM IST
There can be no case against Major Aditya as AFSPA is in place: J&K Deputy CM Nirmal SinghFirst-time stone-pelters have been given a chance to reform and return to the mainstream, says the BJP leader.
06 Feb, 2018, 06.56 AM IST
J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti rules out AFSPA revocation, says Indian Army most disciplined force in worldMehbooba said the Army's footprint in the Valley had increased due to the deteriorating security situation.
03 Feb, 2018, 09.51 AM IST
I am ready to go to hell hundred times for J&K: Mehbooba MuftiMufti said that a black sheep in any institution has to be dealt with, as per law but Army as an institution can never be undermined.
02 Feb, 2018, 08.47 PM IST
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."
28 Apr, 2017, 10.22 AM IST
Forces in AFSPA areas must get immunity, government tells Supreme CourtThe AFSPA, enforced in disturbed areas of some north-eastern states and Jammu and Kashmir, provides immunity to Army men from inquiry by po...
13 Apr, 2017, 08.41 AM IST
The campaign against human rights violations will continue: Aakar PatelAmnesty International India’s executive director explains what the event was actually about and why the charges of sedition against the org...
21 Aug, 2016, 11.26 AM IST
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.
15 Jan, 2016, 11.22 AM IST
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.
05 Jun, 2014, 01.24 PM IST