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Army pushed for full AFSPA removal but ‘cautious’ Centre kept it: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma 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...
Assam, Army wanted full removal of AFSPA; 'cautious' Centre kept it: Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the state government and the Army wanted a complete withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Sp...
Disturbed area tag, AFSPA withdrawn from four districts: Assam Director General of PoliceAt the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations, Singh said, "From today, only four districts in Assam will have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...
Assam cabinet recommends centre to withdraw Armed Forces Special Powers Act from the stateThe Assam cabinet has recommended the withdrawal of the Disturbed Areas Act and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state....
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma pleads for complete withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers ActIn the course of the meeting that lasted for 30 minutes, Chief Minister Sarma and Union Home Minister Shah discussed threadbare the roadmap...
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...
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...
Panel formed to look into AFSPA withdrawal in Nagaland: Neiphiu Rio govt after meet with ShahA committee will be constituted, which will have to submit its report within 45 days on withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSP...
Repealing of Armed Forces Special Powers Act depends upon law and order situation: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said, " Whether you withdraw AFSPA that cant be a call of the government , it depends on the over all situation of law and order of t...
Assam declared disturbed area for six months beyond August 31, 2017Assam government insisted on continuation of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in entire Assam for the time being and accordingly took the ...
Assam likely to opt for continuation of AFSPA for some more time: OfficialIn 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...
Hurriyat welcomes revocation of AFSPA from TripuraModerate Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq welcomed the Tripura government's decision to withdraw Armed Forces Special Powers ...
Tripura government dissolves AFSPA after 18 years as peace prevailsChief Minister, Manik Sarkar said that the council of ministers decided to withdraw the AFSPA from the entire state.
- AFSPA will end during my tenure: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
Abdullah today expressed confidence that the controversial AFSPA will be withdrawn from the state during the tenure of his government.
- Omar says case for withdrawal of AFSPA rightful
Asserting that withdrawal of AFSPA from areas where Army is not operating was right, Omar said he would pursue the issue to its logical con...
- Unified Command to decide on AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir: AK Antony
Defence minister's assertion sends out a message that the CM should not entertain extravagant notions about his powers.
- State govt has authority to revoke Afspa: Omar Abdullah
Omar Abdullah has said he would continue to push for the phased withdrawal of Afspa from parts of the state, despite the Army’s resistance
Central security agencies wary of Afspa's cutdown in Jammu and KashmirSecurity agencies are wary of the J&K govt's announcement to lift the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (Afspa) in certain areas.
- Army can step in even after AFSPA withdrawal: Omar Abdullah
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah feels the Armed Forces Special Powers Act can be withdrawn from some areas in the state with...
- Govt may make AFSPA 'humane'
The Cabinet Committee on Security will meet in a day or two to consider amending the Armed Forces Special Powers Act to make it more “human...