Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Union Home ministry has removed AFSPA from Dibrugarh, leaving the act applicabl...

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 Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended in four districts of Assam for six more months, according to the Assam Poli...

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...

Sarma said: “In Assam, the AFSPA has been scrapped from many districts already. The law and order situation of the state has improved large...

AFSPA gives immunity to the armed forces. In Assam, these special powers for search and seizure were announced in 1990. In April last year,...

AFSPA gives immunity to the armed forces. In Assam, these special powers for search and seizure were announced in 1990. In April last year,...

Afspa empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without warrant besides giving the forces immunity from arrest and p...

The home minister said the reduction in areas under AFSPA is the result of the improved security situation and fast-tracked development due...

In an official communique state government stated,” After reviewing the law and order situation in Assam in the past six months the state g...

A senior government official told ET, "The Assam government has been advised to rationalise the use of Afspa. A final decision will be take...

Though there is complete peace in lower and central Assam, two districts of upper Assam ate still witnessing insurgent activities led by an...

Assam government insisted on continuation of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in entire Assam for the time being and accordingly took the ...

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...

The sources said according to a home ministry assessment, security situation was "better" in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh than never before ...