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    Afspa News

    Will remove AFSPA from most of Northeast in 2027: Union minister Amit Shah

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the signing of the MoU between the governments of India, Nagaland, and Assam, in New Delhi.
    India News
    Published 74 days ago

    AFSPA extended for six more months in 3 districts of Assam

    AFSPA extended for six more months in 3 districts of Assam
    India News
    Published 331 days ago

    BJP MP calls for AFSPA in 4 West Bengal districts: 'What happened in Syria…’

    BSF personnel at the violence-hit site, after violence erupted on Apr 11 during a protest against the Waqf Amendment Act, in Murshidabad on Sunday.
    India News
    Updated 498 days ago

    Afspa to stay in Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal

    AFSPA, often criticised as a draconian law, gives armed forces operating in disturbed areas sweeping powers to search, arrest and open fire if they deem it necessary. (PTI PHOTO)
    India News
    Published 512 days ago

    AFSPA extended in 3 districts in Assam; withdrawn from one: Govt order

    AFSPA extended in 3 districts in Assam; withdrawn from one: Govt order
    India News
    Published 512 days ago

    AFSPA extended to entire Manipur, except 13 police station areas: MHA

    Security personnel during a search operation and area domination in the fringe and vulnerable areas of hill and valley districts, in Manipur.
    India News
    Updated 513 days ago

    AFSPA removed from Dibrugarh district in Assam, announces Himanta Biswa Sarma

    Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addresses a press conference after the cabinet meeting at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati. (ANI FILE PHOTO)
    India News
    Updated 515 days ago

    As crisis continues, Meitei body rejects NDA resolution

    Members of various civil society organisations take out a rally to protest against the reimposition of AFSPA in parts of Manipur, in Imphal, Tuesday. (PTI)
    India News
    Updated 643 days ago

    Revoke AFSPA: Manipur's appeal as violence flares up, mob targets ministers

    Women from Lamlai village and Chalou village stage a sit-in protest in Imphal East against the violence and tension in the state after the kidnapping of 6 individuals. (ANI Photo)
    India News
    Updated 646 days ago

    Curfew reimposed in Imphal valley, no internet in 7 Manipur districts

    Protesters set a vehicle on fire at the residence of S Kunjakesor. (HT Photo)
    India News
    Updated 646 days ago

    MHA directs security forces to take necessary steps to restore peace in Manipur

    The MHA said strict action would be taken against anyone who tries to indulge in violent or disruptive acts.
    India News
    Published 647 days ago

    Afspa back in parts of restive Manipur areas

    The remains of a truck set ablaze by militants in Jiribam district, Manipur, on Wednesday. (PTI)
    India News
    Updated 648 days ago

    Evening briefing: AFSPA extended to 6 more Manipur police stations

    AFSPA is an act of the Parliament of India that grants special powers to the Indian Armed Forces to maintain public order in disturbed areas (Representative Phiti)
    India News
    Published 648 days ago

    AFSPA extended in 8 districts of Nagaland; 3 districts of Arunachal Pradesh

    An area or district is notified as a disturbed area under the AFSPA to facilitate the operations of the armed forces. (Representative file photo)
    India News
    Updated 698 days ago

    SC shuts criminal case against 30 armymen in civilian killings in Nagaland

    People protest against killing of 13 tribals in Mon district in December 2021. (PTI)
    India News
    Published 706 days ago

    2021 botched Nagaland operation: SC closes proceedings against army personnel

    A demonstration in Nagaland’s Mon against the killings of civilians in 2021. (PTI/File)
    India News
    Updated 707 days ago

    Behind the lingering spectre of the President’s Rule in Manipur

    FILE PHOTO: Security personnel stand guard in front of their armoured vehicle outside a polling station during a rerun voting at 11 polling stations, in Imphal, Manipur, India, April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
    Analysis
    Published 779 days ago

    AFSPA extended for another 6 months in Manipur

    AFSPA has been in effect in Manipur since the early eighties. (Representative Image)
    Cities
    Published 874 days ago

    Centre extends AFSPA in eight districts of Nagaland for six months

    The Central government has extended Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, in eight districts and 21 police stations in five districts of Nagaland, declaring them as 'disturbed area' for a period of six months with effect from April 1 this year, unless withdrawn earlier.
    India News
    Published 880 days ago

    Amit Shah says Centre will consider revoking AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir

    Union minister Amit Shah said that the government is planning to pull back troops from the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
    India News
    Updated 881 days ago

    In Assam, Afspa withdrawn in 4 districts, extended in four others

    HT Image
    India News
    Updated 1058 days ago

    AFSPA to continue in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland for another 6 months

    AFSPA gives armed forces the power to maintain public order in “disturbed areas”
    India News
    Published 1062 days ago

    Manipur govt declares entire state ‘disturbed area’ under AFSPA amid unrest

    A woman protester blocks a road during 48-hour general strike in Imphal on September 19, 2023
    India News
    Updated 1063 days ago

    Withdraw AFSPA, disturbed areas from Assam: State cabinet to Centre

    Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
    India News
    Updated 1081 days ago

    Assam govt aims to ‘completely withdraw’ AFSPA from state by 2023 end

    Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (File Photo)
    India News
    Published 1105 days ago

    AFSPA could be removed from Assam by end of 2023: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

    The CM made this remark while addressing the meeting with commandants of battalions of the Assam Police. (Himanta Biswa Sarma | Twitter)
    Cities
    Updated 1190 days ago

    Defence ministry refuses nod to prosecute 30 armymen over Nagaland killings

    HT Image
    India News
    Updated 1229 days ago

    Nobody can take inch of land: Shah in Arunachal

    Union home minister Amit Shah in Kibithoo, Arunachal Pradesh, on Monday. (PTI)
    India News
    Updated 1232 days ago

    Centre reduces number of places under AFSPA in the northeast

    Lifting Afspa in many areas is welcome, but the provisions of Afspa as an emergency law that empowers the Army — the nation’s instrument of last resort — must continue to remain on the statute books given the increasingly violent and uncertain times that the subcontinent is likely to face in the coming years. (AP)
    India News
    Updated 1248 days ago

    Centre decides reducing more ‘disturbed areas’ in northeast region: Amit Shah

    Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah
    India News
    Updated 1248 days ago
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