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3 Arunachal districts, 4 police stations bordering Assam notified as 'dist
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has notified Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts and four police stations -- Namsai and Mahadevpur police stations in Namsai district, Roing police station in Lower Dibang Valley district, Sunpura police station in Lohi
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MHA declares Nagaland as 'disturbed area' for another 6 months
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday further extended the operation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland for six more months while declaring the state as "disturbed area", according to a government notification.
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Army apprises envoys on AFSPA, Pak backed infiltration, deradicalisation o
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is not absolute and the Army is bound by legal scrutiny, the 25-member delegation of foreign envoys on a visit to Jammu and Kashmir was told on Thursday.
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Centre extends AFSPA in Nagaland for 6 months
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 30 (ANI): The Central government on Monday extended Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland for six more months.
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Centre extends AFSPA in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh for six month
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): In view of continuing activities of banned insurgent groups in the Northeast, the central government on Tuesday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh and four other police station areas bordering Assam by anothe
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Congress wants to give full freedom to stone pelters, those who support te
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], May 8 (ANI): Accusing Congress of backing the 'tukde, tukde gang', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said by promising to revoke sedition law and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the Congress party wants to give full freedom to stone pelters an
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Ground situation needs to change to withdraw AFSPA: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 25 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the operation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) can be withdrawn only when there is a change in the ground situation in areas where the law is in force.
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AFSPA will not be repealed even if another Gandhi comes after Rahul: Amit
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Samastipur (Bihar) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Attacking Congress president Rahul Gandhi, BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) will not be repealed even if another Gandhi comes after him.
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Chidambaram asks Jaitley to clear stand on existing format of AFSPA law
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday hit back at Union Minister Arun Jaitley for criticising Congress' promise to amend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and questioned whether the BJP leader supported "enforced disappearance, sexual
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Congress doesn't have audacity to review AFSPA: Shah
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): Hitting out at the Congress over its poll promise of reviewing the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the grand old party does not have the "audacity" to go against the country's armed forc
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Congress's election manifesto promising to amend AFSPA is anti-national an
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 3 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Congress, stating its election manifesto promising to amend the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) is 'anti-national and separatist-friendly' and it will dilute the immuni
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Congress manifesto promises to revamp laws, plans to quash sedition, amend
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr 2 (ANI): The Congress manifesto released on Tuesday promised significant changes in the laws, like quashing of the Sedition law and amendment to the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).
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