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Irom Sharmila to end 16-year-long fast today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 9 (ANI): Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for the last 16 years against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), will break her fast today.
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Air India to facilitate Armed forces officials with free travel on I-Day
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 5 (ANI): National carrier Air India will bestow armed forces personnel with special offer on the occasion of Independence Day.
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Mumbai-Goa bridge collapse: Army joins relief operations
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Raigad, Aug.3 (ANI): The armed forces joined rescue operations in Maharashtra's Raigad district after a colonial-era bridge was washed away in the early hours of Wednesday in a river overflowing due to recent heavy rains.
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Shiv Sena against Rajnath's visit to Pak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Stating that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to Islamabad will bring down the morale of the armed forces, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to break all ties with Pakistan, which harbours terrorists like Jamaat-u
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Turkey to shut military academies for 'cleansing' after failed c
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, July 31 (ANI): Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his country will shut its military academies and put the armed forces under the command of the Defence Minister Fikri Isik, in a move to bring the military under government control following the failed coup.
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SC issues notice to Centre over army doctors' plea to raise retiremen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central Government over a plea of eight army doctors challenging the retirement age of 58 prescribed in the armed forces. The apex court will hear the petition on Monday.
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Irom Sharmila to break her fast, contest elections
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Stating that she would contest state elections from Manipur, activist Irom Charu Sharmila, who has been fasting since 2000 against the controversial Armed Forces Specials Powers Act (AFSPA), has decided to end her protest on August 9.
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Sonia Gandhi hails Indian Army's spirit of 'nation above self�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday paid tributes and expressed deep gratitude towards the Indian Armed Forces on Kargil Vijay Diwas.
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Mufti's AFSPA 'suggestion' not applicable in current situat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu, July 25 (ANI): Defence Expert M.M. Khajuria has said Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's suggestion of revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) on an experimental basis will have to wait for an 'appropriate time', as the present situation is ha
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CM Mehbooba's suggestion on AFSPA will have to wait for 'appropr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu, July 24 (ANI): Defence Expert M.M. Khajuria on Sunday said Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's suggestion of revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) on an experimental basis will have to wait for an 'appropriate time', as the present situation
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Talk of revoking AFSPA encourages violence in Kashmir: Activist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): Condemning Pakistan's intervention into the internal affairs of India and its encouragement to violence in Kashmir, activist Susheel Pandit on Sunday said Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti should realise that any talk of revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act
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Pak military pressurising Sharif to malign India, says former diplomat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): Former diplomat N.N. Jha on Friday rubbished Pakistan's assertion that 'excessive brutalities' is being exerted by the Indian armed forces to control the violent protests in Kashmir.
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