The AFSPA gives the armed forces personnel, operating in the disturbed areas, sweeping powers to search, arrest and to open fire if they deem it necessary for "the maintenance of public order".
Multiple deaths and injuries were reported after a group of armed men in combat fatigues stormed into a concert hall in Moscow and unleashed gunfire and detonated explosives among the crowd on Friday (local time), Russian media reported.
In 1990, when the then Mulayam Singh government passed orders to open fire at the Karsevaks, they came and stayed at Karsewakpuram during their struggle for the Ram Temple.
District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Imran said that the deceased in the firing incident in the Sadda area of Kurram District included two security personnel, a driver and a woman.
At least eight people lost their lives and 26 others were injured in a firing incident on a passenger bus at Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK), ARY News reported on Saturday.
A BJP candidate and an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporter sustained injuries after unidentified persons opened fire in Madhya Pradesh's Mehgaon Assembly constituency on Friday.
The BSF in Jammu said in a statement that it gave a befitting response to the Pakistan Rangers for the ceasefire violation and unprovoked firing on their posts.
A journalist was injured after he fell from his motorbike after unknown gunmen opened fire on him on Rawalpindi Road here on Saturday, Dawn reported, citing the police.
Two Border Security Force personnel sustained bullet injuries from Pakistani rangers' unprovoked firing along the International Border Arnia Sector of Jammu, officials said.