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Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act

  • AFSPA extended in four Assam districts, withdrawn from four others

    AFSPA extended in four Assam districts, withdrawn from four others

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 01, 2023 · 03:38 pm
  • AFSPA extended for six months in eight Assam districts, West Karbi Anglong exempted

    AFSPA extended for six months in eight Assam districts, West Karbi Anglong exempted

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 20, 2022 · 07:17 pm
  • Manipur: BJP’s ally, Congress demand complete withdrawal of AFSPA

    Manipur: BJP’s ally, Congress demand complete withdrawal of AFSPA

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 02, 2022 · 11:58 am
  • Areas under AFSPA in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur to be reduced, says Amit Shah

    Areas under AFSPA in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur to be reduced, says Amit Shah

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 31, 2022 · 02:53 pm
  • AFSPA extended in Assam till August, says government

    AFSPA extended in Assam till August, says government

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 02, 2022 · 08:26 am
  • Centre is considering Nagaland’s demand to remove AFSPA from state, says CM Neiphiu Rio

    Centre is considering Nagaland’s demand to remove AFSPA from state, says CM Neiphiu Rio

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 27, 2022 · 11:56 am
  • AFSPA undermines Indian democracy. It must be repealed

    AFSPA undermines Indian democracy. It must be repealed

    Nandita Haksar
    · Dec 31, 2021 · 09:00 am
  • How lack of data handicaps India’s Covid-19 fight and three other weekend reads

    How lack of data handicaps India’s Covid-19 fight and three other weekend reads

    Arunabh Saikia
    · Dec 19, 2021 · 09:30 am
  • ‘AFSPA should be repealed,’ demand Nagaland and Meghalaya chief ministers

    ‘AFSPA should be repealed,’ demand Nagaland and Meghalaya chief ministers

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 06, 2021 · 04:13 pm
  • How Major Leetul Gogoi’s indictment embodies the paradox of AFSPA

    How Major Leetul Gogoi’s indictment embodies the paradox of AFSPA

    Girish Shahane
    · Aug 29, 2018 · 08:00 am
  • Assam government makes it clear the Armed Forces Act won’t be lifted from the state

    Assam government makes it clear the Armed Forces Act won’t be lifted from the state

    Arunabh Saikia
    · Aug 14, 2017 · 06:00 pm