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Disturbed Area: Manipur government imposes AFSPA across entire state

September 27, 2023 Editor

The Manipur government on Wednesday declared the entire state a ‘disturbed area’ under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) for a period of six months in the wake of the prevailing law and order situation. However, the status will not be implemented in areas under the jurisdiction of 19 police stations including the capital Imphal. The state government, in a notification, said that the ‘violent activities of various extremist/insurgent groups warrant the use of Armed Forces in aid of civil administraton in the entire state’. The developments came after…

Will Supreme Court verdict have bearing on Article 35A, AFSPA, CASO?

August 25, 2017 Editor

The verdict of the nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Right to Privacy is being taken well across India but it has created apprehensions among the people in Jammu Kashmir with Article 35-A already pitting both the Hurriyat as well as mainstream parties against New Delhi. Soon after the apex court’s judgement that privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution of India, legal and political circles in Kashmir were keenly reading the verdict to see if it would impact the controversial Article 35-A, draconian Armed Forces Special…

PDP misled people on Power Projects, AFSPA, Art 370: Omar Abdullah

June 7, 2017 Editor

Says GoI created political vacuum by failing youth reach out ‘Farooq told Modi to talk to Pak, Hurriyat; stop arrests and pellet gun use’ Opposition National Conference Working President and former chief minister, Omar Abdullah Tuesday said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) misled people about the return of power projects, revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and safeguarding of Article 370. “They misled people saying they would ensure the return of power projects to the State, revocation of AFSPA, and safeguarding of Article 370 and promised employment…