The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has been withdrawn from Assam's Dibrugarh district, as per a government order.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the Union Home Ministry has removed the Armed Forces (Special ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that AFSPA will now be in force in Tinsukia, Sivasagar and Charaideo districts.

The Assam government has extended the AFSPA for six more months in three districts following improved security due to counter ...

Act (AFSPA) in three districts for six more months, citing security concerns. While the law is withdrawn from Dibrugarh, ...

AFSPA was previously in force across four districts in Assam. With its withdrawal from Dibrugarh, the law now remains ...

Home and political department secretary Debaprasad Misra, in an order on Sunday, stated that the four districts were kept ...

The law empowers security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without a prior warrant. It also gives a ...

With Thursday’s decision, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said only three districts would be covered by AFSPA ...

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Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Union Home ministry has removed AFSPA from Dibrugarh, leaving the ...

The Namsai, Mahadevpur, and Chowkhan olice stations of Arunachal Pradesh that order Assam, have been tagged as ‘disturbed’, ...