The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has been withdrawn from Assam's Dibrugarh district, as per a government order.

Act (AFSPA) has been extended for another six months in Assam's Tinsukia, Charaideo, and Sivasagar districts, effective April ...

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

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

AFSPA has also been extended on Sunday by the MHA across the entire state of Manipur, except for 13 police station areas in ...

Guwahati, The Assam government on Sunday said it has extended application of the Armed Forces Act, 1958 in three districts of the state for six more months after a review of the law and order ...

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

The AFSPA act grants powers to security powers in "disturbed areas" and gives them the authority to search, arrest, detain ...

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

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act for another six months in cert ...

The Union Home Ministry cites ongoing law and order issues amid ethnic tensions and security concerns in the Northeast.