Afspa Manipur

The government on Monday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) by another six months in Manipur excluding 19 police station areas falling under the Imphal valley and a region that shares its boundary with Assam.

The powerful Kuki-Zo group in violence-hit Manipur has urged the Centre to remove state police forces from hills and reimpose the stringent Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, or AFSPA, in valley areas.

There is tension in parts of Manipur again after recent incidents of violence. Chief Minister N Biren Singh has also warned troublemakers that they would be responsible if the Centre decides to reimpose the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said he is "highly upset" with the ongoing violence in Manipur and elements who engage in it will be held responsible for any stringent government action, including reimposition of the AFSPA.

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA was extended by another six months in Manipur on Wednesday, barring 19 police stations falling under the Imphal valley and an area that shares its boundary with neighbouring Assam.

Manipur violence: Protests have erupted in the areas dominated by the Kuki-Zo community in Manipur, particularly in the Kangpokpi district, after the brutal killing of three people in Thowai village in Ukhrul district on Friday.

Security forces in ethnic violence-hit Manipur are finding it difficult to operate in 19 police stations that were denotified as 'disturbed areas' under AFSPA and have been pressing for the presence of a magistrate while performing their duties as a

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for further reducing areas under AFSPA, 1958, in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.

Rights activist Irom Sharmila welcomed the Centre's decision to reduce areas under the Act's purview in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur, but maintained that the "draconian, colonial law" should be rolled back completely.

Home Minister Amit Shah today said that areas covered under the controversial law Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur will be reduced after decades.

Mr Singh, who has been holding at least a dozen poll-related meetings a day for a month across the state, also added that there is all-around support for the BJP and they are expecting a two-thirds majority in the state.

Home Minister Amit Shah was in the northeast for the first time since last December's Nagaland firing incident and the violence that follow, which left 14 dead in Nagaland.

The simmering tension over the controversial military law AFSPA did not feature in Union Home Minister Amit Shah's campaign on Wednesday for elections starting next week in Manipur, as he promised to hold peace talks with the state's Kuki militant gr

As far as election campaigns go, there was more than one quirk as Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio took the spotlight on Wednesday to ask for votes in neighbouring Manipur.

Repeal of controversial AFSPA, protection of linguistic and religious minorities are among the 30 promises made by Manipur Congress in the party manifesto released today for the state elections in Manipur over two phases on February 27 and March 3.

The government on Monday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) by another six months in Manipur excluding 19 police station areas falling under the Imphal valley and a region that shares its boundary with Assam.

The powerful Kuki-Zo group in violence-hit Manipur has urged the Centre to remove state police forces from hills and reimpose the stringent Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, or AFSPA, in valley areas.

There is tension in parts of Manipur again after recent incidents of violence. Chief Minister N Biren Singh has also warned troublemakers that they would be responsible if the Centre decides to reimpose the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said he is "highly upset" with the ongoing violence in Manipur and elements who engage in it will be held responsible for any stringent government action, including reimposition of the AFSPA.

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA was extended by another six months in Manipur on Wednesday, barring 19 police stations falling under the Imphal valley and an area that shares its boundary with neighbouring Assam.

Manipur violence: Protests have erupted in the areas dominated by the Kuki-Zo community in Manipur, particularly in the Kangpokpi district, after the brutal killing of three people in Thowai village in Ukhrul district on Friday.

Security forces in ethnic violence-hit Manipur are finding it difficult to operate in 19 police stations that were denotified as 'disturbed areas' under AFSPA and have been pressing for the presence of a magistrate while performing their duties as a

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for further reducing areas under AFSPA, 1958, in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.

Rights activist Irom Sharmila welcomed the Centre's decision to reduce areas under the Act's purview in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur, but maintained that the "draconian, colonial law" should be rolled back completely.

Home Minister Amit Shah today said that areas covered under the controversial law Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur will be reduced after decades.

Mr Singh, who has been holding at least a dozen poll-related meetings a day for a month across the state, also added that there is all-around support for the BJP and they are expecting a two-thirds majority in the state.

Home Minister Amit Shah was in the northeast for the first time since last December's Nagaland firing incident and the violence that follow, which left 14 dead in Nagaland.

The simmering tension over the controversial military law AFSPA did not feature in Union Home Minister Amit Shah's campaign on Wednesday for elections starting next week in Manipur, as he promised to hold peace talks with the state's Kuki militant gr

As far as election campaigns go, there was more than one quirk as Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio took the spotlight on Wednesday to ask for votes in neighbouring Manipur.

Repeal of controversial AFSPA, protection of linguistic and religious minorities are among the 30 promises made by Manipur Congress in the party manifesto released today for the state elections in Manipur over two phases on February 27 and March 3.