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newsmrl · 1 year

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Know what is the controversial law AFSPA implemented in Assam since 1990, which Assam CM Himanta Biswa is planning to withdraw

AFSPA can be removed from Assam soon, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa was addressing the Commandant’s Conference on Monday. He said the move would facilitate the deployment of Assam Police battalions in place of the Central Armed Police Forces or CAPFs. AFSPA, the controversial law in force in Assam since 1990, gives security forces the power to crack down and arrest anyone without a warrant.…

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kupwaratimes-fan · 11 months

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AFSPA removal in J&K conditional to complete return of peace: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh

AFSPA removal in J&K conditional to complete return of peace: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Jammu, June 26 : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that removal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is conditional to complete return of peace in the region. “AFSPA will be removed from the Union Territory of J&K once complete peace…

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all-about-news24x7 · 11 months

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AFSPA To Be Removed From J&K When Peace Returns: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh | File Photo ‘This Act removed from large parts of North East, waiting for the day to see JK free from it’ Srinagar- Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) will be removed from Jammu and Kashmir once peace returns to the Union Territory. Addressing a security conclave in Jammu, the defence minister, as per…

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kashmirmonitor · 11 months

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AFSPA to be removed from JK when peace returns: Rajnath Singh

Jammu, June 26: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) will be removed from Jammu and Kashmir once peace returns to the Union Territory. Addressing a security conclave in Jammu, the defence minister said the law will be removed from J&K too. Singh said, ” While we have controlled the problem of insurgency in North East India, we have also…

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iobnewsnetwork · 1 year

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AFSPA likely to be removed completely from Assam by November, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act will likely be removed completely from Assam by November, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday, reported NDTV. AFSPA gives Army personnel sweeping powers in disturbed areas to search, arrest and to open fire if they deem it necessary for “the maintenance of public order”. The law was first imposed in Assam in November 1990 and is extended after a review of the security situation every six months. It is currently in place in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts as well as Lakhipur subdivision of Cachar district, reported The Times of India. The Union government has the power to withdraw AFSPA from a state. On Monday, Sarma said that removal of AFSPA will lead to the replacement of the Central Armed Police Forces with the Assam Police Battalions as per law. “We will also rope in ex-military personnel to train our police force,” he added. In May last year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said he was certain that AFSPA would be revoked soon from Assam. On April 28, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said the Centre was making efforts to completely remove the Act from the North East. However, since then, the contentious law has been extended... Read more Read the full article

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newssy · 1 year

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‘Hopeful AFSPA Will Be Removed In Next 3-4 Yrs’: Amit Shah in Poll-Bound Nagaland

Last Updated: February 21, 2023, 13:31 IST BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a poll rally in Nagaland ahead of assembly election in the state. In 2018, BJP formed its first government in alliance with the NDPP in the Christian-majority Nagaland Urging the people of Nagaland to vote for Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in the upcoming Assembly polls, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah…

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baitdragon · 1 year

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We Showed Red Card To Hurdles In Northeast's Development: PM Modi's Football Analogy At Shillong Event

In Shillong, PM Modi inaugurated, dedicated, and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects worth over Rs 2450 crores besides attending a golden jubilee celebration of the North Eastern Council.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated various development projects during the golden jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council, in Shillong.

“When football fever is gripping us all, why not talk in football terminology? When someone goes against the sportsman spirit, they’re shown a red card and sent out. In the last 8 years, we’ve shown a red card to several hurdles in the development of the northeast,” PM Modi said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

The Prime Minister further said, “We are making honest efforts to send out corruption, bias, nepotism, violence, stalling of projects, and vote bank politics. But you know that the roots of these diseases run deep. So, we all have to uproot it together.”

Earlier, attempts were made to divide Northeast, we are removing these divisions, he stated.

In Shillong, the Prime Minister inaugurated, dedicated, and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects worth over Rs 2450 crores besides attending a golden jubilee celebration of the North Eastern Council.

“When we changed the priorities of the Central government, its positive impact is visible across the country. This year, the Centre is spending Rs 7 Lakh crore just for infrastructure. 8 yrs back, this was less than even Rs 2 Lakh crore. 7 decades after independence, we reached only up to Rs 2 Lakh crore,” PM Modi mentioned, as quoted by ANI.

He remarked that political parties that had governments for a long time, had the mindset of ‘divide’ for Northeast. “We’ve come with the mindset of ‘divine’. Be it different communities or regions — we are removing all divisions. Not borders of disputes, we are building corridors of development in the Northeast,” he added.

“In the last 8 years, several outfits left the path of violence and followed the path of peace. In coordination with the state governments, the situation is being continuously improved to see that there is no need for AFSPA in the northeast,” he further said.

The Prime Minister emphasised that decade-long border disputes between states are being resolved. “For us, the North East Border Area is not the endpoint, but a gateway to security and prosperity. Therefore, today the work of building new roads, new tunnels, new bridges, new rail lines, new airstrips is going on at a fast pace on the border,” he added.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Ministers of the northeastern states, and others participated in the celebrations.

PM Modi, on the occasion, released ‘Golden Footprints’, a commemorative volume chronicling NEC’s contribution towards the development of the northeast over the last 50 years, according to an official statement.

A short film on NEC’s journey of 50 years was also screened on the occasion, the statement said.

Apart from the PM, Shah and G Kishan Reddy, the Union minister for culture, tourism and development of north-eastern region (DoNER), addressed the session.

The PM, who is also set to visit Tripura later in the day, will be inaugurating and laying foundation stones of projects worth more than Rs 6,800 crore in the two northeastern states during the day.

Both states are heading for assembly polls, which are likely to be held in February.

#meghalaya #North East #shillong #PM Modi #Narendra MOdi #North Eastern Council #Golden Jubilee celebrations

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harpianews · 2 years

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Historic, big step for peace: Northeast CMs

The Central Government’s decision to remove the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from several districts in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur is “historic” and a “big step” for peace in the region, according to chief ministers across the Northeast, where its repeal has been a long-standing demand. The development marked the beginning of “a new chapter in Assam’s future”, said Chief Minister…

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dainikviral · 2 years

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Centre Considering Nagaland’s Demand To Remove AFSPA, Says CM Neiphiu Rio

Kohima: Nagaland’s Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday said that the Centre is considering Nagaland’s demand to remove Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). While addressing the Republic Day function at the Civil Secretariat, the CM told that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the killing of 14 civilians by security forces in Mon has made good progress. ALSO READ |…

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newsmrl · 1 year

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जानिए क्या है 1990 से असम में लागु AFSPA, जिसे वापस लेने का प्लान बना रहे असम के सीएम

1990 से असम में लागु विवादास्पद कानून AFSPA सुरक्षा बलों को कार्रवाई करने और बिना वारंट के किसी को भी गिरफ्तार करने का अधिकार देता है। इसके अलावा, किसी की गोली मारकर हत्या कर देने पर यह कानून सुरक्षा बलों को गिरफ्तारी और मुकदमे से छूट देता है। असम को नवंबर, 1990 में AFSPA के तहत अशांत क्षेत्र घोषित किया गया था। तभी से इसे हर छह महीने में बढ़ाया जाता रहा है। मुख्यमंत्री सरमा सोमवार को कमांडेंट…

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carminavulcana · 5 years

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I have no idea what the revocation of articles 370 and 35-A will mean. But I am uncomfortable and scared. There can be no forced integration and true integration cannot happen without justice.

Are the thousands of human rights complaints in Kashmir finally going to be investigated?

Will the perpetrators of Kunan Pushpora be booked for their crimes?

Will AFSPA be removed ?

Will the half-widows of J&K finally know what became of their husbands?

Will the young people of Kashmir be treated like our own or will every incident like Pulwama trigger violence against them like it happened in February?

These are the difficult questions. Do they have answers?

#kashmir #jammu and kashmir #article 370 #article 35 A #article 35a #politics

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jasooskutty · 4 years

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A Malayalee Hindu’s Confession on Citizenship Bill

The Citizenship Amendment Bill is now law. Many of my colleagues on twitter say they feel sad, scared, angry, disappointed. I feel no such emotion.

And why should I? It doesn’t affect me. I am a Hindu. I don't know why Muslims are upset. They are not losing citizenship or anything.

And these protests in the Northeast! To be honest, where is the Northeast? It seems somewhere back of the beyond. I have never been there. I don’t see the region becoming a job hub in the foreseeable future. If and when I go, it will be as a tourist. I will click a few photos to keep at home, a reminder of a good trip.

To be honest I don’t know how many states are there in the Northeast. That would be an exaggeration, there are Seven Sisters. Is Sikkim one of the sisters or a distant cousin or neither? I don’t know.

I learnt the capitals of the seven states to score marks in GK. That done, I readily forgot them the moment I passed out.

I mean who cares about the Northeast? If it wasn’t for the blank cheque, err passport, for illegal Hindu immigrants and a babaji ka thullu, isn’t that what Kapil Sharma says, for illegal Muslim immigrants, we wouldn’t be wasting any airtime or ink on the Northeast.

You don’t believe me?

Manipur was blockaded for nearly 5 months - that is almost half the year - a couple of years ago. Did anyone notice it? Did anyone cover the news?

Irom Sharmila, a resident of Manipur, was on a hunger strike for 16 years demanding removal of AFSPA. Hardly anyone noticed. AFSPA is still in force in Manipur. Irom just gave up her fight and got married. Her wedding made more headlines than the fast. BTW, she also lost an election somewhere in between. It would be wrong to say nothing fruitful came out of Irom’s hunger strike. A few people wrote her biographies and she got the title ‘Iron Lady’.

This is how much we Indians care for the Northeast.

I don’t know much about CAB, but what I know is it was in the BJP’s manifesto and the party swept the Northeast. It means the people of the region want the law, right? I may be wrong, but I have already admitted I give a damn about the place.

That is not to say I am a heartless soul. I have deep affection for people and things Northeastern. Just like I relish Hyderabadi biryani and mutton kababs, I like momos and red chutney. They are good touchings for rum. Not to speak of the people. They make for wonderful drinking buddies.

Now you know why I don’t feel sad, scared, angry or disappointed over the citizenship bill.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mastered one trick. Us versus them. And this ‘us’ is always a lot more significant in numbers than the ‘them’.

At some point, the party’s gaze will turn to Kerala. It fits the bill. Small state. Sizeable Muslim population. Just 20 Lok Sabha seats which the party anyway doesn’t win. It could come in the form of a countrywide beef ban for example. Us versus them.

That is when I will feel sad, scared, angry, disappointed.

#modi #amit shah #citizenship bill #assam

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meetdheeraj · 5 years

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Kashmir was never a federal state like others. It was and continuous to be a military occupation (with increased troops now, one gunman to 10 civilians). Now it has lost even the facade of being an independent state. And we are told Kashmiris are real people. If they are real people like mainland Indians, why does military occupy civilian spaces there? When are we scrapping AFSPA? You have numbers now. You can do anything. Democracy, those who have read would know isn't about numbers but doing what is right even if in the eyes of majority it is wrong. It is about morality.

Yesterday we went back on a constitutional promise. A promise made by none other than Sardar Patel. The meeting on Article 370 was held at his residence. Minister without portfolio Diwan Bahadur Sir Narasimha Ayyangar Gopalaswami Ayyangar sent his notes from this meeting to Sardar Patel saying Nehru will issue the letter to Sheikh Abdullah of Kashmir only after his approval. And Patel did send his approval. Yes, the same Sardar on whose statue we spent 3000 crores on.

What's stopping the authoritarian state from removing AFSPA if they consider Kashmir as just another state and Kashmiris like any mainland citizens? The majoritarian state has already made people in Assam prove their citizenship by piece of paper as old as 48 years (You have to prove that your ancestors entered India before March 24, 1971 and even that's not enough; it is just one of the many conditions). They've already excluded Christians and Muslims from citizenship bill. They have passed law that makes possible declaring individual as terrorists. They have passed bill that gives extra powers to NIA undermining federalism. All these without proper discussion and without sending these bills to standing committees. These committees exist to ensure all possible scenarios are thought through, that laws are made on data and facts and not mere conviction. We saw what happened with demonetisation. In democracy state isn't supposed to act in secrecy. Remember, citizens chose their government. We are the masters not subjects.Make no mistake, like in Emergency, everything yesterday and before was done legally. State leaders were arrested, communication lines were cut. And our tv channels repeated Amit Shah's lines that Kashmiris were happy. With internet shut down, cable pulled off, there was just no way Kashmiris even knew what had just occurred. But we were told they were happy and we believed because it went with our biases. Hurray! Nobody is interested to know what Kashmiris want. We never asked them or cared to know how it feels to live under perennial military occupation. How many of us fear going to a police station or even when a policeman is near us? Imagine living under the constant shadow of gunmen. A state was declared union territory without consent of the state. A state was bifurcated without its consent. And we are celebrating this? It looks like we have come to a point where we will celebrate anything that comes from this govt and TV screens (which again are copy of what this govt says). We have left our brains in freezers, we no more read, we no more think, we only parrot what state and its mouthpieces say. We find reasons to defend rapists now, reasons to defend people who take out rallies for rapists, we tell ourselves rape is impossible to have happened inside a temple because well, we want to believe it and a news anchor is telling us so, despite all the evidence proving otherwise. We've closed our minds. Stopped thinking. Conscience, forget it, is long dead anyway.

#Kashmir #jammu & kashmir #Ladakh #India #authoritarianism #dictatorship #Narendra Modi #Amit Shah #Omar Abdullah #Mehbooba Mufti #Democracy #Joke #Military #Army #Guns #News #Majority #Parliament

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snbc · 2 years

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Times Top10: Today's Top News Headlines and Latest News from India & across the World

Times Top10: Today’s Top News Headlines and Latest News from India & across the World

5 THINGS FIRST NTAGI meeting to discuss reducing gap between 2nd and precaution dose; President Kovind and home minister Amit Shah to meet lawyers of post-poll Bengal violence victims; Sentencing of tennis star Boris Becker, after guilty verdict on bankruptcy charges; Delhi HC to hear Umar Khalid’s plea challenging denial of bail; IPL 2022 – PBKS Vs LSG 1. Why Centre wants to remove AFSPA from…

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sachkiawaaj · 2 years

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PM Modi in Assam: Praises double-engine sarkar, hails AFSPA removal from parts of Northeast - key points

PM Modi in Assam: Praises double-engine sarkar, hails AFSPA removal from parts of Northeast – key points

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Assam today (April 28) and along with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, he attended the ‘Peace, Unity and Development Rally’ at Diphu, Karbi Anglong district in Assam. Here are the key highlights from Modi’s Assam speech: – Last year, several organizations from Karbi Anglong joined the resolve for peace and development. Bodo Accord opened new doors…

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harpianews · 2 years

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Nagaland Civil Murders: Agatha Sangma Demands Removal Of AFSPA In Lok Sabha

Bringing Security Forces 14 civilians killed In Nagaland’s Mon district over the weekend, National People’s Party MP Agatha Sangma called for repeal of the “draconian” Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in the Lok Sabha during Zero Hour. “This is not the first time that such an incident has happened where innocent citizens had to bear the brunt of harsh laws like AFSPA. It also reminds us of an…

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