The Kuki-Zo held a rally in Sadar Hills Kangpokpi District today. The rally under the aegis of the Committee on Tribal Unity, or the CoTU, Sadar Hills Kangpokpi was organized to show resentment against the Manipur State Assembly resolution to abrogate the SoO Agreement with the Kuki groups and with a demand on the re-imposition of AFSPA in the 19 Police Stations of the valley.
Security system in restive Manipur took a different turn after new bunkers were on Thursday evening installed by the police in Imphal city and surrounding areas.
In the aftermath of the Lilong firing incident on the night of January 1 in Manipur, the death toll has tragically increased to five. The latest victim, a private passenger mini-bus driver, succumbed to injuries sustained from a stray bullet during the Lilong shootout while he was returning home.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday stated that army insisted us for complete withdrawal of AFSPA because in their assesment Assam is now complete safe.
Days after the photo of two missing students who were murdered went viral on social media has resulted to fresh tension and a fresh round of violence in Manipur’s Imphal,
The students of various schools are agitating for the second day on Wednesday against the kidnapping and killing of two young students, including a girl, who went missing on July 6 and whose photographs went viral on social media on Monday.
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 (AFSPA) has been extended in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland for another six months starting on October 1.
The Assam cabinet on Friday evening decided to recommend to the Central Government to withdraw Disturbed Areas Act and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the entire State.
The Army and Assam Rifles are facing various challenges in the current turmoil in Manipur following the lifting of AFSPA, mainly in the valley districts, as army sources say operating without legal cover provided by the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is a major limitation for security forces operating in Manipur in the current situation.
