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Centre, State Need To Work To Strike Balance Between Enforcing AFSPA And Addressing Dissent | OPINION
1 week, 2 days ago

Centre, State Need To Work To Strike Balance Between Enforcing AFSPA And Addressing Dissent | OPINION

ABP News  

The Armed Forces Act, or AFSPA, has often been used by the Government of India to address insurgency in various states, including those in the Northeast, as well as those of Punjab, and Jammu & Kashmir. The AFSPA also allows the armed forces to arrest individuals or search premises without warrants, based merely on "reasonable suspicion". He noted that central …

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Manipur Crisis | Point of Reservation Not Just About Access to Land but to Ensure Equal Representation: Greeshma Kuthar
2 weeks ago

Manipur Crisis | Point of Reservation Not Just About Access to Land but to Ensure Equal Representation: Greeshma Kuthar

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 09, 2024 18:29 IST - 42 MINS READ For 19 months, violence has engulfed Manipur, widely portrayed as an ethnic conflict between the majority Meitei community and the Kuki-Zo tribes. As violence spreads to new districts like Jiribam and weapons continue to circulate, Kuthar, in this insightful webinar for Frontline, examines the complex factors that determine the …

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Syrian insurgents capture central city of Hama in severe setback to the Syrian president
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Syrian insurgents capture central city of Hama in severe setback to the Syrian president

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Syrian insurgents swept into the central city of Hama on Thursday and government forces withdrew, dealing another major blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad days after insurgents captured much of Aleppo, the country’s largest city. Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the de facto leader of the Syrian insurgency, announced in a video message that fighters had reached Hama in a …

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Syrian insurgents capture four central towns as government forces reclaim some territory
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Syrian insurgents capture four central towns as government forces reclaim some territory

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Syrian insurgents captured four new towns early Tuesday, bringing them closer to the central city of Hama, opposition activists said, while government forces retook some territory they lost last week. The latest push is part of a wide offensive by forces opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad that over the past days has captured large parts of the …

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Manipur violence: 10,000 more central forces to be deployed to tackle Meitei-Kuki clash; 3,000 stolen arms recovered
1 month ago

Manipur violence: 10,000 more central forces to be deployed to tackle Meitei-Kuki clash; 3,000 stolen arms recovered

Live Mint  

The Centre will deploy over 10,000 more soldiers in Manipur to contain the ongoing violence in the northeastern state. We have been distributing the forces to protect lives and properties of civilians and monitor vulnerable areas and points,” the National Security Advisor to Manipur Kuldiep Singh said at a press conference on Friday. With the addition of 90 companies of …

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1 month, 1 week ago

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Times of India  

Central forces face an impossible situation. GOI must act to change Manipur’s security apparatus A fresh spate of violence in Manipur has forced GOI to dispatch around 2,500 additional central paramilitary personnel to the state. In many cases, Manipur Police describes these volunteers from the Hills as ‘militants’ while Hill groups refer to such volunteers from the Valley – including …

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Trinamool moves ECI against State BJP president, misuse of Central forces
1 month, 1 week ago

Trinamool moves ECI against State BJP president, misuse of Central forces

The Hindu  

The Trinamool Congress on Saturday submitted two complaints to the Election Commission of India, one alleging misuse of Central forces by the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership and another directed at State BJP president Sukanata Majumdar. Most BJP leaders in the State are provided security cover by Central forces and the Trinamool leaders have been alleging that the forces deployed with …

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Heritage provides blueprint for future
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Heritage provides blueprint for future

China Daily  

Poly Art Museum, located in Beijing's Dongcheng district, has been developing high-tech methods to preserve and present its collections. Diverse forms of new quality productive forces give Beijing's Dongcheng district a cutting edge in the cultural and creative sector, Cheng Yuezhu reports. The courtyard, called The Guan, is now known as a local culture museum along the Beijing Central Axis, …

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Three injured in fresh drone attack in Manipur for secnd day in row
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Three injured in fresh drone attack in Manipur for secnd day in row

Hindustan Times  

Grenade-bearing drones bombarded parts of Manipur for the second straight day on Monday, with three people injured during an attack in Imphal West by militants, while an Indian Reserve Battalion bunker was ransacked in Imphal East. The attacks come a day after alleged Kuki militants attacked Koutruk, a Meitei-inhabited village in Imphal West district, with likely the first of drone …

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Withdraw ‘mute’ Central forces from Manipur, Amit Shah urged
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Withdraw ‘mute’ Central forces from Manipur, Amit Shah urged

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI A day after a gun-and-bomb attack killed two persons, including a woman, a Manipur Bharatiya Janata Party legislator urged Home Minister Amit Shah to withdraw Central forces from the State for allegedly remaining aloof to the violence around. In a letter to Mr. Shah on Monday, Rajkumar Imo Singh said the Central forces “are mostly present as mute spectators” …

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Calcutta High Court extends central forces tenure in WB
6 months, 1 week ago

Calcutta High Court extends central forces tenure in WB

Op India  

On 12th June, the Calcutta High Court issued an interim order extending the tenure of Central Forces deployed in Mamata Banerjee-ruled West Bengal given post-poll violence rampant in the state. #BREAKING No Place For Violence In Democratic Polity: Calcutta High Court Extends Tenure Of Central Forces Deployed In WB Due To Allegations Of Post-Poll Violence | ⁦@Srinjoy77⁩#LokSabhaElections2024 #PostPollViolencehttps://t.co/3i9Vq8TWhd — Live …

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'Central forces had no independent role here, false voting ruined our chances': Suvendu Adhikari
6 months, 1 week ago

'Central forces had no independent role here, false voting ruined our chances': Suvendu Adhikari

Op India  

On Wednesday, June 12, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari weighed in on how the state’s Lok Sabha results were impacted by the anarchy that the TMC and its goons fostered. Alleging that the state police working at the behest of TMC supremo and CM Mamata Banerjee controlled the central forces throughout the polling process, Suvendu Adhikari asserted that false voting had ruined …

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EC rejects Opposition’s charges, calls vote counting mechanism robust
6 months, 2 weeks ago

EC rejects Opposition’s charges, calls vote counting mechanism robust

Hindustan Times  

Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday called the country’s election process and vote counting mechanism “robust” as he dismissed the Opposition’s allegation that attempts were being made to vitiate people’s mandate by influencing officials and violating protocols. Addressing a press conference ahead of the declaration of the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, Kumar said the electoral exercise consisted …

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Even as elections are over in West Bengal, 400 CAPF companies to stay in the state till June 19
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Even as elections are over in West Bengal, 400 CAPF companies to stay in the state till June 19

Op India  

The Lok Sabha elections 2024 have concluded and only the vote count, and final results remain to be declared. Amidst all of this, West Bengal, which has 42 Lok Sabha seats, is also making headlines as the Bhartiya Janata Party is set to emerge as the largest party in the state for the first time. For the first time, the …

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Mob throws EVM, VVPAT machine in pond in West Bengal's South Paraganas | VIDEO
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Mob throws EVM, VVPAT machine in pond in West Bengal's South Paraganas | VIDEO

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Amid the last phase of Lok Sabha elections, EVM and VVPAT machine were thrown in the pond by a mob at booth number 40 and 41 in Kultai, South 24 Parganas of West Bengal on Saturday morning. EVMs looted by local mob Giving information on the same, the Chief Electoral Office, West Bengal said that FIR …

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Election Commission to retain 400 companies of central forces in West Bengal till June 6
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Election Commission to retain 400 companies of central forces in West Bengal till June 6

India TV News  

The Election Commission has decided to retain 400 companies of central forces in West Bengal till June 6, a senior official said on Friday. "After the June 1 polling, half of the central forces will leave the state and 400 companies will remain until June 6. Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal Notably, West Bengal, which has 42 Lok Sabha …

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Voter turnout over 36 per cent till 1 pm: Fifth phase LS polls
7 months ago

Voter turnout over 36 per cent till 1 pm: Fifth phase LS polls

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Over 36 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm on Monday in 49 constituencies in six states and two Union Territories in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections amid sporadic incidents of violence in West Bengal and a poll boycott in a village of Uttar Pradesh. While Maharashtra recorded the lowest voter turnout till 1 …

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Scattered incidents of violence in fifth phase of LS polls in Bengal
7 months ago

Scattered incidents of violence in fifth phase of LS polls in Bengal

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: Scattered incidents of violence marred the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls in seven parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal on Monday, as TMC and BJP workers clashed in various parts of Barrackpore, Bongaon, and Arambagh seats. In neighbouring Hooghly constituency, BJP sitting MP and party candidate Locket Chatterjee faced protests from TMC activists led by TMC MLA Ashima Patra. …

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Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP and EC again, asks why only central forces deployed in Bengal
8 months ago

Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP and EC again, asks why only central forces deployed in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: Only central paramilitary forces were deployed during the first phase of polling at three Lok Sabha seats in north Bengal on Friday, Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged at two election rallies in Murshidabad district while voting in north Bengal was on. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee address an election rally in Jangipur …

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Lok Sabha elections | Scuffles, protests mar polling in three Bengal constituencies
8 months ago

Lok Sabha elections | Scuffles, protests mar polling in three Bengal constituencies

The Hindu  

Sporadic incidents of scuffle between supporters of political parties, recovery of crude bombs and angry protests against MLAs headlined the first phase of Lok Sabha election in West Bengal on Friday. In the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha seat, where the EC had deployed 112 companies of Central Armed Police Forces, political parties levelled allegations of violence against each other. At …

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TMC brainwashing Sandeshkhali women highlights importance of central forces in Bengal before 2024 elections
8 months, 3 weeks ago

TMC brainwashing Sandeshkhali women highlights importance of central forces in Bengal before 2024 elections

Op India  

The unrest in Sandeshkhali village in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal brought into focus the atrocities committed against women by former Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides Shibu Prasad Hazra and Uttam Sardar. “রেখা পাত্র কে প্রার্থী, মানছি না, মানবো না” Tremendous Anger among the women of Sandeshkhali, against @BJP4Bengal Candidate of Basirhat – Rekha Patra. …

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Security forces patrol central Delhi amid AAP call for protest at Shaheedi Park
9 months ago

Security forces patrol central Delhi amid AAP call for protest at Shaheedi Park

The Hindu  

Security personnel continue to patrol central Delhi on Saturday amid a call by the AAP to gather at Shaheedi Park to protest against the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with an excise policy-linked money-laundering case. Delhi Minister Gopal Rai said all AAP MLAs, councillors and office-bearers, and INDIA bloc representatives will gather at Shaheedi Park at 10 …

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Manipur's Moreh turns volatile, Central forces deployed
11 months ago

Manipur's Moreh turns volatile, Central forces deployed

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The situation in trouble-torn border town Moreh where two state police personnel were killed on Wednesday remained volatile, with the Union home ministry on Thursday deciding to deploy Central forces by replacing the state police forces to pacify the situation. As the security forces pushed them back, armed people from among the mob fired at them, the police said, …

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SEC Tenders 'Unconditional Apology' To Calcutta HC For Failure In Complying With Orders To Deploy Central Forces During 2023 Panchayat Polls
11 months, 2 weeks ago

SEC Tenders 'Unconditional Apology' To Calcutta HC For Failure In Complying With Orders To Deploy Central Forces During 2023 Panchayat Polls

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took up a contempt matter against the West Bengal State Election Commission wherein the Court had issued Rule Nisi against the SEC and directed it to show cause why action should not be taken against it under contempt jurisdiction for "wilfully and deliberately" failing to comply with the court's orders for immediate deployment of …

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