Monalisa Changkija stepped down as the editor of Nagaland Page, a prominent newspaper she founded and ran for 25 years. Her determination made the Nagaland Page a formidable voice.
For decades, political leaders in insurgency-hit states have demanded end to AFSPA while Army doggedly resisted. A look at the controversial Act & how debate played out in Kashmir.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
AFSPA was extended by another six months in Manipur on Wednesday, barring 19 police station areas in the Imphal valley and an area that shares its boundary with neighbouring Assam.
Deployed for 'aid to civil authority' in maintenance of public order, Army & Assam Rifles have done more than that despite lacking legal cover of AFSPA, says defence establishment.
Rather than pursuing armed insurgents, forces are focused on maintenance of peace like in UN peacekeeping operations. Merely relying on peace talks will not work, say sources.
Addressing ‘National Security Conclave’ in Jammu, defence minister says talks at military and diplomatic levels continue, assured sanctity of borders will not be violated.
The Army must bring closure to the case by taking disciplinary action in a time-bound and transparent manner, while the govt must try to remove AFSPA altogether.
The logic behind protecting the accused Armymen may never be known as RTI requests on past decisions have been turned down on grounds of national security. But such lack of transparency fuels doubts of cover-ups.
In 'white paper', CM says state’s own revenues almost entirely consumed by salaries, while central funds service debt & interests. ‘State has to borrow even to fund basic welfare schemes.’
The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.
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