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Thousands demand AFSPA repeal in Nagaland, hand over memorandum addressed to PM at Raj Bhavan

Protest organised by Nagaland Students’ Federation was attended by members of civil society groups & students bodies. It followed civilian deaths during Army ambush in Mon.

Nagaland village refuses compensation to victims’ families until ‘culprits brought to justice’

The Nagaland govt had announced Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia to the victims' families, following the killing of over a dozen Oting villagers in a security forces ambush on 4 December.

‘Jaldi milte hain’: Last words Gen. Bipin Rawat, an officer on a mission, said to me last week

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Nagaland massacre shows AFSPA is a deadly addiction. Does Modi govt have the courage to kick it?

Much of the Northeast doesn't need a tough law such as AFSPA. No government will dare repeal it, but it can at least be imposed very selectively.

Key Naga groups to meet & decide ‘further course on talks’, Modi govt calls for peace

NSCN (I-M) set to hold internal meeting, and another with NNPGs. Modi govt sources say its emphasis is to make sure there's no law & order situation after killing of 14 civilians.

I served in Nagaland during the peak of insurgency and without AFSPA

Despite the Nagaland Peace Accord signed in the presence of PM Narendra Modi, AFSPA continues to exist. And we call ourselves mother of all democracies.

‘Army tried to flee, fired when we tried to carry bodies’ — Mon Nagas reject ‘self-defence’ theory

14 civilians, including 11 residents of Oting village, died in a botched security operation — which Army admits was a case of mistaken identity — and its aftermath over the weekend.

Nagaland BJP calls civilian killings in Mon ‘genocide & war crime’, wants AFSPA repealed

State BJP chief Temjen Imna Along says there's no 'justification for the massacre', and that the incident could derail the Naga peace process.

‘Dark day, head hung in shame’ — Nagaland deaths spark furore over AFSPA in Parliament

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi demands repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act and Congress’ Pradyut Bordoloi seeks amendment to the legislation.  

‘Repeal AFSPA’, tweets Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma amid civilian killings in Nagaland

Activists and political leaders of the NE region have been demanding the withdrawal of the 'draconian' law for years, alleging excesses by armed forces with impunity under the Act.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.