Armed forces need the law in J&K, Northeast: Defence Minister. ...
11:34 AM, Dec 18, 2009
Karachi: Pakistan's banned captain Salman Butt will not appear at Southwark Crown Court on Friday to face charges of taking bribes brought against him by Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), a source close to the batsman said. Butt, along with pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir and sports agent Mazhar Majeed from Croydon, England, were charged in February with conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments and with conspiracy...
12:57 PM, Jan 26, 2008
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act to needed fight 'extraordinary situations', says Defence Minister. ...
12:11 AM, Jun 27, 2007
Private member's resolution defeated; Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh says the Act is needed to maintain law and order. ...
01:56 PM, Mar 20, 2007
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on a visit to Manipur, has promised to review some of the stringent provisions of the AFSPA. ...
04:28 PM, Dec 02, 2006
Imphal: Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a fast for the past six years to oppose the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in the northeastern state, completed six years of her protest on Thursday. Official reports on Friday said Sharmila had began her fast on November 2, 2000 after an Assam Rifles personnel shot dead 10 persons in a bus depot at Malom near Imphal airport....
03:57 PM, Nov 03, 2006
