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The cabinet also decided to call off the Hornbill Festival, an annual event that draws thousands of domestic and foreign tourists

The situation in the border state of Nagaland, where protests and rioting broke out after firing by security forces claimed 14 civilian lives, remained tense but calm on Tuesday as the state cabinet met to demand the Centre repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

The killing of 13 civilians by security forces in Nagaland on December 4 has reignited the debate about the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, and renewed the demand for repealing it. Although the union government has regretted the killings and called them "a case of mistaken identity", critics say it's time to withdraw the sweeping powers that the armed forces have

The cabinet also decided to call off the Hornbill Festival, an annual event that draws thousands of domestic and foreign tourists

Kohima: The situation in the border state of Nagaland, where protests and rioting broke out after firing by security forces claimed 14 civilian lives, remained tense but calm...

Congress MP Manish Tewari's notice said, "The Sino-Bhutan MoU on the three-step resolution of boundary disputes is a matter of grave concern for India as it could lead to transfer of Doklam to China"

According to the residents of Oting village, joining the army was an ‘honourable job’. Now, they want the army to leave the area.

Naga Peoples Front (NPF) MP K.J

Mon district president of the BJP, Nyawang Konyak, is one among many others who have openly asked why the Union home minister went against the versions of the victims.

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday gave adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha on the issue of Doklam and in Rajya Sabha Manoj Kumar Jha of the RJD under rules 267 gave suspension notice to repeal AFSPA.