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	<strong>Latest live news:&nbsp;</strong>Home Minister Amit Shah will give a statement in Parliament today about Nagaland, where security forces killed more than a dozen people when they mistook them to be militants.<br />
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		One soldier died in riots by protesters enraged by the killings in Mon district Saturday evening. The Nagaland government has set up a probe and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio visited Mon today and attended the funeral service of the civilians.</div>
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	India reported seventeen cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the total to 21 as states and cities stepped up testing travelers and enforcing safety measures.</div>
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	The Reserve Bank&rsquo;s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will meet for three days starting Monday and it expected to hold lending rates when its decision is announced Wednesday. &quot;...we believe the talks of a reverse repo rate hike in the MPC meeting may be premature as RBI has been largely able to narrow the corridor without the noise of rate hikes and ensuing market cacophony,&quot; said an SBI research report.</div>

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Demand to repeal AFSPA in Northeast grows after Nagaland killings

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	The gunning down of 13 civilians by security forces in Nagaland led to the demand for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958 from the Northeast with a renewed vigour on Sunday. Civil society groups and rights activists and political leaders of the region have been demanding the withdrawal of the &quot;draconian&quot; law for years, alleging excesses by security forces with impunity under the cover of the Act, PTI reported.</div>

Security forces kill 12 villagers in Nagaland

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	Thirteen villagers and a soldier were killed at a Indo-Myanmar border district in Nagaland when security forces opened fire on people they mistook as insurgents on Saturday. The soldier died when a mob attacked security forces and set fire to vehicles. Another villager died on Sunday as protesters attacked a camp of Assam Rifles, a paramilitary force.</div>
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