Syed Ali Shah Geelani

Schools in Kashmir reopen to low attendance

Srinagar: Schools in Kashmir have reopened after three months, but curfew has been re-imposed here and other areas. Hardliner Geelani has called for a complete shutdown on Monday and has urged parents not to send their children to school. Curfew has been re-imposed in Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara and Sopore. The Jammu and Kashmir state government is providing all facilities for school students, by lining up buses and providing security to...

08:34 AM, Sep 27, 2010

Don't send wards to schools: Geelani to Kashmiris

by Press Trust Of India

Srinagar: With educational institutions all set to reopen on Monday in Kashmir Valley, the hardline Hurriyat Conference, led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, on Sunday asked parents not to send their wards to schools and colleges. "No right thinking person can deny the importance of education in society, but to think that they (government) are concerned about the future of our children is like a mad man's dream," Geelani said....

11:28 PM, Sep 26, 2010

Separatist leader Geelani rejects Centre's plan

by Press Trust Of India

Srinagar: The hardline Hurriyat Conference on Saturday rejected Centre's eight-point formula to de-escalate the current turmoil in Kashmir terming it as an "eye wash" even as other separatist outfits maintained a studied silence. Chairman of the hardline faction Syed Ali Shah Geelani said the package of measures did not met the demands raised by him for starting a dialogue process for resolving the Kashmir issue. Describing the steps as a...

08:44 PM, Sep 25, 2010

AFSPA to stay: govt; curfew relaxed in Srinagar

by Smitha Nair,CNN-IBN

Srinagar: Even as the all-party delegation is trying to gauge the views in the Kashmir valley on AFSPA the Ministry of Defence is coming out in full support of the Army. MoS for Defence Pallam Raju said Tuesday that the Army was being made a scapegoat and unnecessarily being demonised. Curfew has been relaxed in parts of Srinagar soon after the delegation left the Valley even as the all-party delegation...

07:39 AM, Sep 21, 2010

Kashmir on edge: curfew in all major towns

by CNN-IBN

Srinagar: Kashmir has been on the boil since Eid. The Omar Abdullah government has reimposed curfew in all major towns of the Kashmir Valley barring Baramulla to counter Hurriyat leader Geelani's Protest Calendar. However, Geelani who had said last week that Sunday would be a working day, has decided to exempt the day from protests and strikes. He has withdrawn the Army camps protest on September 21, asking people to...

11:11 AM, Sep 19, 2010

Hurriyat leader Geelani arrested in Srinagar

by Press Trust Of India

Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was on Wednesday arrested from his Hyderpora residence on the outskirts of the city as a preventive measure. "Geelani has been arrested under sections 107 (under which any person can be placed under arrest who instigates a crowd which may lead to law and order problem) and 151 of RPC as there are apprehensions that he is a threat to public...

01:29 PM, Sep 08, 2010

Curfew imposed in three towns of Kashmir Valley

by Press Trust Of India

Srinagar: Curfew was on Saturday clamped in Srinagar, Sopore and Kunzar towns in view of protest marches and shutdown called by the separatists across the Kashmir Valley. In the city, curfew was clamped in 34 police station areas including Batmaloo, Bemina, Qamarwari, Nowhatta, Khanyar, Safakadal, Maisuma, Shaheedgunj, Soura, Hazratbal, Kothibagh, Chanapora, Banamohalla, Humhama, Karan Nagar, Lal Bazar, Nigeen, Nishat, Nowgam, Parimpora, Raj Bagh, Rainawari, Ram Munshi Bagh, Sheer Gari, TRC,...

12:49 PM, Aug 28, 2010