
Mamad Gat: A top Pakistani army commander said on Wednesday that his military has no imminent plans to launch an offensive in a tribal region home to numerous militants who focus on attacking US and NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan. The statement by Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik contradicted rampant media speculation that an operation in North Waziristan was in the works after years of requests for it from the...

05:53 PM, Jun 01, 2011

Srinagar: Security has been tightened as tension prevailed in Maisuma and Lal Chowk areas of the city where markets remained closed following the arrest of JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik. Shops, schools and business establishments in Maisuma and Lal Chowk areas remained closed and a large number of security force personnel were deployed there to maintain law and order, officials said. Malik was arrested on Thursday as he tried to...

12:56 PM, Apr 29, 2011

Srinagar: JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and three of his associates were detained on Thursday by the police after they tried to stage a protest against the arrest of a youth in Maisuma area of the city. Malik was taken into preventive custody as he and his supporters tried to stage a dharna outside Maisuma police station over the arrest of a youth, Ashiq Hussain Dar, official sources said. Malik...

03:07 PM, Apr 28, 2011

Ajmer: A shoe was flung at Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front(JKLF) chief Yasin Malik on Friday when BJP activists staged a protest against his visit to this pilgrim town in Rajasthan. Police said the shoe missed Malik, who was standing on the third floor of a hotel in Ganj locality where he is staying for the last two days. Demanding that Malik be asked to leave the city immediately, BJP...

05:55 PM, Feb 11, 2011

Jammu: The three interlocutors for Jammu and Kashmir have for the first time sent formal invitation letters to four separatist leaders, urging them to sit across the table for talks. Dileep Padgaonkar, one of the three interlocutors, was quoted as saying in newspaper 'Greater Kashmir' that invites had been dispatched to the separatists to include their views in the report they will submit to the Central Government. "So far we...

11:52 AM, Feb 11, 2011

NEW DELHI:A two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir by members of all major political parties to assess the ground situation began on Monday as Home Minister P Chidambaram assured the people of the state their honour, dignity and future are secure as part of India. The visit by the all-party team, the first in two decades, hoped to help break the deadlock in the Valley, where violence has claimed over...

02:40 PM, Sep 20, 2010

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government has blamed Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq for instigating violence in Srinagar on Saturday after the Eid-ul-Fitr prayers. Omar accused the separatists of breach of trust after violent mobs targeted police and government buildings in Srinagar. "We received a request from Mirwaiz for the peaceful protest and we gave them the permission. But the trust has been betrayed. Mirwaiz and Yasin (Jammu and Kashmir...

05:08 PM, Sep 11, 2010

JKLF chairman Yasin Malik has been detained by police. ...

02:20 PM, Feb 11, 2010

Kashmiri pandits said he should not be allowed to speak, hurled abuses. ...

03:46 PM, Jan 11, 2010

Fazal Qureshi had rejected state the government security. ...

12:01 AM, Dec 05, 2009

Yasin malik termed the act as an 'inhuman brutal act.' ...

11:33 PM, Dec 04, 2009

Yasin Malik on Monday returned to India with his Pakistani bride. ...

12:04 AM, Sep 08, 2009

Normalcy returned to major towns of Kashmir Valley on Tuesday. ...

01:48 PM, Jun 09, 2009

The protests are over the alleged rape and murder of two women. ...

03:40 AM, Jun 06, 2009

Mob frees separatist leader; police take him into custody again. ...

10:56 PM, Jun 05, 2009

Body of Shabir Ahmad Sheikh, an autorickshaw driver, was found on Tuesday. ...

05:03 PM, Feb 24, 2009

The couple got engaged on October 24 when the JKLF leader was in detention. ...

07:56 PM, Feb 22, 2009

Yasin Malik is currently in Pakistan for the nikaah ceremony. ...

07:58 PM, Feb 03, 2009

The nearly two weeks of calm in the Kashmir Valley was shattered once again. ...

12:35 AM, Sep 13, 2008