
Srinagar: Normal life was affected in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday due to a day-long shutdown called by hardline Hurriyat Conference headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani on the third death anniversary of two Shopian women that had led to widespread protests. The shutdown call by the hardline Hurriyat faction was marked by thin traffic on roads in the city as many shops and business establishments remained shut. Schools across the...

03:12 PM, May 30, 2012

Srinagar: Separatist leader Shabir Shah on Thursday said Kashmir Valley is incomplete without Pandits and those who migrated after the eruption of militancy should return to their homeland. "Kashmiri Pandits have always been a part of our culture and our history ... Kashmir is a garden and there are many flowers in here ...Kashmir is incomplete without the Pandits. Kashmiri Pandits should come back to their homes," Shah told reporters...

02:01 AM, May 04, 2012

New Delhi: Hurriyat Conference (G) leader Syed Geelani on Saturday called for a bandh in Kashmir against the two-year jail term handed down to fellow separatist Ghulam Nabi Fai by a US court. Fai was charged with lobbying in the US government to affect American policy on Kashmir. He has also been accused of accepting money from the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, for the lobby work. ...

09:41 AM, Apr 07, 2012

Washington: Separatist Kashmiri leader and Chairman of the moderate Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq is "supported and controlled" by ISI, a US Attorney has claimed before a court. Attorney Neil H MacBride made the claim before the US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, ahead of the scheduled sentencing of Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai who had set up an organisation Kashmiri American Council in the US to promote the separatist cause....

06:24 PM, Mar 30, 2012

Srinagar: Some separatist groups on Sunday said they are not against talks with the Centre for resolution of the Kashmir issue but maintained that the government needs to take certain steps before resumption of the dialogue process. Moderate Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said his faction was not against dialogue and they were ready for a meaningful dialogue between India, Pakistan and leadership of Kashmir. "The talks should not...

04:10 PM, Jan 01, 2012

Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference leaders were privately in favour of hanging Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru if he was guilty but felt that he did not get adequate representation during parts of his trial, leaked US diplomatic cables have claimed. "While they (moderates) were concerned that Afzal did not have adequate representation during parts of his trial, privately they say that he should be executed if he is guilty," a...

09:41 AM, Sep 06, 2011

Srinagar: A youth on Sunday died allegedly in police custody in north Kashmir's Sopore town, an incident termed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as inexcusable. 28-year-old Nazim Rashid died in the custody of Special Operations Group after he was picked up on Saturday for questioning in connection with the death of a civilian in the area, a few days back. The Jammu and Kashmir police have admitted that he died...

03:23 PM, Jul 31, 2011

Srinagar: Authorities in Srinagar have put hard line Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani under house arrest as a preventive measure, officials said on Friday. Geelani was placed under house arrest since Thursday evening as there were apprehensions that he might lead protests after Friday prayers, the officials said. Some people had indulged in stone-pelting after Geelani's address to the gatherings on May 6 at Batamaloo in the city....

01:26 PM, Jun 10, 2011

Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has asked people to hold funeral prayers on Friday for Osama bin Laden, the founder of al Qaeda who was shot dead in Pakistan on May 2 by a US Navy team. Geelani has appealed to Imams and people to hold funeral prayers in absentia for bin Laden after Friday prayers tomorrow afternoon, a Hurriyat spokesman said in a statement. Terming...

06:54 PM, May 05, 2011

Srinagar: Rejecting a solution within the present framework, moderate Hurriyat Conference on Thursday called for a comprehensive dialogue between the three parties to the Kashmir issue to arrive at a negotiated settlement. "Time has come for India, Pakistan and representatives of Jammu and Kashmir to thrash out a negotiated settlement to Kashmir issue," Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq told reporters here. He, however, said a solution to Kashmir issue within...

04:53 PM, Dec 16, 2010

New Delhi: The youth wing of BJP attacked Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's car when he was entering Foreign Correspondent's Club to attend a seminar. As the news about his presence at the seminar came out, activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha assembled outside the venue and shouted slogans against Mirwaiz. Shouting slogans like "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram", the demonstrators hurled eggs, water bottles and...

07:55 PM, Nov 30, 2010

Kolkata: Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was greeted by another protest on Sunday at a seminar in Kolkata. He faced protests from members of BJP's student wing who hurled eggs at his vehicle here and diplayed banners, prompting police to arrest 25 of them, three days after he was heckled by right-wing activists in Chandigarh. The protest was carried out by the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) workers. Fifteen to...

01:32 PM, Nov 28, 2010

Srinagar: Curfew was on Wednesday clamped in four districts of Kashmir Valley to foil a march by the separatists to the United Nations office in Srinagar demanding withdrawal of troops from Jammu and Kashmir. Besides the four districts of Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora, curfew has also been imposed in Awantipora town in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, a police spokesman said. The restrictions were imposed in view of the march...

10:15 AM, Oct 27, 2010

Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday lifted curfew from all parts of Kashmir as the Valley limped towards normalcy despite a strike call given by hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference. "Curfew has been lifted from all parts of Kashmir," a police spokesman said. He said the situation so far was peaceful with no untoward incident reported from anywhere in the Valley. Although most of the shops and business establishments around commercial hub...

12:22 PM, Oct 23, 2010

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed the Centre for allowing Kashmiri separatists to make anti-India speeches in New Delhi. Senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley castigated the Centre for the speech made by Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani saying freedom of speech too has constitutional limits. "Yesterday (Thursday) the country was shocked when separatists met under the nose...

12:27 PM, Oct 22, 2010