Chinks in Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference?
May 7th, 2012 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 7 (IANS) Chinks appeared in the Mirwaiz Umer Farooq-led moderate Hurriyat group Monday a day after a statement made by another senior leader of the group.A group of ... Read more...
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Yasin Malik wants to appear in Pakistan’s Memogate probe
March 18th, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 18 (IANS) Yasin Malik, chairman of the Pro-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), has sought permission from the Pakistan Supreme Court to appear before the Memogate probe ... Read more...
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My Kashmir film has found its audience: Sanjay Kak (Interview, With Image)
February 15th, 2012 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) Sanjay Kak, whose documentary on Kashmir, "Jashn-e-Azaadi", was not allowed to be screened at the Symbiosis festival in Pune, is unperturbed and says the film has ... Read more...
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Disappointed, say Kashmiris to interlocutors’ report
October 15th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 15 (IANS) Meaningful autonomy, speedy development and a massive economic package...central interlocutors may have suggested all this as a balm for insurgency-hit Jammu and Kashmir, but common ... Read more...
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Khadi, Gandhi topis at James Ferreira’s show
October 12th, 2011 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Having made the models dance on popular item song "Sheila ki jawaani" last time, designer James Ferreira this time chose patriotic songs at the Wills ... Read more...
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Shutdown over alleged rape affects life in Kashmir
July 23rd, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) Normal life across Kashmir Valley was affected Saturday following a shutdown called by separatists against the alleged abduction and rape of a woman by army personnel ... Read more...
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Court questions Big B, Sony TV on show promos
July 5th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Tuesday issued notices to megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Sony TV and the censor board on a petition challenging promos of the forthcoming ... Read more...
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Roots in Kashmir describes Geelani’s visit to KP camp a farce
April 19th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 19 (ANI): Roots in Kashmir (RIK), a frontline organisation of the Kashmiri Pandits, has described separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's visit to a Pandit camp at Vesu Kulgam ... Read more...
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Top Kashmiri separatist leaders refuse security offer (Lead)
April 10th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 10 (IANS) Top Kashmiri separatist leaders have refused the government's offer to provide them security in the wake of senior cleric Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah's assassination two days ... Read more...
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Kashmiri separatist leaders offered security cover
April 10th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 10 (IANS) Senior Kashmiri separatist leaders have been offered security cover in the wake of top cleric Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah's assassination in a blast two days ago, ... Read more...
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Thousands join funeral of slain Kashmiri religious leader
April 8th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) Thousands of mourners joined the 'Nimaz-e-Jinaza' (funeral prayers) of Kashmiri religious leader Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah, who was killed in a powerful blast outside a mosque ... Read more...
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Kashmir Jamiat-e-Ahlihadith movement has grown - a profile
April 8th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah, who was killed just ahead of Friday prayers in Srinagar, took over as president of the Jamiat-e-Ahlihadith group in Kashmir in the ... Read more...
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Six BJP activists arrested in Kashmir
January 22nd, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 22 (IANS) Six activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were arrested from the Lal Chowk area here Saturday, four days before their party's planned hoisting of the national ... Read more...
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High level security review in Valley ahead of Republic Day
January 21st, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 21 (IANS) The security situation in Kashmir Valley was reviewed at a high-level meeting here Friday ahead of Republic Day and a proposed march by the BJP to hoist the ... Read more...
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Parliamentarians, civil society members meet Mirwaiz
December 4th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) A 10-member parliamentarian and civil society delegation on a three-day visit to the Kashmir Valley Saturday called on moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq.The delegation comprising parliamentarians ... Read more...
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BJP youth wing protests ‘anti-India’ speech by Mirwaiz (Lead)
November 28th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) More than 20 activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing were arrested Sunday for shouting slogans against Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq for his alleged ... Read more...
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Mirwaiz heckled at Kolkata seminar for ‘anti-India’ speech
November 28th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was heckled by activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing for his alleged anti-India statements at a seminar here ... Read more...
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Delhi court orders police to lodge FIR against Geelani, Roy
November 27th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.27 (ANI): A Delhi metropolitan magistrate court on Saturday ordered the Delhi Police to lodge an FIR against Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and five others ... Read more...
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Delhi court to decide on sedition charge against Roy, Geelani
November 27th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.27 (ANI): A Delhi metropolitan magistrate's court is likely to decide Saturday whether criminal proceedings should initiated against hard line Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and writer-activist Arundhati Roy ... Read more...
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Court notice to police on Geelani, Arundhati speeches
November 3rd, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) A city court Wednesday issued notice to Delhi Police over a plea seeking registration of criminal cases against separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani and writer-activist Arundhati Roy ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Pandit group files case against Geelani, Roy
November 1st, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) A Kashmiri Pandit group, Roots in Kashmir (RIK), Monday filed a case against separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, novelist-activist Arundhati Roy and others for speaking in favour ... Read more...
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Arundhati Roy does not deserve to be arrested (Comment)
October 30th, 2010 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Amulya Ganguli
Nothing will please the Booker prize winning author Arundhati Roy more than being charged with sedition for advocating "azadi" or freedom for Kashmir. Ever since she won the prize in ... Read more...
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Social activist files police complaint against Geelani, Arundhati Roy
October 29th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): Social activist Sunil Pandit lodged a police complaint at the Tilak Marg Police Station here on Friday against Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and writer ... Read more...
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BJP slams Kashmir interlocutor’s statement on ‘azadi’
October 28th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday came down heavily on Radha Kumar, one of the three Kashmir interlocutors, for her reported suggestion that the constitution could ... Read more...
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BJP demands Geelani, Arundhati Roy’s arrest
October 26th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded the arrest of separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani and writer-activist Arundhati Roy, terming their remarks on Kashmir as "objectionable" ... Read more...
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Indian colonialism replaced British imperialism: Arundhati Roy
October 24th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 24 (IANS) Advocating the right to self-determination for the people of Kashmir, author-activist Arundhati Roy Sunday contended that in 1947, British imperialism was replaced with Indian colonialism which "continued ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Hindu activists create ruckus at Geelani seminar (Second Lead)
October 22nd, 2010 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A group of Kashmiri Hindu activists Thursday heckled and tried to prevent hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani and author-activist Arundhati Roy from speaking at a seminar ... Read more...
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Using subtle satire, Facebook debate criticises Geelani
October 15th, 2010 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Srinagar, Oct 15 (IANS) Another day, another shutdown or a curfew... After four months of bearing up, signs of slow frustration appear to be creeping in among Kashmiris. And ... Read more...
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The Jammu and Kashmir situation - A primer for the interlocutors
October 5th, 2010 - 6:36 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct. 5 (ANI): The Government of India's decision to appoint interlocutors to seek out various shades of opinion in Jammu and Kashmir in a bid to break the deadlock ... Read more...
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Curfew continues in parts of Srinagar
August 19th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by ANI
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0By Parvez ButtSrinagar, Aug 19 (ANI): The authorities imposed a curfew on
Wednesday in many parts of the Valley to foil a march call given by the
separatist leader ... Read more...
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Bollywood songs to add to your patriotic fervour
August 14th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) Bollywood songs have always stirred patriotic sentiments among listeners. Come Sunday and India's 64th Independence Day, and one may soak in the national fervour with IANS's list ... Read more...
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Geelani rejects talks offer, Mirwaiz silent
August 7th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) The offer of "quiet dialogue" by union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has not gone down too well with separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir with hardline leader ... Read more...
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Innovative programming vital for quality information dissemination: Soni
July 22nd, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni, on Thursday said that her Ministry had redrawn its key policy parameters to 'put people first' and ... Read more...
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Only one in three persons claim ‘yearning for azadi’ behind J-K unrest: Poll
July 19th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 19(ANI): An opinion poll conducted by Outlook magazine has found that only one in three person has described yearning for 'azadi' as the reason for the current unrest ... Read more...
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India, Turkmenistan ink pacts on education, science and technology
May 26th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): India and Turkmenistan have inked two pacts on cooperation in the education and science and technology sectors.A joint statement signed by the two sides on Tuesday ... Read more...
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