Is this the Eid that Kashmir wants?
September 7th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept.7 (ANI): A few days left for Eid and Srinagar is like a ghost town. It is the holy month of Ramadan and in normal course, the bazaars should have ... Read more...
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PM’s Kashmir speech too late, too little, say Kashmiris
August 10th, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 10 (IANS) Separatist leaders dismissed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech on the Kashmir crisis Tuesday as "echoing the same old policy", while the common man wondered whether the balm ... Read more...
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Kashmir problem is core issue between India, Pakistan: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
July 11th, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, July 11 (ANI): All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) moderate faction chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led a massive protest in Srinagar on Saturday, and reiterated that the Kashmir problem is the core ... Read more...
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Separatist shutdown hits life in Srinagar
June 25th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 25 (IANS) Life across Srinagar was affected Friday by a separatist shutdown called against alleged human rights violations and the detention of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani.
Markets, educational institutions, ... Read more...
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Separatist leader held, released in Kashmir (Lead)
June 17th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 17 (IANS) Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and his associates were arrested and later released Thursday by police in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital.
Mirwaiz, chairman of the moderate ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh’s likely visit to Jammu-Kashmir evokes mixed response
May 27th, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, May 27 (ANI): The proposed visit of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to Jammu and Kashmir has evoked a mixed response from different sections of society, particularly from political and ... Read more...
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Hurriyat calls for shutdown in Srinagar on death anniversary of Mirwaiz and Lone
May 21st, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), May 21 (ANI): The Hurriyat Conference has called for a shutdown on Friday on the occasion of the death anniversaries of prominent leaders, Mirwaiz Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and ... Read more...
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Amnesty International to assess human rights scenario in Kashmir
May 19th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, May 19 (ANI): A two-member team of Amnesty International met Separatist Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq here and discussed various aspects to assess the state of human rights in the valley.The ... Read more...
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‘Anything below azadi’ negotiable for Kashmir: Home Secretary (IANS Interview)
April 5th, 2010 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Indian government is holding back-channel talks with separatist Hurriyat leaders on the Kashmir issue and is open to negotiating anything less than independence, ... Read more...
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International pressure rising on India, Pakistan over Kashmir, says Umar Farooq
March 24th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, March 24 (ANI): Separatist Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday said that international pressure was now mounting on New Delhi and Islamabad over the issue of Kashmir and demanded the ... Read more...
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Hurriyat chief wants China, Saudi Arabia’s mediation in J-K
March 24th, 2010 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 24 (ANI): Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has suggested that China and Saudi Arabia could mediate to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir issue.Speaking on the sidelines of a ... Read more...
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After meeting Chinese official, Mirwaiz attends Pakistan Day
March 24th, 2010 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) After meeting with foreign leaders, including a senior Chinese official, during his trip abroad, moderate Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq met Pakistani high commission officials here ... Read more...
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Separatist factions clash in Kashmir
March 15th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 15 (IANS) The rivalry between Kashmir's hardline and moderate separatist factions spilled out on the streets when Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) activists were allegedly attacked by workers of the ... Read more...
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Geelani’s dialogue proposal to resolve Kashmir issue hailed
March 6th, 2010 - 10:59 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Mar 6 (ANI): Senior Hurriyat leader Moulvi Abass Ansari on Saturday welcomed the separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani's support to dialogue as the mode to resolve ... Read more...
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Yasin Malik in preventive custody amid militant threats
January 1st, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 1 (IANS) Amid intelligence reports that he figures on the target list of militants, separatist leader Yasin Malik was taken into a preventive custody Friday when he was on way ... Read more...
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Kashmir police can fight militancy on its own: chief
December 11th, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 11 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir police chief Kuldeep Khoda said Friday that the police were fully prepared to take on the militants on their own strength, official sources said.
The ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah to discuss Qureshi attack with Chidambaram
December 7th, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.7 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will meet Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram here today to discuss the fallout of the attempted assassination on moderate Hurriyat leader Fazal ... Read more...
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Kashmir Valley observes shut down, as Qureshi continues to be critical
December 5th, 2009 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Dec 5 (ANI): The entire Kashmir Valley was observing a shutdown on Saturday following the assassination attempt on senior Hurriyat leader Fazal Haque Qureshi last evening.The Kashmir Valley turned grim after ... Read more...
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‘Cowardly assault’ will not derail Kashmir peace process: Chidambaram
December 5th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The murderous attack on moderate Hurriyat leader Fazal Haq Qureshi will not be allowed to derail the peace process in Jammu and Kashmir, Home Minister P. ... Read more...
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Senior Hurriyat leader critically injured, militant group claims responsibility (Third Lead)
December 4th, 2009 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) Senior separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Fazal Haque Qureshi was shot at and critically wounded outside his house by unidentified gunmen in the Jammu and Kashmir capital Friday evening, ... Read more...
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Senior Hurriyat leader shot at, critically wounded (Second Lead)
December 4th, 2009 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) Senior separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Fazal Haque Qureshi was shot at and critically injured by unidentified men in this Jammu and Kashmir capital Friday evening, police said.
Qureshi, one ... Read more...
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Senior Hurriyat leader Fazl Qureshi shot at, condition critical
December 4th, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Dec 4 (ANI): Unidentified gunmen opened fire and critically wounded Fazl Haque Qureshi, a close aide of moderate Hurriyat faction leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq here on Friday evening.Qureshi is a senior ... Read more...
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Senior Hurriyat leader Qureshi shot, critically injured (Lead)
December 4th, 2009 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) Unidentified men shot and critically injured Fazal Haque Qureshi, the senior most separatist leader and an important executive member of the moderate Hurriyat Conference, in this Jammu and ... Read more...
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China has ‘direct link with Kashmir’, says Mirwaiz ahead of visit (Third Lead)
November 21st, 2009 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is slated to travel to China, has said Beijing has a "direct link with Kashmir".
The Mirwaiz, who is set to ... Read more...
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‘No objection to Mirwaiz’s China visit if visa not stapled’ (Second Lead)
November 20th, 2009 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was free to travel anywhere he wanted to, including China, but his visa should not be separately stapled as ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah rules out assembly dissolution for dialogue
November 9th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 9 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday welcomed the willingness shown by the separatist leaders to re-start the dialogue with the central government but ruled out ... Read more...
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Mirwaiz tries to take others on board dialogue bus (News Analysis)
October 19th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
By F. Ahmed
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) The contours of the proposed dialogue between New Delhi and Kashmiri separatist groups are yet to be made public, but moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer ... Read more...
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Separatists take to street against elections
April 18th, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Apr 18 (ANI): Separatists affiliated to the moderate faction of the All Party Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference took to the street here on Saturday to protest against the ongoing general elections.They held ... Read more...
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Separatists call for demilitarisation in Kashmir
February 23rd, 2009 - 10:15 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Feb 23 (ANI): In the leadership of senior separatist Hurriyat leader Zaffar Akbar Bhat, separatists took out a mass march rally through the streets here on Monday, demanding demilitarisation in ... Read more...
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Kashmir issue should be resolved as per Lahore Declaration: Sharif
January 30th, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan 30 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the Lahore Declaration should be the basis to resolve the Kashmir issue, hoping that the ''spirit'' of 1999 agreement ... Read more...
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Separatists demands the release of their house-arrested leaders
January 24th, 2009 - 11:44 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Jan 24, (ANI): In the leadership of senior separatist Hurriyat leader Zaffar Akbar Bhat, separatists staged a peaceful protest in Kashmir to demand the release of their house-arrested leaders on ... Read more...
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J-K Coordination Committee appeals to people to boycott polls
November 16th, 2008 - 9:03 pm ICT by ANI
By Fayaz AhmadSrinagar, Nov 16 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Coordination Committee on Sunday appealed to the people of the State to totally boycott the Assembly polls, first phase of which ... Read more...
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Separatist leader Shabir Shah arrested in Srinagar
August 29th, 2008 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) After evading police for several days, Jammu and Kashmir's Hurriyat leader Shabir Ahmad Shah was arrested here Friday as the crackdown continued on separatist leaders in the valley. ... Read more...
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Hurriyat groups reconstitute co-ordination panel
August 20th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) In a significant development, the two groups of the separatist Hurriyat conference have decided to re-constitute their recently formed co-ordination committee.After a three-hour long meeting of its executive ... Read more...
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Geelani calls for Kashmir’s merger with Pakistan, triggers leadership clash (Overall Lead)
August 18th, 2008 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Monday demanded the merger of Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan, as leaders of the moderate Hurriyat faction spoke about independence and ... Read more...
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