Stray incident apart, Eid prayers offered peacefully in Kashmir
August 20th, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Save for a stray incident of some youths torching a police vehicle in Srinagar, Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were offered amid peace and tranquility across Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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Kashmiri separatist leaders placed under house arrest
August 20th, 2012 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Authorities Monday placed all senior Kashmiri separatist leaders under house arrest to maintain law and order during the congregational Eid prayers in Srinagar."These measures have been ... Read more...
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Separatist shutdown mars life in Kashmir
July 28th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 28 (IANS) Life was adversely affected here and in other major towns of the valley Saturday following a shutdown called by the separatists to protest the killing of ... Read more...
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Kashmiri separatist leaders under house arrest
August 11th, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 11 (IANS) The authorities Thursday imposed restrictions on the movement of senior separatist leaders in the Jammu and Kashmir summer capital to scuttle a gathering at the Eidgah ... Read more...
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Geelani, Shabir Shah placed under house arrest
July 29th, 2011 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 29 (IANS) Two senior separatist leaders, Syed Ali Geelani and Shabir Shah, were Friday placed under house arrest in Jammu nad Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar."It has been our ... Read more...
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Kashmiri separatist leaders to meet Pakistan foreign minister
July 21st, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jul 21 (IANS) The Pakistan high commission here has invited top Kashmiri separatist leaders, including Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, for a meeting with Foreign Minister ... Read more...
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Restrictions affect life in Srinagar on martyrs’ day
July 13th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) The authorities imposed restrictions in the old city areas of Srinagar to scuttle a proposed separatist march Wednesday, known as martyrs' day here. Hurriyat leaders like ... Read more...
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Kashmir interlocutors to submit ‘initial’ report in two weeks
February 23rd, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 23 (IANS) The government-appointed interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir will submit in two weeks the "initial document" spelling out the contours for a political settlement of the Kashmir issue."We will ... Read more...
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Interlocutors send invites to Kashmir separatists
February 11th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 11 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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MPs, civil society members to break Kashmir ice
December 3rd, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 3 (IANS) A 10-member delegation of parliamentarians and civil society activists arrives here Friday to interact with separatists, locals, victims of the recent unrest, mainstream politicians and the youth ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Pandits attack Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz in Chandigarh
November 25th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, Nov 25 (ANI): All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was attacked by Kashmiri Pandits for making an anti-India speech at a seminar in Chandigarh this morning.Kashmiri Pandits ... Read more...
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Obama should facilitate talks on Kashmir: Shabir Shah
November 4th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 4 (IANS) Ahead of US President Barack Obama's arrival on a four-day official visit to India, prominent separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah Thursday appealed to him to facilitate India-Pakistan ... Read more...
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Interlocutors meet Shabir Shah’s family in Srinagar
October 25th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 25 (IANS) The three interlocutors on Kashmir Monday met family members and aides of detained separatist leader Shabir Shah at his uptown residence in summer capital Srinagar.The chairman of the ... Read more...
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Restrictions imposed in tense Srinagar
February 4th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) Authorities imposed strict restrictions in the Old City areas of Srinagar Thursday morning as protests against the death of a teenager again paralyzed life in the Kashmir Valley.
Srinagar, ... Read more...
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Kashmir strike against CBI report into Shopian deaths
December 15th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 15 (IANS) Police Tuesday used teargas and batons to disperse stone- pelting mobs in Srinagar protesting against the report of the CBI probe into the deaths of two women in ... Read more...
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Hurriyat leaders under house arrest in Srinagar
December 10th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 10 (IANS) Senior separatist leaders of the moderate wing of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference were Thursday placed under house arrest to prevent them from staging a march on ... Read more...
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108 foreign terrorists held in Kashmir are in Indian jails
August 28th, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 28 (IANS) There are 108 foreign militants - 97 Pakistanis, nine Afghans and one each from Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh - lodged in various Indian jails after their arrest in ... Read more...
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Shutdown in Kashmir over detention of separatist leaders
July 25th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, July 25 (ANI): Separatists in Kashmir gave a shutdown call on Saturday in protest against the detention of their leaders.Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani was on Tuesday booked under the ... Read more...
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Geelani booked under Public Safety Act
July 21st, 2009 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 21 (IANS) Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani was Tuesday booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), an official here said. The head of the hardline faction of the ... Read more...
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APHC demands fair trial for Afzal Guru
January 18th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by admin
Srinagar, Jan 18 (ANI): The moderate faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) held a protest demonstration on Friday in Srinagar, demanding fair trial for Afzal Guru, the prime accuse in ... Read more...
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