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  Kashmiri Separatist Geelani seeks Indian passport, BJP seeks apology first

  Politics | May 19, 2015 18:31 IST

  New Delhi: The hard-line Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has applied for an Indian passport to visit his ailing daughter in Saudi Arabia.However, the ruling party in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP has opposed his

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  Court reserves order on Masarat Alam's bail plea till Apr 25

  Politics | April 22, 2015 20:56 IST

  Srinagar: A Budgam court today reserved its orders till April 25 on a bail application moved by hardline separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat, who was arrested last week on sedition charges.Bhat's counsel had moved the

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  Top Kashmiri separatist leaders share dais after 5 years

  Politics | April 21, 2015 9:09 IST

  Srinagar: Top three Kashmiri separatist leaders -- Yasin Malik, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani -- yesterday shared a common platform after five years at a rally in Narbal.The rally was organised to show

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  Separatist leader Mirwaiz Farooq placed under house arrest

  Politics | April 18, 2015 19:16 IST

  Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday placed several separatists, including moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, under house arrest even as a strike called by hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani over killing of two

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  Separatist Yasin Malik arrested from hunger strike venue

  Politics | April 18, 2015 14:27 IST

  Srinagar: Police today afternoon arrested Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik who was on a 30-hour long hunger strike against the government's supposed rehabilitation programme for Kashmiri Pandits. Malik was protesting against state government's

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  Mirwaiz Umar Farooq placed under house arrest

  Politics | April 18, 2015 14:29 IST

  Srinagar: Authorities today placed several separatists, including moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, under house arrest even as a strike called by hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani over killing of two youths

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  Masarat Alam to succeed Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani?

  Politics | April 18, 2015 14:04 IST

  New Delhi: Separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat is fast emerging as a successor to the All Parties Hurriyat Conference(G) chief Syed Ali Shah Geelani (86) who is also a hardliner Kashmiri separatist. Masarat's party -- Muslim

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  Kashmiri separatist leader Masarat Alam sent to 7-day police custody

  Politics | April 18, 2015 8:36 IST

  Srinagar: A court here remanded separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat, arrested over raising of pro-Pakistan slogans and hoisting Pakistan flags at a rally, to seven-day police custody.Alam was produced before a concerned judge who sent

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  Know all about Kashmiri separatist leader Masarat Alam

  India | April 17, 2015 14:24 IST

  Masarat Alam is a Kashmiri separatist leader. He is at present the general secretary of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani.Masarat was a member of the Hizbullah militant group, when

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  Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz to attend Pakistan Day function in Delhi

  India | March 22, 2015 20:57 IST

  New Delhi: Ahead of attending the Pakistan Day function here on Monday, moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday said the grouping wants to lend full support to the India- Pakistan dialogue on

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  Pak High Commissioner to meet Hurriyat's Mirwaiz tomorrow

  India | March 22, 2015 19:56 IST

  Srinagar/New Delhi: Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit will meet moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq tomorrow during which a host of issues are expected to come up and he will also be apprised of

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  Separatists demand J&K govt to release former militants

  Politics | March 06, 2015 18:07 IST

  Srinagar: Separatists have demanded from Jammu and Kashmir government to include the release of former militants in its latest order directing police department to initiate a process of freeing all those political prisoners against whom

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  Fate of Lakhvi entirely in hands of court, Pakistan tells India

  World | February 19, 2015 8:40 IST

  New Delhi: Islamabad recently sensitized Delhi about its progress towards Jamaat-ud-Dawa's (a frontline for Laskar-e-Taiba) ban and fate of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the main suspect of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.During the string of under-the-radar meetings

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  PM Modi's poll rally in Valley: Hurriyat Conference's Geelani calls for shutdown

  Politics | December 02, 2014 20:39 IST

  Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday called for a shutdown on December 8 to protest against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will hold his first election campaign

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  Partial response in Valley to strike call against Modi visit

  India | October 23, 2014 12:08 IST

  Srinagar: The strike called by separatist groups against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir today evoked a partial response in the Valley.  Although most shops in and around the city centre of

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  Hurriyat leader Geelani calls for Diwali shutdown to protest Modi visit

  Politics | October 22, 2014 14:17 IST

  Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Geelani has called for complete shutdown on October 23 (Thursday) Diwali to protest the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kashmir.A Hurriyat spokesman issued a statement saying,

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  Hurriyat calls for end of hostilities along border

  India | October 08, 2014 16:25 IST

  Srinagar: Moderate wing of Hurriyat Conference today asked India and Pakistan to end hostilities along the border and resume the stalled dialogue process to resolve all the outstanding issues.“The situation arising due to border tensions

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  Omar slams government for suspending talks with Pakistan

  Politics | August 31, 2014 13:59 IST

  New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today attacked the Narendra Modi government for suspending talks with Pakistan over a “cup of tea” with separatist Hurriyat Conference and said India has set up

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  Omar slams govt for suspending talks with Pakistan

  India | August 31, 2014 12:53 IST

  New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today attacked the Narendra Modi government for suspending talks with Pakistan over a “cup of tea” with separatist Hurriyat Conference and said India has set up

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  Change ground situation for political solution in Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti

  Politics | July 15, 2014 14:24 IST

  New Delhi: The PDP will contest the forthcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections on its own, says party chief Mehbooba Mufti, while stressing the need of an improved "ground situation", implementing suggestions for "self-rule" and