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  Mufti Mohammad Sayeed asks police to release political prisoners

  Politics | March 07, 2015 8:35 IST

  New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has asked police to release all political prisoners who do not face any criminal charges. This has come after the CM credited Pakistan and the

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  Hurriyat wants Indo-Pak PMs to engage in talks

  Politics | March 05, 2015 11:19 IST

  New Delhi: After the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday, the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference in Srinagar has welcomed the move as a positive step.They also appealed to

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  Pak, militants allowed conducive atmosphere for polls: Mufti

  Politics | March 01, 2015 17:06 IST

  Jammu: Stoking a controversy soon after taking oath, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today said credit must be given to “people from across the border”, an oblique reference to Pakistan, Hurriyat and militant outfits for

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  PDP-BJP govt in J&K likely by month end, open to Hurriyat talks

  Politics | February 14, 2015 8:14 IST

  New Delhi: As the Foreign Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan was announced it gave a new ray of hope to the PDP. At present PDP is engaged in talks with BJP to form

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  Syed Ali Shah Geelani praises militants who killed Colonel MN Rai

  India | January 29, 2015 19:09 IST

  New Delhi: Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani triggered a new controversy by praising two Kashmiri militants who were killed in a recent encounter that also cost the life of gallantry award recipient Colonel MN

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  Hurriyat opposes idea of BJP sharing power in J&K

  Politics | January 06, 2015 23:00 IST

  Srinagar: The hardline Hurriyat today voiced its opposition to BJP sharing power in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the people of the state to be prepared mentally for “decisive resistance” in such a case.  Accusing

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  Now a Hurriyat intervention in PDP-BJP alliance in J&K

  Politics | January 02, 2015 9:25 IST

  New Delhi: For the first time in political history, a top separatist leader discussed tie-up of two parties for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.Abdul Ghani Bhat, a senior functionary of Hurriyat went on to

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  Arun Jaitley's remarks far from reality, says Hurriyat

  Politics | December 04, 2014 18:53 IST

  Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference on Thursday took exception to Union Minister Arun Jaitley's assertion that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and borders cannot be redrawn, saying his remarks are “far” from

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  How can Pakistan envoy talk to separatists: Congress

  Politics | August 17, 2014 20:33 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress Sunday asked why India was going ahead with foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan when the Pakistani envoy here had invited Kashmiri separatists for talks.Congress leader Manish Tewari said allowing Abdul

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  Geelani opposes separate zones for KPs

  India | June 11, 2014 21:14 IST

  Srinagar: Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani today threatened agitation if the Centre carved out separate zones for Kashmiri migrant pandits in the valley and rehabilitate the Pakistani refugees in Jammu and Kashmir.“Kashmiri pandits are

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  Moderate Hurriyat plans march to Sophian on Sep 20

  India | September 19, 2013 7:55 IST

  Srinagar: Moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference yesterday called for a march to Shopian on Friday to protest against continued curfew and express solidarity with the people of the south Kashmir district."The decision was taken at

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  Hurriyat leader opposes JK concert, appeals to German envoy

  India | August 24, 2013 20:09 IST

  Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani today appealed to German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner to reconsider holding a cultural programme in Kashmir next month.“Any sort of activity related with politics, diplomatic,

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  Indo-Pak tension not in interest of South Asia: Hurriyat

  India | August 22, 2013 21:13 IST

  Srinagar: The moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference today called for de-escalation of tension between India and Pakistan saying that any carelessness by either side would prove detrimental to the interests of both and especially for

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  Mobile phone services suspended in Kashmir, shutdown in Valley

  India | August 15, 2013 10:27 IST

  Srinagar: Mobile telephone services were Thursday suspended all over Jammu and Kashmir as a precaution on Independence Day. The entire valley observed a shutdown today at the call of hardliner Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah

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  PM's visit to Jammu & Kashmir a 'failure': Hurriyat

  India | June 26, 2013 21:19 IST

  Srinagar, Jun 26: Terming the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Jammu and Kashmir as a “failure”, moderate Hurriyat Conference today said, “the Centre should stop looking at Kashmir as an economic or administrative

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  Geelani's Hurriyat sets up blood bank in Kashmir

  India | June 15, 2013 15:57 IST

  Srinagar, Jun 15: Hardline Hurriyat Conference on Friday set up a blood bank here to provide humanitarian services to the people irrespective of religion, race, nationality or region.The ‘Syed Ali Geelani Blood Bank' was inaugurated

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  Hurriyat not interested in dialogue with Centre, says Geelani

  India | September 09, 2012 20:21 IST

  Srinagar, Sep 9: Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani today said the amalgam is not interested in entering a “meaningless” dialogue process with the Centre.Geelani said this reacting to Union Minister Farooq Abdullah's

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  Moderate Hurriyat Favoured Hanging Afzal If He Was Guilty: WikiLeaks

  India | September 05, 2011 22:43 IST

  Srinagar, Sep 5: 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

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  Fai Was Point Man For Hurriyat Leaders In US

  World | July 21, 2011 23:23 IST

  Washington, Jul 21: Separatist Kashmiri leader Ghulam Nabi Fai, who has been arrested by the FBI on charges of working for the Pakistan's ISI, was the point man of contact for the Hurriyat leaders whenever

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  Interlocutors Meet Ansari, Hurriyat Suspends Him

  India | April 20, 2011 21:30 IST

  Srinagar, Apr 20: After months of efforts to break the ice with separatists, Centre's interlocutors on Kashmir today met former Hurriyat Chairman Maulana Abbas Ansari, a move which irked the moderate faction which suspended him