Hurriyat
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Mufti Mohammad Sayeed asks police to release political prisoners
National | Mar 07, 2015, 08:35 AM ISTNew 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
National | Mar 05, 2015, 11:19 AM ISTNew 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
National | Mar 01, 2015, 05:06 PM ISTJammu: 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
National | Feb 14, 2015, 08:14 AM ISTNew 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 | Jan 29, 2015, 07:09 PM ISTNew 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
National | Jan 06, 2015, 11:00 PM ISTSrinagar: 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
National | Jan 02, 2015, 09:25 AM ISTNew 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
National | Dec 04, 2014, 06:53 PM ISTSrinagar: 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
National | Aug 17, 2014, 08:33 PM ISTNew 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 | Jun 11, 2014, 09:14 PM ISTSrinagar: 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 | Sep 19, 2013, 07:55 AM ISTSrinagar: 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 | Aug 24, 2013, 08:09 PM ISTSrinagar: 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 | Aug 22, 2013, 09:13 PM ISTSrinagar: 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 | Aug 15, 2013, 10:27 AM ISTSrinagar: 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 | Jun 26, 2013, 09:19 PM ISTSrinagar, 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 | Jun 15, 2013, 03:57 PM ISTSrinagar, 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 | Sep 09, 2012, 08:21 PM ISTSrinagar, 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 | Sep 05, 2011, 10:43 PM ISTSrinagar, 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 | Jul 21, 2011, 11:23 PM ISTWashington, 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 | Apr 20, 2011, 09:30 PM ISTSrinagar, 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