Tag: Separatists

Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani quits Hurriyat Conference, accuses platform of ‘conspiring’ against him

Meanwhile, Geelani also released a two-page letter in which he accused constituents of Hurriyat of inaction after the scrapping of Article 370.

June 29, 2020

765 arrested in 190 cases registered post abrogation of Article 370 in J-K: Home Ministry

'A total of 34,10,219 tourists, including 12,934 foreigners, visited Jammu and Kashmir in the last six months,' said Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy.

November 19, 2019

BJP to celebrate Accession Day across Jammu and Kashmir on October 26

Separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik have asked people to observe Kashmir’s Accession Day as a “black day.”

October 16, 2019

Pak High Commission ‘supporting’ separatists to create unrest in Kashmir: NIA on J-K terror funding

The NIA had earlier on Friday named Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik and four others in its second chargesheet in connection with a terror funding case.

October 5, 2019

Amarnath Yatra suspended today as separatists call for protest shutdown

Over 1.50 lakh pilgrims have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra so far, since the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine started on July 1.

July 13, 2019

Separatists, Mehbooba Mufti mount pressure for release of Yasin Malik

Kashmiri separatists and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti are mounting pressure on the government for release of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik.

April 25, 2019

Terror funding case: Separatist Yasin Malik sent to judicial custody till May 24

Meanwhile, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Wednesday issued notices to the Jammu and Kashmir government on the detention of Malik by the NIA.

April 24, 2019

Jammu-Kashmir: People reject boycott call of Separatists, brisk polling in Udhampur

The separatists, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, had called for election boycott and shutdown to highlight the Kashmir issue.

April 18, 2019

NIA unsatisfied, questions separatist leader Mirwaiz for 2nd day in terror funding case

The NIA on Monday questioned Farooq for nearly eight hours at its headquarters in Delhi after he appeared before the agency after avoiding two earlier summons.

April 9, 2019

Separatist leader Mirwaiz heads to Delhi, to appear before NIA in terror funding case

The decision to appear before the NIA was taken by Mirwaiz on Sunday following an executive meeting of the Hurriyat group.

April 8, 2019

J-K govt scraps security of 919 ‘undeserving’ persons including 22 separatists: Home Ministry

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, during his visit to Srinagar a day after the Pulwama attack had said security given to people getting funds from Pakistan and its spy agency ISI should be reviewed.

April 5, 2019

PM Modi greets Imran Khan on eve of Pakistan National Day, calls for terror-free South Asia

PM Modi's message to Khan comes weeks after the worst escalation between New Delhi and Islamabad since the 1999 Kargil War.

March 23, 2019

Hurriyat leader Geelani booked under FEMA, fined for illegal possession of foreign currency

ED sources also said the probe agency will impose a penalty and confiscate the illegal acquisition of foreign exchange recovered from J-K separatist leader Yasin Malik.

March 22, 2019

India boycotts Pakistan National Day event as Kashmiri separatists invited

The strong stance by Delhi comes in the wake of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan after the Pulwama terror attack followed by an aerial combat between the fighter jets of the two sides last month.

March 22, 2019

Jamaat-e-lslami J-K has strong links with Pak ISI, receives funds for terror acts: Report

According to the intelligence inputs, the Jamaat-e-Islami (J-K) has been using its network of schools to spread anti-India feelings among children in the Kashmir Valley.

March 9, 2019

Days after arrest, NIA raids residence of separatist Yasin Malik in Srinagar

In a major crackdown on separatists, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chief Yasin Malik was arrested from his residence in Srinagar in a late night raid on Friday.

February 26, 2019

Kashmir security: Amid crackdown on separatists, Centre rushes 10000 paramilitary personnel

The Centre has rushed 45 companies of CRPF, 35 companies of BSF and 10 companies each of ITBP and SSB to Srinagar to assist the authorities in maintaining law and order

February 23, 2019