Tag: Syed Ali Geelani
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Police raids residences of 4 Srinagar journalists
The four journalists are Shoukat Mota, Shah Abbas, Azhar Qadri and Hilal Saqi.
September 8, 2021 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Life in Valley paralysed following shutdown on Afzal Guru’s death anniversary
Markets, public transport, and other business establishments remained closed in Srinagar and other major cities and towns of the valley.
February 9, 2019 -
Separatists’ strike disrupts normal life in Kashmir
Normal life was disrupted in Kashmir on Monday due to a strike called by separatists against the recent civilian killings in the Valley. Most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments were shut in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. They said public transport was sparse but private cars, …
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June 25, 2018 -
J-K: Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent protests
Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Tuesday to prevent protests as the separatists called for a valley-wide shutdown against the killing of a civilian the day before in Pulwama district. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, has …
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May 1, 2018 -
Geelani, Mirwaiz not allowed to march to Shopian
Top separatist leaders Syed Alishah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq were detained by the police on Wednesday when they defied house arrest restrictions and tried to take out a solidarity march to Shopian where 13 terrorists and 4 stone-pelters were killed in encounters with security forces earlier this week. The separatists had announced that they …
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April 4, 2018 -
Separatist leaders Geelani, Mirwaiz try to defy house arrest
Senior separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq tried to defy house arrest restrictions on Wednesday in a bid to march to Shopian town in Jammu and Kashmir but were detained by police. Geelani tried to come out of his uptown Hyderpora residence but policemen posted outside prevented him from doing so. Geelani …
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April 4, 2018 -
Omar Abdullah chides government over Geelani
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday chided the Jammu and Kashmir government over the much-hyped lifting of house arrest restrictions on separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani. Reacting to a news report which said police had restrained Geelani from attending the funeral prayers of a person killed during Sunday’s Shopian gun battles, Abdullah tweeted: “Why? …
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April 3, 2018 -
Srinagar restrictions continue after extension of separatist-shutdown
Restrictions continued in parts of Srinagar and some other places in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday after separatists extended their protest shutdown against the killings of four civilians in Shopian district on Sunday. Restrictions will remain in force in seven police station areas of the city and other sensitive areas in south Kashmir to maintain …
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April 3, 2018 -
Geelani again rejects Dineshwar Sharma’s talks offer
Senior hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani on Friday again rejected the fresh offer for talks by centre’s special representative on sustained dialogue in Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma. A statement, issued by G.A. Gulzar, spokesman of the Geelani-led Hurriyat, said: “All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman, Syed Ali Geelani has rejected talks offer with India by an …
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March 16, 2018 -
Centre’s interlocutor meets Mehbooba
The Centre’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma called on Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in winter capital Jammu on Wednesday at the end of his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. During the meeting, Sharma briefed the Chief Minister about his consultations with a cross section of society during his visit to the north …
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December 27, 2017 -
Syed Ali Geelani admitted to hospital
Senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani was on Sunday rushed to hospital after he complained of abdominal pain and weakness, said informed sources. Sources close to Geelani said he was taken to the super specialty Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) at Soura here. Doctors said Geelani has been suffering of dehydration and general weakness …
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August 13, 2017 -
Police arrest three separatist leaders in Kashmir
Three separatist leaders were arrested here on Wednesday, a day before they were to be questioned by the NIA in Delhi. They include hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani's son-in-law Altaf Ahmad Shah. The other two were identified as Ayaz Akbar and Mehrajudin Kalwal. All of them were taken to the Rajbagh police station. The …
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June 28, 2017 -
Geelani wants political activists freed before Eid
Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani on Monday demanded the release of political activists in prisons in the Kashmir Valley before Eid-ul-Fitr. The octogenarian said in a statement that Eid would fall on June 25 or 26, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Geelani said the detention of political activists under the …
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June 12, 2017 -
Geelani suspends Nayeem Khan from Hurriyat after TV expose
Senior hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani on Saturday suspended Nayeem Khan's National Front from the Hurriyat, even as Khan told media that the sting operation by a news channel was "doctored and fake". In a sting operation conducted by India Today TV, Khan purportedly confessed to receiving funds from Pakistan to create unrest in …
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May 20, 2017