Tag: Syed Ali Shah Geelani

Shutdown over Article 35A cripples life across Kashmir for second day

Educational institutions, shops and business establishments remained closed across the Valley on Monday, while very few vehicles could be seen moving on the streets

August 6, 2018

Separatist-called shutdown affects life in Kashmir Valley

Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) called the valley-wide shutdown against the "continuing killings of civilians by the Indian security forces".

July 11, 2018

Hurriyat to Rajnath Singh: No talks unless India accepts Kashmir as a dispute

In a statement, All Parties Hurriyat Conference spokesman GA Gulzar has said it will be an exercise in futility to hold bilateral talks unless India accepted Kashmir as a dispute

June 12, 2018

Restrictions imposed in Srinagar after 20 deaths in gunfights

Heavy contingents of police, CRPF deployed; Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik placed under house arrest; all educational institutions will remain closed today while exams scheduled for the day have been postponed

April 2, 2018

Hurriyat wants to give free run to terrorists: BJP

While PDP is silent on Hurriyat’s demand for removal of armed forces camps from civilian areas, coalition partner BJP has reacted sharply

March 30, 2018

Geelani quits Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, to remain head of Hurriyat Conference faction

Syed Ali Shah Geelani stepped down as the chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) on Monday handing over the reins of the political party to Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai. Geelani, 88, had served as the chairman of the party for 18 years. The separatist leader will, however, remain the head of his faction of the Hurriyat Conference, resting …

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March 19, 2018

2G verdict show stealer in eventful 2017 in Delhi courts

The stunning verdict in the politically-sensitive 2G spectrum allocation cases acquitting ex-telecom minister A Raja and all other accused at the fag end of the year was the show stealer from trial courts in Delhi in an eventful 2017. The failure of the prosecution in 2G cases overshadowed its success in prosecuting political heavyweights in …

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December 30, 2017

Restrictions in Srinagar to thwart ‘black day’ protests

Authorities imposed restrictions in various areas here on Friday to prevent separatist-called protests to mark the Accession Day of Jammu and Kashmir to India. Joint resistance leadership (JRL) of separatist leaders — Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik — have asked people to observe October 27 as a “black day” in …

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October 27, 2017

Terror funding: Salahuddin’s son sent to 7-day NIA custody

A Delhi court today sent Syed Shahid Yousuf, son of globally wanted terrorist Syed Salahuddin, to seven-day NIA custody in a 2011 terror funding case to enable the agency unearth the criminal conspiracy. The National Investigation Agency(NIA), in its plea seeking custodial interrogation of Yousuf, said it needed to unravel the entire criminal conspiracy and …

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October 25, 2017

Geelani disapproves of civilian killings by militants

Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani today disapproved of the killing of innocent people by militants, a day after two civilians were gunned down and another injured by the militants. “Innocent killings can prove detrimental for ongoing freedom movement,” Geelani said in a statement here, commenting on yesterday’s civilian killings in Tral and …

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October 23, 2017

Yasin Malik arrested in Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested here on Thursday. “These villainous acts by the government would not break the spirit of the freedom loving people of Kashmir,” Malik told reporters before he was arrested from a party office in the city’s Abi Gujar area. Three senior separatist leaders, Syed …

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September 7, 2017

Terror funding case: NIA raids 12 places in J&K

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday raided a dozen places in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with its ongoing probe into the terror funding to stoke unrest in the valley. The searches were carried out in Srinagar, Baramulla and Handwara to probe the funding from Pakistan and militant groups based there, an NIA official …

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August 16, 2017

NIA continues questioning of Geelani’s sons over terror funding

The NIA on Wednesday continued questioning of hardline Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani's sons, Naeem and Naseem, to unearth how Pakistan sent cash to separatists for stoking unrest in the Kashmir Valley. The agency is also questioning Faheem Ali, a Deputy Superintendent of Police who was personal security officer of Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz …

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August 9, 2017

Geelani’s sons quizzed over terror funding

The NIA on Tuesday questioned hardline Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani's sons, Naeem and Naseem, and took their wealth details as part of its probe into a money trail to expose how Pakistan sent cash to separatists for stoking unrest in the Kashmir Valley. National Investigation Agency officials said the Geelani brothers arrived at the NIA …

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August 8, 2017

Terror funding: Geelani’s son-in-law, others to be presented in court today

The son-in-law of Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani and a close aide of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq along with six other Kashmiri separatists will on Tuesday be produced before the Special Judge, NIA, at the Patiala House Courts. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had on Monday arrested the separatists in connection with a case of …

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July 25, 2017

Geelani’s son-in-law among 7 Kashmiri separatists arrested for terror funding

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested seven Kashmiri separatist leaders who have allegedly received funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and stone-pelting protests in the Kashmir Valley. Those arrested included Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani's son-in-law Altaf Shah and moderate Hurriyat chairman's close aide Shahid-ul-Islam, an NIA official said. Others arrested …

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July 24, 2017

Burhan anniversary: Curfew in Tral, restrictions across Kashmir

Authorities clamped curfew in three towns including Tral in Kashmir and imposed restrictions on the movement of people in the rest of the valley to foil the separatists' plan to hold a rally on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed …

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July 8, 2017