Three FIRs filed against Mirwaiz
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday booked Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s chief Muslim cleric and chairman of his faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, on charges of fuelling violence and
Violence and curfew back in Valley towns
Angry crowds made repeated attempts to force their way into the house of Jammu and Kashmir minister for education and senior Congress leader Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed and to set it on fire at Damhal Kh
Acts of arson unacceptable, says Geelani
Influential Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani said on Sunday that acts of arson and violence witnessed here on Saturday or earlier were “unacceptable” and blamed these “vested interests
FIRs against Mirwaiz for instigating mobs
A police spokesperson in Srinagar said FIRs have been registered against Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Massarat Aalam Butt, Muhammad Yakub Vakil, Nissar Hussein Rather and Mushtaq-ul-Islam for “instigating vio
House arrest for Geelani again?
Hardline Kashm-iri separatist leader and chairman of his faction of the Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani was released on Saturday, three days after the police arrested him from his residence claiming he posed a serious threat to public peace.
J&K cops to sue YouTube, Facebook for clip
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday signalled its intention to move against YouTube and Facebook for entertaining a three-minute video clip showing a group of three Kashmiri youth being paraded naked by the security forces somewhere near the north-western town of Sopore.
Geelani is arrested as a preventive measure
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday arrested influential hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani from his Srinagar residence saying he posed a serious threat to peace and that his arres
Protesters defy curfew in J&K
Curfew-defying crowds clashed with the police and the CRPF at several places across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday. About two dozen persons including some policemen were injured in stone-pelting.
Curfew continues in some parts of Kashmir Valley
Curfew continued in Srinagar city for the second day on Wednesday while it was extended to two towns in Anantnag district following violent clashes between protesters and security forces in these area
Hurriyat Conference leader Geelani arrested
Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was on Wednesday arrested from his Hyderpora residence on the outskirts of the city as a preventive measure.