Separatists leaders under house arrest, curfew on in J&K’s Shopian

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 13:48

Separatist leaders were put under house arrest ahead of their march towards Shopian town in Kashmir where curfew remained in force for day 8 following killing of 5 persons in CRPF firing.

Separatist march to curfew-bound Shopian foiled

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 13:17

The authorities placed senior leaders of the moderate Hurriyat group, including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, under house arrest on Friday to foil their bid to march to curfew-bound south Kashmir`s Shopian town.

Jammu and Kashmir: Top separatist leaders placed under house arrest

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 12:14

Authorities placed under house arrest top separatist leaders who had called for a march to UN Military Observers Group office to lodge protest against killing of five youths in Shopian.

Mirwaiz detained ahead of Shopian visit

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 00:40

Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained by police as they were heading to visit curfew-bound Shopian district.

Mirwaiz arrested, stopped from going to Shopian

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 16:21

Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq arrested in Srinagar to restrain him from visiting Jammu and Kashmir`s curfew bound Shopian town, police sources said.

Shopian killings: Geelani to submit memorandum to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 21:44

Hardline Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday said he would submit a memorandum on the killings of unarmed youths in Kashmir to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Magisterial probe into Shopian killings a deception: Hurriyat hawk Geelani

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 22:50

Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Sunday rejected the Magisterial probe into the Shopian killings, terming it as a "deception" and a "ploy to cool down anger of the people".

Separatist leader found dead on roadside in Baramulla

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 16:46

A separatist leader belonging to moderate Hurriyat Conference was found dead on a roadside in Baramulla district of Kashmir.

I would love to have a house on Zabarwan hill: Zubin, a day after concert

Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 19:16

The 77-year-old, Zubin Mehta, Mumbai-born Maestro wants to have a house on Zabarwan hills, which formed the backdrop to his scintillating and yet controversial concert Ehsaas-e-Kashmir (Feel of Kashmir).

Shopian killings: Separatists give call for shutdown

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 23:16

Separatist outfits, including both factions of the Hurriyat Conference, on Saturday called for a shutdown in Kashmir Valley to protest the killing of four persons in Shopian district.

Hurriyat demands inquiry into fate of "missing" Kashmiris

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 23:55

Hurriyat Conference`s Mirwaiz Umer Farooq demanded inquiry into fate of "missing" persons allegedly subjected to forced disappearance by security forces in Kashmir over the past 20 years.