Kashmir Separatists

Tension grips Kashmir amid separatist call for shutdown; govt caps sale of petrol, asks health staff to stock meds

Tension prevailed in Kashmir after over 100 companies of Central Armed Police Forces were deployed in the region. The situation worsened after authorities limited the sale of petrol each day to 3 litres for consumers.

J&K govt withdraws security cover of 18 separatists, 155 political persons including IAS officer Shah Faesal

The security review meeting, which was held here under the chairmanship of state chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, took the decision as it was felt that providing security to these separatist leaders is a "wastage" of scarce State resources which could be better utilised elsewhere.

Kashmiri separatists say they never asked for security, but lack of police protection now leaves them open to mischief

As a punitive action following the deadly Pulwama attack on 14 February, authorities have withdrawn the security cover of some of Kashmir's prominent separatists, including the moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

Week after encounter in J&K's Pulwama, death of civilians continues to evoke rage; no clarity on whether SOPs were followed

Five days after the gunfight in Pulwama, there is little clarity on what happened on the ground and whether standard operating procedures were followed.

Security on high alert in Jammu and Kashmir amid Hizbul Mujahideen threat to Independence Day functions

The Hizbul Mujahideen has warned parents in Jammu and Kashmir against sending their children for Independence Day celebrations, raising a security threat.

VHP urges J&K interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma to solve Kashmiri Pandits' issue on priority basis

VHP chief Praveen Togadia urged Centre's special representative on Jammu and Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma to give priority to resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits

Delhi court sends four Kashmiri separatists to judicial custody for terrorism funding

A court on Monday sent four Kashmiri separatists, arrested on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir.

Kashmir unrest: Curfew-like restrictions imposed in Valley as separatists call for protests

Authorities on Friday blocked internet and broadband services in the Kashmir Valley and imposed curfew-like restrictions in parts of Srinagar

NIA questions Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's aide, Kashmiri businessman over terror funding

An aide of Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and a businessman from Kashmir have been questioned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the funding of terror and separatist groups in the Valley.

Curfew-like restrictions imposed in Kashmir valley to prevent protests called by separatists

Authorities in the Kashmir valley imposed curfew-like restrictions in seven police station areas on Friday to prevent separatist-called protests