NC Parliamentarian meets Geelani in Delhi, calls his house detention illegal

Terming all the mainstream parties of Kashmir as beggars, Member Parliament and National Conference leader Ghulam Nabi Ratanpuri Sunday appealed both PDP and NC to join hands in the interest of people.

He termed the detention of Syed Ali Shah Geelani as totally illegal and slammed Government of India

Hanging of Afzal Guru unfortunate: Yasin Malik

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): Separatist JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik has said that it was very unfortunate that Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s mercy petition was dismissed and he was hanged in secrecy.

I just want his body back: Guru’s wife

Muhammad Afzal Guru’s widow, Tabassum, sat huddled in the dark on the floor of a large room Tuesday evening, closely surrounded by grieving female relatives in the home of her husband’s family.

“I just want his body back. That’s all,” she said, blinking back tears as a relative held a candle to her face because the electricity had gone out in the town of Sopore in Baramulla district. The 34-year-old woman, who goes by one name, filed a mercy petition for her husband’s life to be spared on Feb. 3.

Geelani slams J&K govt on youths arrest

Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Friday alleged that the Jammu and Kashmir government was trying to establish “superficial peace” by arresting three youths on charges of posting hate messages to the all-girls rock band in the state.

With Khoda as SVC, IAS officers see red

With former Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda all set to take over as the first Chief Vigilance Commissioner of the state, officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) are apparently unhappy with the Governments decision as they see the SVC post as an administrative one and not a policing one.

PIL to question Grand Mufti’s authority

Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, JKCCS, an independent rights group has decided to file a Public Interest Litigation, PIL against Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Bashir-ud-din Farooqi to know whether he was having proper authority to issue fatwas (decrees).

Government will also be made party to the PIL. Parvez Imroz, Patron JKCCS said that the grand mufti

Two cops detained in connection with ‘illegal’ activities

Srinagar: Two police constables were detained on Friday for their alleged involvement in “illegal” activities, police said here.

“Constables Manzoor Ahmad and Ishfaq Ahmad of Sadder police station were taken into custody after police received complaints about their involvement in illegal and anti-social activities,

Can Kashmir welcome Kamal Hasan?

At a time when actor-turned director Kamal Hassan has faced sharp criticism and icon-bashing on his controversial film, ‘Vishwapooram’, there seems to be mixed reaction in Kashmir about his hinting that he might move out to a secular place like Kashmir and leave Tamil Nadu.