Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

Ecstasy in Kashmir: Drug use in Valley sees spike; experts term phenomenon 'ticking time bomb'

Accustomed to counter insurgency and curbing protests for the better part of the last three decades in Kashmir, tackling the drug menace has proven to be an uphill for the state police.

BJP to revive plan for Hindu settlements in Kashmir; return to Valley right of Kashmiri Pandits, says Ram Madhav

The BJP will revive a plan to build secured camps to resettle scores of Hindus in the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley, senior leader Ram Madhav said

J&K governor upbeat, but talks with Hurriyat unlikely due to Pakistan meddling, BJP's caveat and separatists' house arrests

The Pakistani connection to separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir rules out the possibility of a dialogue with the Hurriyat or any other group in the near future and also raises the question of whether the olive branch is a ploy or a mark of serious intent to resolve the Kashmir dispute.

Dialogue with Hurriyat counter-productive, separatists should acknowledge J&K as integral part of India, says BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday opposed a dialogue with the Hurriyat Conference, claiming that any talks with the separatists would be counter-productive.

Kashmir clerics, taken briefly into custody by cops over 'anti-India' sermons, decry interference in religious affairs

Masrat Ahnad, Station House Officer (SHO), Pulwama Police Station, said he can’t comment on why the passport was denied to Bashir Ahmad Azim.

Delhi court sends Yasin Malik to NIA custody till 22 April in case related to funding of separatists, terror groups in J&K

Yasin Malik was shifted to Delhi's Tihar Jail on Tuesday after the NIA secured his production remand in connection with the terror funding case. Malik will be facing questions from the NIA related to funding of his organisation

Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq arrives in Delhi, to appear before NIA in terror funding case

The NIA had carried out searches in February at seven locations of separatists in Kashmir, including that of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in connection with the case

Lok Sabha election: Kashmir plunges into political uncertainty over President's Rule, crackdown on separatists

While the crackdown on separatists in Kashmir is likely to help the ruling party in upcoming general elections, political analysts here argue that it will have a ripple effect on the voter turnout in the Valley.

Kashmir terror funding: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq asks NIA to quiz him in Srinagar instead of Delhi over 'conditions of hostility'

The NIA is investigating a case related to terror funding in Kashmir through hawala channels. The agency in February carried out a series of raids on separatists, including Mirwaiz, and summoned him for questioning in Delhi.

Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq urges India, Pakistan to desist from 'warmongering', says dialogue only solution

Mirwaiz, the separatist leader, however, Wednesday claimed that he was not provided seizure memo as required under law after the NIA raids on Tuesday.