Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont says won't call elections to ease separatist crisis
• 7 years agoCatalonia's leader said Thursday he would not call elections to ease a standoff with Madrid over an independence push.
Congress asks BJP to explain stand over ally Mehbooba Mufti's remarks on separatists' arrest
• 8 years agoThe Congress on Sunday asked the BJP to make its stand clear on the remarks by its ally and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti that "you cannot imprison an idea", seen in the context of the arrest of separatist leaders in the Valley.
Hizbul commander Zakir Musa's threat to Hurriyat evokes widespread condemnation in Kashmir Valley
Sameery • 8 years agoThe statement made by Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Rashid Bhat, alias Zakir Musa, has raised a storm in Kashmir Valley.
Kashmir logjam: Yashwant Singh, 5 others in Srinagar to meet separatist leaders Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
Fp Staff • 8 years agoSinha is leading a five-member team to Srinagar for talks with separatist leaders in a fresh bid to break a logjam after three months of unrest in Kashmir.
Kashmir unrest: Politicians like Iftikhar Misger quit mainstream politics to be on 'people's side'
Sameery • 9 years agoPoliticians like Iftikhar Misger are quitting mainstream politics in Kashmir to be "on the side of the people."
Talks are off if Sartaj Aziz meets Hurriyat before NSA meeting: Sushma Swaraj tells Pakistan
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAmid sharp exchanges from both the sides, talks between India and Pakistan remained in limbo.
Kashmir govt trying to hide info on funds spent on security of separatists, alleges BJP MLA
Fp Archives • 10 years agoA Kashmir BJP MLA has alleged that the state government was trying to "hide the information" on funds spent by it on the security of separatist leaders.
Bilateral talks cannot solve Kashmir, people of state are key: Separatist leader
Fp Archives • 11 years agoWe welcome the talks between India and Pakistan but bilateral talks cannot resolve Kashmir issue as we have seen that such initiatives always ended in failure over the past six decades," Shah told PTI
Modi sent emissaries to Kashmir to create soft corner: Geelani
Fp Archives • 11 years agoHardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani today claimed that BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had sent emissaries to him and separatist leadership in Jammu and Kashmir to create a "soft corner" for him by making a "commitment" to seek a solution to Kashmir issue.
Separatist leaders in Kashmir under house arrest
Fp Archives • 13 years agoSeparatist leaders were placed under house arrest and authorities today imposed restrictions in old city areas of summer capital Srinagar to prevent proposed rallies in connection with martyrs' day.