Separatists

For those demanding aazadi for Kashmir, a reality check is long overdue, writes ex-SC judge Markandey Katju

Kashmiris say that Kashmir was always independent. This is historically incorrect. Kashmir was only independent till 1587 when the last independent ruler Yusuf Shah Chak was deposed and exiled by Mughal emperor Akbar who incorporated Kashmir into the Mughal Empire

Article 370 revoked: Better governance, security crucial for success as Modi govt's new plan takes effect on ground

Though the immediate concerns of the Centre's decision to revoke Article 370 and bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir are political and based on security, subsequently, the effects of governance and administrative changes will draw more focus

Speculations rife in Kashmir over future of Article 35A as BJP calls urgent meeting; statements of regional leaders fuel panic

The deployment of additional security forces has been hyped to create a fear psychosis among people in Kashmir.

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

In Lok Sabha, Amit Shah redefines notions of 'Insaniyat, Jamhuriyat and Kashmiriyat', throws down gauntlet to Congress

In his first address as Union home minister in the newly-constituted 17th Lok Sabha, Amit Shah made it clear what he thought of the existence of Article 370

Once rivals, Kashmiri militants turn 'heroes' after death for separatists; shift in old guard's stand exposes hypocrisy

Young Kashmiri militants who choose to fight the State and grow larger than life are suspected simply for managing to avoid security forces’, but their deaths breathe fresh lease of life into the state's morbid politics.

Restrictions imposed on Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar ahead of separatists' rally in memory to slain Hurriyat leaders

They said security force personnel were deployed in large numbers in Srinagar, at vulnerable places in the city and elsewhere in the valley, for maintaining law and order.

Shops, schools closed in Kashmir Valley after separatists call for strike against first phase of voting in Lok Sabha Election

Joint resistance leadership, an amalgam of separatist conglomerates, has called for a shutdown. They said the strike is also to protest against the closure of Kashmir's main highway for civilians for two days in a week and alleged attack by police and security forces on inmates at Central Jail Srinagar

Maoists in Bastar call for boycott of Lok Sabha election, put up posters extending support to Kashmiri separatists, militants

Maoists of Bastar in Chhattisgarh have extended support to Kashmiri separatists and militants and also called for a boycott of the Lok Sabha election.

Congress manifesto designed to gather votes of Kashmiri separatists, has no 'India vision', claims BJP's Ram Madhav

Criticising the Congress manifesto, BJP leader Ram Madhav said the Opposition party's poll document was made to gather votes of the Kashmir separatists.