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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicHurriyat Conference

Topic: Hurriyat Conference

Hurriyat chief calls for dialogue to resolve J&K issue in first public appearance after 4 years

After his release from house arrest, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that the Kashmiri people believe in peaceful coexistence and have always supported the return of Kashmiri Pandits.

Who is Zahoor Watali, businessman who ‘funded terror in J&K’ through scores of firms & ‘hawala’

Watali was arrested in August 2017 in a terror funding case. According to NIA, which attached 17 properties belonging to him Monday, he was a conduit who helped bring Pakistani money to Hurriyat.

Abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 only complicated ‘dispute’ over J&K, says Hurriyat

Hurriyat also alleged that the Indian govt continues to 'assault' locals by incarcerating political prisoners and 'intimidating' them through arrests and arbitrary laws.

Hurriyat shutdown against new land laws disrupts normal life in Kashmir

Most shops, petrol pumps & other business establishments were shut in Srinagar Saturday to protest against the Modi govt's new land laws, along with public transport as well.

Geelani blames Pakistan but quitting Hurriyat has Modi govt written all over it

It is possible that Pakistan ISI will see the leadership vacuum in Hurriyat as an opportunity to take over the outfit and regroup terror modules. Delhi needs to be vigilant.

Modi govt has been on a mission to finish Hurriyat. Geelani’s exit shows it’s succeeding

Syed Ali Shah Geelani quit the Hurriyat Monday, blaming his fellow hardline separatists for ‘not reacting properly’ after Article 370 was scrapped.

Modi govt shows shift in Kashmir policy but a lot depends on Hurriyat, and Amit Shah

Modi’s first term was dominated by a ‘hard’ policy focused on eliminating terrorists without political engagement. But it bore no fruits.

Separatists in Kashmir call for a strike against first-phase polling for Lok Sabha

Separatists also said in a statement that they have called for a complete shutdown as a protest against NIA's stance against JKLF chairman Yasin Malik, among other issues.

Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami will have ‘dangerous consequences’, says former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti

Former J&K chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said the ban was an "act of vengeance" by the Centre, and added that one cannot imprison an ideaology.

J&K govt withdraws security cover from Mirwaiz & 4 other separatist leaders

Security cover withdrawn after union home minister Rajnath Singh had said some separatist leaders had links to Pakistan’s ISI and terror organisations.

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Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.