Kashmir Detentions

Stern action will be taken in the death of three civilians after video surfaced of their detention by troops in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said, adding that the Indian Army has zero tolerance for violence against innocent civilians.

The police said Renzu has seven FIRs registered against him in different police stations in Srinagar.

Two years after J&K's special status was scrapped and his 234-day detention began, Omar Abdullah said after initially being deeply jaded, he realised that as a politician he could not let down those who are struggling for basic constitutional right.

Senior PDP leader Sartaj Madni was released after six months of detention on Saturday, hours after his niece and party president Mehbooba Mufti received an invitation from the Centre for talks with Jammu and Kashmir's regional political parties.

Sixty-five-year-old Abdul Gafar Wagay had never thought that contesting elections will take away his individual liberty and land him in a security enclosure where he is literally treated like a "prisoner".

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was stopped by the administration from offering prayers at Srinagar's Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, his party the National Conference claimed in a tweet.

Hours after Peoples' Democratic Party chief Mehooba Mufti spoke at her first press conference since being released from 14 months of detention, the BJP on Friday accused her of making "seditious remarks". "We will raise the national flag only once our state flag is back.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti - in her first press conference since being released from 14 months of detention - said she would not raise the national flag until Jammu and Kashmir's flag, constitution and status (as under Article 370) were restored

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday welcomed with a tweet the release of his political rival Mehbooba Mufti, who had been in detention since August 5 last year, when the Centre announced its massive decisions -- to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir and the bifurcation of the then state into two Union territorie...

"How long can Mehbooba Mufti be kept in custody", the Supreme Court asked the centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration today as it heard her daughter's petition challenging the former Chief Minister's detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to modify her petition challenging the detention of her mother under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

Speaking in Parliament for the first time since his release from detention, the National Conference president and MP Farooq Abdullah on Saturday advocated talks with Pakistan, saying if India can talk to China to defuse their border row, it can also speak to its other neighbour to deal with the situation at Jammu and Kashmir borders.

PDP leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar today said he has been set free by Jammu and Kashmir authorities after 407 days in custody since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year.

The government today said 223 people are currently under detention in Jammu and Kashmir and no one is under house arrest.

The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed a meeting scheduled for Monday in view of the continued detention of its some leaders.

Stern action will be taken in the death of three civilians after video surfaced of their detention by troops in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said, adding that the Indian Army has zero tolerance for violence against innocent civilians.

The police said Renzu has seven FIRs registered against him in different police stations in Srinagar.

Two years after J&K's special status was scrapped and his 234-day detention began, Omar Abdullah said after initially being deeply jaded, he realised that as a politician he could not let down those who are struggling for basic constitutional right.

Senior PDP leader Sartaj Madni was released after six months of detention on Saturday, hours after his niece and party president Mehbooba Mufti received an invitation from the Centre for talks with Jammu and Kashmir's regional political parties.

Sixty-five-year-old Abdul Gafar Wagay had never thought that contesting elections will take away his individual liberty and land him in a security enclosure where he is literally treated like a "prisoner".

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was stopped by the administration from offering prayers at Srinagar's Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, his party the National Conference claimed in a tweet.

Hours after Peoples' Democratic Party chief Mehooba Mufti spoke at her first press conference since being released from 14 months of detention, the BJP on Friday accused her of making "seditious remarks". "We will raise the national flag only once our state flag is back.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti - in her first press conference since being released from 14 months of detention - said she would not raise the national flag until Jammu and Kashmir's flag, constitution and status (as under Article 370) were restored

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday welcomed with a tweet the release of his political rival Mehbooba Mufti, who had been in detention since August 5 last year, when the Centre announced its massive decisions -- to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir and the bifurcation of the then state into two Union territorie...

"How long can Mehbooba Mufti be kept in custody", the Supreme Court asked the centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration today as it heard her daughter's petition challenging the former Chief Minister's detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to modify her petition challenging the detention of her mother under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

Speaking in Parliament for the first time since his release from detention, the National Conference president and MP Farooq Abdullah on Saturday advocated talks with Pakistan, saying if India can talk to China to defuse their border row, it can also speak to its other neighbour to deal with the situation at Jammu and Kashmir borders.

PDP leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar today said he has been set free by Jammu and Kashmir authorities after 407 days in custody since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year.

The government today said 223 people are currently under detention in Jammu and Kashmir and no one is under house arrest.

The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed a meeting scheduled for Monday in view of the continued detention of its some leaders.