Kashmir Leaders Released

Jailed leader Engineer Rashid took oath as a member of Parliament on Friday after he was released on a two-hour custody parole by the Patiala House court in Delhi.

The BJP on Thursday sacked its Bandipora district president in Jammu and Kashmir after he was arrested, along with another party leader, for extorting money from a woman for securing release of her brother from police custody.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said that the recently released movie 'The Kashmir Files' incites hate and 'distorts history to whip up anger and promote violence'.

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal has demanded a ban on the recently released film "The Kashmir Files" fearing it will propagate communal feelings/tensions among people.

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.

Political activity in Jammu and Kashmir may be fledgling once again with the release of leaders detained after the scrapping of its decades-old special status but the central government is far from giving up its handle on the narrative. On Thursday, the centre will hold a special event to showcase how Pakistani actions led to the spate of terrorism...

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has welcomed the release of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and called on all mainstream political parties in the state to come together to fight what he said was the "tyranny" of the Centre.

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 Jammu and Kashmir administration has informed the high court that none of the 16 National Conference leaders, for whom the party's president Farooq Abdullah and vice-president Omar Abdullah had filed a bunch of habeas corpus petitions seeking their release, had been detained and that they were free to move "with certain precautions" as deemed f...

Congress's Rahul Gandhi today attacked the government over the continued detention of People's Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti, tweeting that it "damaged" the Indian democracy. On Friday, a day before Eid and nearly a year after she was taken into custody, the detention of the PDP chief -- who was accused under the Public Safety Act -- was e...

Congress leader and former Union Minister Saifuddin Soz is "free and not under detention," the Jammu and Kashmir administration today told the Supreme Court, which was hearing a petition by the politician's wife asking for his release from "illegal detention" and for him to be brought to the court. The Supreme Court accepted the administration's st...

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today threatened legal action against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for implying that Congress rebel Sachin Pilot's moves were linked to he and his father being released from detention in Kashmir earlier this year.

The National Conference on Monday moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking early release of 16 party members who have been detained at their houses "illegally" since August 5 last year, the day the Centre announced withdrawal of the erstwhile state's special status.

Shah Faesal, Jammu and Kashmir's bureaucrat-turned-leader may soon be released as the stringent Public Safety Act against him was revoked, officials said. One of the most vocal critics of the government's move to end Jammu and Kashmir's special status, the 2010 IAS topper was among a number of leaders detained in August.

The US on Wednesday welcomed the release of former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, and urged the Indian government to release all Kashmiri political leaders.

Jailed leader Engineer Rashid took oath as a member of Parliament on Friday after he was released on a two-hour custody parole by the Patiala House court in Delhi.

The BJP on Thursday sacked its Bandipora district president in Jammu and Kashmir after he was arrested, along with another party leader, for extorting money from a woman for securing release of her brother from police custody.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said that the recently released movie 'The Kashmir Files' incites hate and 'distorts history to whip up anger and promote violence'.

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal has demanded a ban on the recently released film "The Kashmir Files" fearing it will propagate communal feelings/tensions among people.

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.

Political activity in Jammu and Kashmir may be fledgling once again with the release of leaders detained after the scrapping of its decades-old special status but the central government is far from giving up its handle on the narrative. On Thursday, the centre will hold a special event to showcase how Pakistani actions led to the spate of terrorism...

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has welcomed the release of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and called on all mainstream political parties in the state to come together to fight what he said was the "tyranny" of the Centre.

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 Jammu and Kashmir administration has informed the high court that none of the 16 National Conference leaders, for whom the party's president Farooq Abdullah and vice-president Omar Abdullah had filed a bunch of habeas corpus petitions seeking their release, had been detained and that they were free to move "with certain precautions" as deemed f...

Congress's Rahul Gandhi today attacked the government over the continued detention of People's Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti, tweeting that it "damaged" the Indian democracy. On Friday, a day before Eid and nearly a year after she was taken into custody, the detention of the PDP chief -- who was accused under the Public Safety Act -- was e...

Congress leader and former Union Minister Saifuddin Soz is "free and not under detention," the Jammu and Kashmir administration today told the Supreme Court, which was hearing a petition by the politician's wife asking for his release from "illegal detention" and for him to be brought to the court. The Supreme Court accepted the administration's st...

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today threatened legal action against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for implying that Congress rebel Sachin Pilot's moves were linked to he and his father being released from detention in Kashmir earlier this year.

The National Conference on Monday moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking early release of 16 party members who have been detained at their houses "illegally" since August 5 last year, the day the Centre announced withdrawal of the erstwhile state's special status.

Shah Faesal, Jammu and Kashmir's bureaucrat-turned-leader may soon be released as the stringent Public Safety Act against him was revoked, officials said. One of the most vocal critics of the government's move to end Jammu and Kashmir's special status, the 2010 IAS topper was among a number of leaders detained in August.

The US on Wednesday welcomed the release of former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, and urged the Indian government to release all Kashmiri political leaders.