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‘Professor’ Bhat was caged by circumstances of his own making

By David Devadas September 26, 2025 1987 Kashmir elections rigged Abdul Ghani Bhat Abdul Ghani Bhat biography Abdul Ghani Bhat Hurriyat Conference chairman Abdul Ghani Lone Armed insurgency in Kashmir Botengu village meeting 1986 Burhan wani Burhan Wani revival of Hizb ul-Mujahideen Decline of Hurriyat Conferenc Dogra Maharaja rebellion 1931 Geelani vs Abdul Ghani Lone rivalry Harkat ul-Mujahideen History of separatist movements in Jammu and Kashmir Hizb ul-Mujahideen origins in Kashmir Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen hurriyat conference Hurriyat Conference decline and split hurriyat leaders J-e-I Jagmohan Governor of J&K jamaat-e-islami Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front JKLF Kashmir autonomy movement Kashmir Conflict Kashmir Insurgency Kashmir insurgency 1990s Kashmir militancy in the 1980s and 1990s Kashmir political history Kashmiri separatism Kashmiri separatist leaders history Key figures in Kashmir separatist politics Lashkar-e-Toiba LeT Maulana Abbas Ansari MIRWAIZ MUF Muslim United Front Muslim United Front 1987 elections rigging Pahalgam 22 April attack Pakistan-backed militancy in Kashmir Pakistan-sponsored militancy Pakistan’s role in Kashmir insurgency Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Kashmir talks Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Kashmir talks Professor Bhat Professor Bhat Kashmir separatist leader Rise and fall of Kashmiri separatist politics Role of Jamaat-e-Islami in Kashmir politics Separatist politics in Kashmir Shabir Shah syed ali shah geelani Syed Salahuddin terrorism in kashmir yasin malik Yusuf Shah

Abdul Ghani Bhat, a leading Kashmiri separatist, co-founded the MUF and chaired the Hurriyat Conference. His life was marked by decades of separatist involvement, political maneuvering, and personal tragedies. He died at 90, his health and influence diminished over time.

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32 Years On, SIA Reopens Probe into 1990 Killing of Kashmiri Pandit Nurse Sarla Bhat

By TNI Team August 12, 2025 1990 1990 Killing 32 Years On abduction Anantnag April 18 bullet-ridden body campaign of violence Competent Authorities cremation defiance diktats eight locations fear FIR No. 56/1990 forced exodus forensic examination Habba Khatoon Hostel heinous terror crimes incriminating evidence initial investigations insurgency J&K LG administration Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front jammu and kashmir state investigation agency JKLF justice justice delayed Kashmiri Pandit kashmiri pandits leave Valley militant intimidation militants not denied Nurse perpetrators police informant note Police Station Nigeen prosecution quit jobs Sarla Bhat searches Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences SIA SIA Reopens Probe SKIMS Soura SRINAGAR struggle for justice terrorist conspiracy Threats transferred case turbulent 1990s Umar Colony Mallabagh

The Jammu and Kashmir SIA is reinvestigating the 1990 murder of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat. She was killed by JKLF terrorists for defying orders and remaining in the valley. Searches were conducted in Srinagar to find those responsible and bring them to justice.

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Ask sharp questions on the murky progress of terrorism in Kashmir!

By David Devadas April 24, 2025 1990 2019 accountability measures Ahle-Hadith Amritsar Army Burhan wani calendars Chittisinghpora Chrar-e-Sharief civilian authority constitutional reforms criminal negligence curfew ethnic cleansing Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen India’s enemies Indian airlines Inspector General of Police intelligence ISI J&K jamaat-e-islami Jammu JKLF Kandahar KASHMIR Kathmandu lockdown Masarat Alam National Security opposition party Pandit exodus paramilitary forces Pehalgam People's League police collapse propaganda questions Rajbagh security forces Shabir Shah Sikhs SRINAGAR state apparatus state control Stone pelting syed ali shah geelani Syed Salahuddin terrorism Terrorists treason Valley Violence viral photo Youth Yusuf Shah

The bloodbath at Pehalgam has once again raised heated questions on who should take responsibility whenever terror gets a boost in Kashmir. I have raised…

Yasin Malik’s Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)

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JKLF Ban under UAPA extended for 5 years

By Emaad Makhdoomi March 16, 2024 AMIT SHAH anti terrorism ban JKLF UAPA

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also announced the designation of four branches of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League (JKPL) — specifically, JKPL (Mukhtar Ahmed Waza), JKPL (Bashir Ahmad Tota), JKPL (Ghulam Mohammad Khan), and JKPL (Aziz Sheikh) under the leadership of Yaqoob Sheikh — as ‘Unlawful Associations’.

Separatists from Hurriyat Conference were recently charged under the UAPA

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TADA court rejects bail pleas of JKLF, Hurriyat workers in terrorism case

By TNI Team September 26, 2023 hurriyat J&K JAMMU AND KASHMIR JKLF separatists

SRINAGAR: A special anti-terrorism court in Srinagar has rejected the bail plea of around a dozen of Hurriyat and JKLF activists facing stringent UAPA charges.…

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J&K Court Issues Warrant Against Rubaiya, Turns Down Malik’s Plea

By Shabeer Ahmad August 23, 2022 CBI J&K JAMMU AND KASHMIR JKLF Rubaiya Saiyeed yasin malik

A court in Jammu on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against Rubaiya Sayeed after she failed to appear for her cross-examination by Yasin Malik, whom…

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Rubaiya Syeed Identifies Yasin Malik As One Of Her Abductors

By Aakash Ahmad July 15, 2022 JKLF Rubaiya Sayeed Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping 1989 yasin malik

SRINAGAR: Dr Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, identified jailed Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin…

JKLF chairman Yasin Malik outside special NIA court in Delhi.

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NIA Court Convicts Yasin Malik, Sentencing on May 25

By Anand Singh May 19, 2022 JKLF National Investigation Agency NIA NIA Court convicts Yasin Malik yasin malik Yasin Malik convicted

NEW DELHI: Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik was convicted by a Special NIA court in Delhi on Thursday after he pleaded guilty in a…

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‘Professor’ Bhat was caged by circumstances of his own making

32 Years On, SIA Reopens Probe into 1990 Killing of Kashmiri Pandit Nurse Sarla Bhat

Ask sharp questions on the murky progress of terrorism in Kashmir!

JKLF Ban under UAPA extended for 5 years

TADA court rejects bail pleas of JKLF, Hurriyat workers in terrorism case

J&K Court Issues Warrant Against Rubaiya, Turns Down Malik’s Plea

Rubaiya Syeed Identifies Yasin Malik As One Of Her Abductors

NIA Court Convicts Yasin Malik, Sentencing on May 25

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