News for 'Syed Salahuddin'

Syed Salahuddin challenges India

Syed Salahuddin challenges India

Rediff.com4 Oct 2006

'Bush can climb over a tower and scream that Syed Salahuddin is a terrorist. But nobody would listen to him,' says the Hizbul Mujahideen leader.

Terrorist Syed Salahuddin's son arrested in Kashmir terror funding case

Terrorist Syed Salahuddin's son arrested in Kashmir terror funding case

Rediff.com24 Oct 2017

The agency alleged that Shahid is "one of several Indian contacts of Bhat" who have been in telephonic contact with him to receive the money transfer codes.

Terror funding: Court summons Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin

Terror funding: Court summons Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin

Rediff.com8 Dec 2021

The court passed the order after taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

HC rejects pleas of Hizbul chief's sons in terror funding cases

HC rejects pleas of Hizbul chief's sons in terror funding cases

Rediff.com23 Dec 2025

The Delhi High Court dismissed appeals by the sons of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and others, challenging the framing of charges against them in terror funding cases, citing the interlocutory nature of the order.

NIA court orders to attach land of US-based Kashmiri lobbyist

NIA court orders to attach land of US-based Kashmiri lobbyist

Rediff.com23 Dec 2025

A special NIA court in Jammu and Kashmir has ordered the immediate attachment of land belonging to Ghulam Nabi Fai, a US-based Kashmiri lobbyist and convicted agent of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Tarique Rahman Sworn In As Bangladesh PM

Tarique Rahman Sworn In As Bangladesh PM

Rediff.com18 Feb 2026

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri attended the swearing-in ceremony.

Hizb chief's jailed sons move Delhi HC to restore phone calls

Hizb chief's jailed sons move Delhi HC to restore phone calls

Rediff.com9 May 2025

The sons of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, Syed Ahmad Shakeel and Syed Shahid Yusuf, have challenged a rule in the Delhi Prison Rules that bars those accused of offences against the state, terrorist activities, and other heinous crimes from using telephonic and electronic communication facilities. The two prisoners, currently lodged in different Delhi jails, are seeking restoration of their phone call facilities, alleging that the restrictions are arbitrary and unreasonable. The Delhi High Court has posted the matter for further hearing on May 22.

Hizbul chief Salahuddin arrested

Hizbul chief Salahuddin arrested

Rediff.com11 Mar 2006

He was arrested while he was demonstrating against the Kashmir policy of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.

Terror funding case: NIA arrests terrorist Salahuddin's 2nd son

Terror funding case: NIA arrests terrorist Salahuddin's 2nd son

Rediff.com30 Aug 2018

Earlier in June this year, his another son, Shahid, who was working in the agricultural department of the Jammu and Kashmir government, was arrested in the same case.

Interpol seeks to question Salahuddin

Interpol seeks to question Salahuddin

Rediff.com18 Feb 2007

Police, while reopening the case, have informed Interpol that Salahuddin is in Pakistan and sought the help of the world police organisation to extradite him, highly placed sources in the state government said.

Salahuddin's wife, son get clearance for passport

Salahuddin's wife, son get clearance for passport

Rediff.com20 Apr 2010

The wife and son of Syed Salahuddin, head of the PoK-based Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit, have been given security clearance for issuance of passports which they had sought for performing Haj pilgrimage.

Nehru didn't take back PoK in 1948, abandoned Assam in 1962: Amit Shah in LS

Nehru didn't take back PoK in 1948, abandoned Assam in 1962: Amit Shah in LS

Rediff.com29 Jul 2025

"In 1948, Indian armed forces were in a decisive position to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir but then PM Jawaharlal Nehru declared unilateral ceasefire," Amit Shah said. In 1971, Shah said, 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered and India had 15,000 sq km Pakistan territory under control, but still PoK was not taken back. During the 1962 war with China, then PM Nehru bade goodbye to Assam in a speech on Akashvani, he said.

Salahuddin's son admits receiving funds to stir trouble in J&K: NIA

Salahuddin's son admits receiving funds to stir trouble in J&K: NIA

Rediff.com25 Oct 2017

NIA says he has also given the names of overseas Hizbul Mujahideen members involved in fund-raising for the terror outfit.

Indo-Pak talks held to hoodwink people: Salahuddin

Indo-Pak talks held to hoodwink people: Salahuddin

Rediff.com1 Mar 2010

"No progress whatsoever could be made in the talks between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India on Thursday so it could be stated that talks have been unsuccessful," The News quoted Syed Salahuddin, UJC chairman, as saying. "The core issues, including the Kashmir imbroglio, were not discussed by the foreign secretaries of the two countries," he added.

Hizbul chief Salahuddin vows to fight on

Hizbul chief Salahuddin vows to fight on

Rediff.com1 Jul 2017

Addressing the media amid tight security at the Centre Press Club in Muzaffarabad for the first time since the US declared him a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" on June 27, Salahuddin rejected the US decision and said he was a freedom fighter and not a terrorist.

Engineer Rashid can take oath as MP, says NIA; court order tomorrow

Engineer Rashid can take oath as MP, says NIA; court order tomorrow

Rediff.com1 Jul 2024

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday gave its consent for jailed Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, to take oath as MP on July 5. Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh will pass an order on the plea on Tuesday.

Jailed MP Rashid gets bail till Oct 2 for J-K poll campaigning

Jailed MP Rashid gets bail till Oct 2 for J-K poll campaigning

Rediff.com10 Sep 2024

Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh granted the relief to Rashid, who had moved the court seeking interim bail to campaign in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.

SEE: Modi-Shah versus Gandhi siblings in LS debate

SEE: Modi-Shah versus Gandhi siblings in LS debate

Rediff.com30 Jul 2025

The highlight of Tuesday's debate on Operation Sindoor was the speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the rebuttal by Congress's Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi coming a close second.

Jamaat-e-Islami Fails Kashmir Election Test

Jamaat-e-Islami Fails Kashmir Election Test

Rediff.com8 Oct 2024

None of its candidates won. Most of them lost badly.

Pakistan to ignore US naming Salahuddin as a global terrorist

Pakistan to ignore US naming Salahuddin as a global terrorist

Rediff.com3 Jul 2017

Alleging that India was offering its services to the US to "pressurise" China, Pakistan Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said India has been trying to downplay the Kashmir issue for a very long time.

Court grants 2-hour parole to Engineer Rashid to take oath in LS

Court grants 2-hour parole to Engineer Rashid to take oath in LS

Rediff.com2 Jul 2024

A court in New Delhi on Tuesday granted two-hour custody parole to Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid to take oath as a Lok Sabha MP on July 5.

The Kashmiri Militant Who Killed 300 Terrorists

The Kashmiri Militant Who Killed 300 Terrorists

Rediff.com8 Jul 2025

'A man with a gun commanded respect. I thought if I also got a gun, I could save my family. With this thought, I went to Pakistan and got training there'

Hizb chief Salahuddin still wants to come back: Dulat

Hizb chief Salahuddin still wants to come back: Dulat

Rediff.com5 Jul 2015

The banned Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin wants to return to India even today, says former chief of Research and Analysis Wing, India's external spy agency A S Dulat, who regrets the government "wasted too much of time" chalking out plans for his comeback.

NIA attaches properties of Hizbul chief Salahuddin's sons in Kashmir

NIA attaches properties of Hizbul chief Salahuddin's sons in Kashmir

Rediff.com24 Apr 2023

Authorities on Monday attached a house belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin's son in the city's Ram Bagh area, officials said.

Terrorist Salahuddin rants: A fourth war on Kashmir, soon

Terrorist Salahuddin rants: A fourth war on Kashmir, soon

Rediff.com8 Aug 2016

Salahuddin warned that if the international community did not pay heed to the ongoing violence in Kashmir, Kashmiris from both sides of the divided valley would be forced to take things into their own hands.

Pak terrorists behind J-K attack? Lashkar outfit claims responsibility

Pak terrorists behind J-K attack? Lashkar outfit claims responsibility

Rediff.com21 Oct 2024

The assailants believed to be Pakistani terrorists, meticulously studied the site layout before executing their plan.

Yunus to stay on as Bangladesh interim chief, says adviser

Yunus to stay on as Bangladesh interim chief, says adviser

Rediff.com24 May 2025

The chief adviser's decision to stay in office came two days after he told student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders that he was mulling resignation as he felt "the situation is such that he cannot work", citing difficulties in working amid the failure of political parties to find common ground for change.

Jailed Amritpal Singh, Engineer Rashid take oath as LS MPs

Jailed Amritpal Singh, Engineer Rashid take oath as LS MPs

Rediff.com5 Jul 2024

Singh, 31, and Rashid, 56, won the recent Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib in Punjab and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, respectively, as Independents while being incarcerated.

ED files chargesheet against Hizbul chief, others

ED files chargesheet against Hizbul chief, others

Rediff.com25 Aug 2020

The prosecution complaint, ED's equivalent to chargesheet, has urged the court for confiscating attached assets totalling to Rs 1.22 crore in the case, besides other punishment under Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

MEA downplays use of 'Indian administered' J&K by US

MEA downplays use of 'Indian administered' J&K by US

Rediff.com29 Jun 2017

MEA said the use of the term 'Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir' merely affirmed Indian position that Syed Salahuddin had been involved in cross-border terrorism against India.

''We will keep fighting'

''We will keep fighting'

Rediff.com8 Jan 2007

'An expected new treaty between Musharraf and Manmohan Singh in 2007 will not be about Kashmir, so it will not change the ground reality,' says Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin.

'Nobody can hand me over to India'

'Nobody can hand me over to India'

Rediff.com8 Aug 2006

'No law in the world can make anyone extradite me,' says terrorist leader Syed Salahuddin.

Don't withdraw support to Kashmir jihad: HuM to Pak

Don't withdraw support to Kashmir jihad: HuM to Pak

Rediff.com8 Jun 2012

Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin has vowed to turn the guns on Pakistan if it stops backing jihadis in Jammu and Kashmir who, he claimed, were fighting "Pakistan's war". "We are fighting Pakistan's war in Kashmir and if it withdraws its support, the war would be fought inside Pakistan," said Salahuddin, who also heads the Muttahida Jihad Council, a grouping of terrorist organisations based in Pakistan.

'Jamaat Wants To Be Nitish, Naidu In Kashmir'

'Jamaat Wants To Be Nitish, Naidu In Kashmir'

Rediff.com19 Sep 2024

'We want to ensure that no government in J&K will be formed without our support.'

'We can target any place in India': Hizb chief in TV interview

'We can target any place in India': Hizb chief in TV interview

Rediff.com4 Jul 2017

MEA says Salahuddin's interview shows the freedom enjoyed by terrorists in Pakistan.

India's most wanted terrorist still faceless on NIA website

India's most wanted terrorist still faceless on NIA website

Rediff.com19 Sep 2012

Banned Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit's head Syed Salahuddin may be on the most wanted list of the National Investigation Agency but he remains faceless on the website of the country's premier anti-terror force.

Hizb chief addresses rally in Islamabad

Hizb chief addresses rally in Islamabad

Rediff.com6 Jul 2010

Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin was among Kashmiri militant leaders who addressed a rally organised in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Tuesday to protest alleged human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir.

Hizbul chief slams strike calls by Kashmir separatists

Hizbul chief slams strike calls by Kashmir separatists

Rediff.com14 Jan 2011

Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin has voiced his opposition to the frequent calls for strike during the unrest in the Valley last summer and said the leaders should now learn from their mistakes and not repeat them.

Hizb chief's son, Bitta Karate's wife among 4 employees sacked by JK admin

Hizb chief's son, Bitta Karate's wife among 4 employees sacked by JK admin

Rediff.com13 Aug 2022

Syed Abdul Mueed is the third son of the Hizb chief to have been sacked from the government job.

Militant group goes underground in PoK

Militant group goes underground in PoK

Rediff.com13 Dec 2008

A Pakistan-based conglomerate of militant groups active in Kashmir, headed by Syed Salahuddin, has temporarily dissolved itself with its leaders going underground in the wake of the crackdown on Jamaat-ud-Dawa and other banned terrorist outfits, a media report said on Saturday.The United Jehad Council -- which comprises Hizbul Mujahideen of Salahuddin, Harkat-ul-Ansar, Jamiat-ul- Mujahideen, Al-Jihad, Al-Barq, Ikhwan-ul-Mussalmin and Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen -- has closed offices