Kashmiri Separatist leaders, who were invited by Pakistan to meet its National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz when he comes to India for the NSA-level talks, were placed under house arrest by the Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday. Yasin Malik, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Shah Geelani were placed under house arrest in Srinagar

Calls for peaceful protests, absentia funeral prayers after Friday prayers Chairman Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani while reiterating his appeal for peaceful demonstrations on July 5 against Markandal killing incident has called that all activities will remain suspended and business establishments closed from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm. He said that during this period