Syeda Asiya Andrabi. (YouTube screengrab) 
India

Srinagar: Separatist leader Asiya Andrabi released from jail

Andrabi and her secretary, Fahmeeda Sofi, were booked in May this year under the Public Safety Act (PSA) by the authorities and shifted to a jail in winter capital Jammu.

From our online archive

SRINAGAR: Asiya Andrabi, chief of the women's separatist group "Dukhtaran-e-Milat" (Daughters of Faith) was on Monday released from a jail here, authorities said.

Andrabi and her secretary, Fahmeeda Sofi, were booked in May this year under the Public Safety Act (PSA) by the authorities and shifted to a jail in winter capital Jammu.

The state high court on August 31 quashed the PSA detention order against the two separatist women leaders following which they were shifted to the Srinagar central jail from where they were released on Monday.
 

ATF prices cut by Rs 5/litre as global crude oil eases; first reduction after West Asia-driven surge

Eight killed, 24 injured as bus crashes into truck, catches fire in Rajasthan

Ambala borewell tragedy: Four-year-old pulled out dead after 21-hour rescue

'Pro Sangh approach': Row over Kerala election commissioner’s appointment deepens rift in Congress

Three killed as rain-triggered landslide brings down house in Mangaluru

SCROLL FOR NEXT