The moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference on Saturday expressed concern over what it claimed 'increasing confrontation' between India and Pakistan and said it will intensify efforts to bring together the two countries to resolve the Kashmir issue. ...
07:24 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Hurriyat Conference leaders Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who are in Delhi, were placed under house arrest soon after Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru was hanged in Delhi's Tihar Jail at 8 am on Saturday. ...
01:41 PM, Feb 09, 2013
New Delhi: Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Jalil Jilani will arrive in New Delhi on Tuesday to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Ranjan Mathai during which arrest of LeT terrorist Zabiuddin Ansari, who revealed Pakistan's involvement in November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, is expected to be raised by New Delhi. His visit aims to wrap up the last of round of bilateral talks on trade, visa, Siachen and the Sir Creek...
09:13 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Washington: Separatist Kashmiri leader and Chairman of the moderate Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq is "supported and controlled" by ISI, a US Attorney has claimed before a court. Attorney Neil H MacBride made the claim before the US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, ahead of the scheduled sentencing of Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai who had set up an organisation Kashmiri American Council in the US to promote the separatist cause....
06:24 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Srinagar: Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq had a tough time in Sopore town today when supporters of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani hurled 'Kangris' and stones. Sopore town, 55 km from here, has been the traditional bastion of Geelani, who heads the breakaway faction of Hurriyat, and his party Jamaat-e-Islamia and has frequently targeted Hurriyat leaders from the moderate rival faction. The supporters of the two factions clashed...
08:30 PM, Dec 16, 2011
New Delhi: India has expresses its displeasure to Pakistan over the meeting between Hurriyat leader and Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar in New Delhi on Tuesday. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is meeting Khar at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi with Kashmir and terror expected to dominate the talks. Khar met both the Hurriyat Conference factions during which the separatists sought Islamabad's intervention for release of Ghulam Nabi...
12:55 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Srinagar: Political developments in Jammu and Kashmir and matters of socio-economic importance came up for discussion in a meeting between British High Commissioner to India Sir Richard Stagg and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar. An official spokesman said on Saturday that the outgoing British High Commissioner called on the Chief Minister on Friday and discussed various matters pertaining to the state during the hour-long meeting. Omar gave details of...
09:57 AM, May 28, 2011
Jammu: The three interlocutors for Jammu and Kashmir have for the first time sent formal invitation letters to four separatist leaders, urging them to sit across the table for talks. Dileep Padgaonkar, one of the three interlocutors, was quoted as saying in newspaper 'Greater Kashmir' that invites had been dispatched to the separatists to include their views in the report they will submit to the Central Government. "So far we...
11:52 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Srinagar: The moderate Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday said attacks on its leader during their tour to various cities were pre-planned and the Central government could not escape the blame for this. "The government cannot escape the blame for attacks on us during our visit to various cities to apprise people about the ground reality in Kashmir," said Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, the chairman of the Moderate Hurriyat. Talking to reporters here...
06:44 PM, Dec 01, 2010
New Delhi: The youth wing of BJP attacked Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's car when he was entering Foreign Correspondent's Club to attend a seminar. As the news about his presence at the seminar came out, activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha assembled outside the venue and shouted slogans against Mirwaiz. Shouting slogans like "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram", the demonstrators hurled eggs, water bottles and...
07:55 PM, Nov 30, 2010
Kolkata: Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was greeted by another protest on Sunday at a seminar in Kolkata. He faced protests from members of BJP's student wing who hurled eggs at his vehicle here and diplayed banners, prompting police to arrest 25 of them, three days after he was heckled by right-wing activists in Chandigarh. The protest was carried out by the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) workers. Fifteen to...
01:32 PM, Nov 28, 2010
Srinagar: Curfew was imposed in the Old City areas of Srinagar to prevent protests and violence on Friday, a day after Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was heckled at a seminar in Chandigarh, officials said. Curfew was clamped in five police station areas of Srinagar city - Nowhatta, MR Gunj, Rainawari, Khanyar and Safa Kadal. Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani was placed under house arrest to thwart a...
05:29 PM, Nov 26, 2010
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government has blamed Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq for instigating violence in Srinagar on Saturday after the Eid-ul-Fitr prayers. Omar accused the separatists of breach of trust after violent mobs targeted police and government buildings in Srinagar. "We received a request from Mirwaiz for the peaceful protest and we gave them the permission. But the trust has been betrayed. Mirwaiz and Yasin (Jammu and Kashmir...
05:08 PM, Sep 11, 2010
Srinagar: A day after 4 protestors died in police firing across Jammu and Kashmir, curfew has been re-imposed in the Kashmir Valley. The only places where there is no curfew are Ganderbal, Bandipore and Awantipore. With Friday's killings, the total number of protesters killed in violence since June 11 has gone up to 55. Four people, including two teenagers, were killed and 47 others injured in Jammu and Kashmir on...
12:35 PM, Aug 14, 2010
![Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz detained in Srinagar]( "Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz detained in Srinagar")
He was detained when he was heading towards the office of the United Nations Military Observers Group. ...
02:00 PM, Jun 17, 2010
![Hurriyat leaders taken into preventive custody]( "Hurriyat leaders taken into preventive custody")
They were protest rallying on the occasion of Human Rights Day. ...
03:35 PM, Dec 10, 2009
The separatists had given a call to boycott polls in the state. ...
11:34 AM, Apr 29, 2009
Geelani want to be the leader of the ongoing protest in the valley. ...
11:40 AM, Aug 19, 2008
He says Delhi listens to Kashmir only when there are killings. ...
02:06 PM, Aug 16, 2008
The Centre said all efforts will be made to resolve the Amarnath land row. ...
05:56 PM, Aug 10, 2008
