Situation in Keran sector a cause for concern: Hurriyat chief

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 19:17

Chairman of moderate Hurriyat Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Monday expressed concern over the border tension between India and Pakistan.

Mirwaiz urges for India, Pak dialogue on Kashmir

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 17:40

Moderate Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday asked India and Pakistan to start a fresh composite dialogue process to resolve all outstanding issues including Kashmir.

Hang perpetrators of church attack: Geelani

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 19:41

Hardline Hurriyat Conference, led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, on Monday condemned the twin suicide bombings on a church in Pakistan, saying those behind the killings were enemies of humanity and should be hanged.

Strike disrupts normal life in Kashmir, curfew on in Shopian

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 12:02

Normal life was disrupted in Kashmir Valley on Saturday due to a strike called by hardline Hurriyat Conference to protest the killing of five persons in CRPF firing in Shopian, where curfew continued for the ninth consecutive day.

Separatists leaders under house arrest, curfew on in J&K’s Shopian

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 13:48

Separatist leaders were put under house arrest ahead of their march towards Shopian town in Kashmir where curfew remained in force for day 8 following killing of 5 persons in CRPF firing.

Jammu and Kashmir: Top separatist leaders placed under house arrest

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 12:14

Authorities placed under house arrest top separatist leaders who had called for a march to UN Military Observers Group office to lodge protest against killing of five youths in Shopian.

Mirwaiz detained ahead of Shopian visit

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 00:40

Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained by police as they were heading to visit curfew-bound Shopian district.

Shopian killings: Geelani to submit memorandum to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 21:44

Hardline Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday said he would submit a memorandum on the killings of unarmed youths in Kashmir to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Separatist leader found dead on roadside in Baramulla

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 16:46

A separatist leader belonging to moderate Hurriyat Conference was found dead on a roadside in Baramulla district of Kashmir.

I would love to have a house on Zabarwan hill: Zubin, a day after concert

Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 19:16

The 77-year-old, Zubin Mehta, Mumbai-born Maestro wants to have a house on Zabarwan hills, which formed the backdrop to his scintillating and yet controversial concert Ehsaas-e-Kashmir (Feel of Kashmir).

Shopian killings: Separatists give call for shutdown

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 23:16

Separatist outfits, including both factions of the Hurriyat Conference, on Saturday called for a shutdown in Kashmir Valley to protest the killing of four persons in Shopian district.

Hurriyat demands inquiry into fate of "missing" Kashmiris

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 23:55

Hurriyat Conference`s Mirwaiz Umer Farooq demanded inquiry into fate of "missing" persons allegedly subjected to forced disappearance by security forces in Kashmir over the past 20 years.