Just who is Mirwaiz Umer Farooq?

All-Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq is in the thick of it all, because of the Hurriyat's talks with Prime MinisterManmohan Singh. Here's a quick guide to the Kashmiri......

Exclusive: Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on talks

Mirwaiz Umer Farooq led the five-member delegation of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference for a two-and-a-half hour meeting with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on September 5, 2005. "The talks were......

Centre bans Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, once headed by Geelani

In a decisive step, the government on Sunday declared pro-Pakistan separatist group Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH), founded by late hardline separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani, as a banned organisation for......

Geelani, Mirwaiz placed under house arrest in Delhi

Chiefs of both factions of Hurriyat Conference -- Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq -- were on Saturday placed under house arrest in the national capital as a preventive measure......