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......

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......

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......

Separatist leader Geelani laid to rest in a quiet funeral

Pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani was buried near his residence quietly during the night before some of his close relatives and a posse of security forces as restrictions were imposed......