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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. (Photo: PTI)

Separatists held before press meet

Had planned to issue formal poll boycott call; released after few hours.

17 March 2017 1:31 AM IST

Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addressing congregation at Jamia Masjid in Downtown Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

NIA grills Mirwaiz's aide, J&K businessman

Zahoor Watali has also been interrogated about his links with hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

3 July 2017 2:16 AM IST

Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. (Photo: File)

Death threat to Hurriyat leaders

Hizb warns it will hang them' at Lal Chowk for interfering in its activities.

13 May 2017 1:49 AM IST

Separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmiri separatists appeal for political unity after Hizb rift over...

The separatist leaders said the struggle was in its 'crucial stage' and people need to be careful.

15 May 2017 10:59 AM IST

Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addressing congregation at Jamia Masjid in Downtown Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmir now handed over to Army, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

The government has, however, thrown its lot behind Gen. Rawat over his assertion the dirty war in Jammu and Kashmir...

30 May 2017 1:44 AM IST

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J&K Police stalls Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's media brief

The police laid Concertina razor wire on the road outside his residence in Srinagar's Nigeen area to block the reporters...

30 July 2017 3:29 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said the condition was tensed last year in the valley and now the situation is slowly normalising. The people of the state think that their identity can be in danger. (Photo: PTI)

J&K panchayat: Separatists call for poll boycott

Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti had earlier this week announced holding of the long overdue Panchayat elections in the...

29 Dec 2017 6:15 AM IST

Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Geelani. (Photo: File)

J&K police stop Hurriyat meet; chairman, others under house arrest

JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was taken into preventive custody and lodged at a police station in Srinagar.

5 Jun 2017 1:36 PM IST

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah (Photo: PTI)

Tunnel not key to Kashmir solution: Hurriyat, Farooq

Farooq Abdullah too said the tunnel was not an alternative to political initiative.

3 April 2017 1:19 AM IST

Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addressing congregation at Jamia Masjid in Downtown Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

J&K: Separatist Mirwaiz released from house arrest to visit wife, new...

Mirwaiz was placed under house arrest ahead of the death anniversaries of Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Muhammad Afzal Guru.

11 Feb 2017 6:57 PM IST

Eid prayers at Kashmir Main Eidgah in Downtown Srinagar (Photo: Habib Naqash)

Eid celebrated in Kashmir amid sporadic clashes

Separatist leaders Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq kept under house arrest as their presence on Eid could incite violence,...

26 Jun 2017 12:31 PM IST

Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addressing congregation at Jamia Masjid in Downtown Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

I've nothing to do with cop's lynching: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

Now if only Mirwaiz had summoned the courage to say this while the man was being lynched, this tweet might have been...

25 Jun 2017 1:31 AM IST