SRINAGAR — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the NC-Congress government will pass a resolution demanding the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood in its first cabinet meeting. “After the formation of the government, I hope in the first cabinet meeting, the cabinet will pass a resolution impressing upon the Centre to […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah Wednesday said hoping for the restoration of Article 370 from the very people who snatched it would be “foolish,” but his party would keep the issue alive and continue to raise it. “Our political stand will not change. We have never said that we will remain silent […]
SRINAGAR — After J&K National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah announced that party Vice President Omar Abdullah would be the next Chief Minister, the newly-elected MLA Omar said on Wednesday that the decision ultimately lies with legislators and the alliance. “I am very grateful for the confidence that he (Farooq Abdullah) has reposed in me. But […]
SRINAGAR — After a resounding victory in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, National Conference Vice President and newly-elected MLA Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday expressed gratitude to the voters of the union territory saying that voters have performed their duty, now their responsibility begins. “I am very thankful to the voters of J&K that they utilised […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the INDIA bloc will stake claim to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir only after the alliance partners meet to elect the leader of the coalition in the assembly. “Let the NC legislative party meet, I am not staking a claim to […]
SRINAGAR — Rising above party politics, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Tuesday took the lead in complimenting the NC for its victory in the J&K Legislative Assembly polls. PM Modi said on his widely followed X-post page immediately after all the results for the 90 Assembly seats were declared by the ECI, “I would like […]
JAMMU — With the National Conference and Congress alliance set to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir after crossing the majority mark by winning 48 seats, there are only two Hindu faces who have won the elections on the ticket of the regional party even as the two coalition partners had together fielded […]
SRINAGAR — A scion of the influential Abdullah clan in Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah faced a battle of prestige in the Assembly polls in the Union Territory. Securing an impressive victory in Budgam and leading in Ganderbal — the two seats that he contested — the third-generation politician is set to become the next […]
BUDGAM — With the latest trends in the Jammu Kashmir Assembly vote counting showing the National Conference- Congress alliance leading more than half the seats, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that he was happy that the people made National Congress win with their votes. “We should wait for the final results […]
SRINAGAR — Omar Abdullah will be the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, his father and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah announced on Tuesday as the party looked on course to come to power in the union territory with ally Congress. “Omar Abdullah will be the chief minister,” the senior Abdullah told reporters when asked […]