SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah highlighted the absence of prominent Muslim leaders on the national stage when the community faces challenges, and said Ghulam Nabi Azad could have played the leadership role within the Congress, but his fledgling DPAP is limited to just the Chenab Valley now. Abdullah emphasised the […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has criticised the PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, questioning her allegiance to the INDIA bloc and the PAGD, and alleging she never campaigned against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), solely targeting his National Conference. Reiterating the unity of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the high voter turnout in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir was due to the courage shown by the people to express themselves through their votes. Abdullah, who is a candidate for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, did not agree with […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday said tourism should not be linked to the security situation in Kashmir as tourist arrivals are not the right barometer of normalcy and this makes tourists a target. The situation in the Valley is “not normal”, Abdullah told reporters after visiting polling booths in […]
SRINAGAR — More than 500 centenarians are among the 17.37 lakh voters eligible to exercise their franchise in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, with political observers expecting a high turnout on the back of the huge crowds that thronged election rallies and roadshows. The first major political battle post the abrogation of Article […]
JAMMU — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday urged the Centre to order a probe into the twin militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir a day earlier and also asked Pakistan to stop supporting militancy in the region. The former chief minister said if a probe is not ordered into the two gruesome incidents, […]
JAMMU — Three National Conference (NC) workers were injured when unidentified persons attacked them with knives at an election rally in Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Sunday, officials said. NC president Farooq Abdullah was present at the rally organised by the party in support of its Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat candidate Mian […]
JAMMU — National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday of dividing the people of the country on the basis of religion, saying his recent statements have even contradicted his own slogan of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas”. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister claimed that the hatred […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah alleged on Friday that Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Kashmir was to help the BJP’s “proxy candidates” in the Lok Sabha elections. Shah on Friday wrapped up his brief visit to the Kashmir Valley during which he interacted with several delegations, including local Sikhs and those […]
SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s two-day visit to Kashmir is ‘strange’ as he is coming to a place where the BJP is not contesting the polls leaving campaigning in other parts of the country, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said on Thursday. “Does this not feel strange to you that the Home […]