KULGAM — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday welcomed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail by the Supreme Court in the Delhi excise policy case. He added that legal matters are resolved in court, not through elections. “Congratulations to him. Coming out (from jail) is only through court. This is a betrayal which was […]
SRINAGAR — Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on both the BJP and the INDIA bloc and said the ruling party indulges in direct confrontation while the opposition grouping “stabs in the back”. Donning a black band on his left arm to protest against the […]
JAMMU — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the distribution of arms to people is the biggest proof of the BJP government’s “failure” to check spread of militancy in the otherwise peaceful Jammu region. The former chief minister was apparently referring to the revival of village defence guards and arming them with […]
SRINAGAR — Jailed MP Engineer Rashid has been granted bail to fetch votes from the people of Kashmir, not serve them, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday. Abdullah’s remarks came after Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, was granted interim bail in a terror funding case by a Delhi court. “We […]
JAMMU — The BJP’s “mishandling” of the situation led to the revival of militancy in otherwise peaceful Jammu, NC vice president Omar Abdullah alleged on Tuesday. The National Conference (NC) along with its coalition partner Congress will ensure to make the region free once again from militancy after forming the next government in Jammu and […]
BANIHAL — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday exuded confidence that his party along with its coalition partner Congress is all set to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing an election rally in support of party candidate Sajjad Shaheen in this assembly segment of Ramban district, Abdullah lashed out at […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the Central government led by the BJP has failed in controlling militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. “If anything, it is the present government which has failed to control militancy in Jammu and Kashmir,” Abdullah told reporters in Shopian district. He was reacting to Union Home […]
NEW DELHI — BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Saturday said that National Conference leader Omar Abdullah’s remarks about the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was an “expose of their nefarious, nasty, separatist anti-national design”. Trivedi also targeted the Congress, an alliance partner of the NC in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, […]
NEW DELHI — Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) leader Omar Abdullah said that the visit of US diplomats to Kashmir was only possible with the approval of the Indian government. He said that no foreign diplomat or media person can enter Jammu and Kashmir without the permission of the ministries under the government of […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, criticised National Conference leader Omar Abdullah for contesting on two seats for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “Omar Abdullah was reiterating one thing from the last 3-4 years, that he would not contest elections till […]