PM Modi with Omar Abdullah (Photo posted by JKNC on X) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Saturday for a 30-minute discussion at the prime minister’s residence, officials confirmed, as quoted by news agency PTI.During their first meeting since the April 22 terror…
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah and former RAW secretary and ‘friend’ A S Dulat NEW DELHI: As former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah cries ‘betrayal’ over former RAW secretary and ‘friend’ A S Dulat‘s claim in his latest book that the senior Abdullah had privately supported the abrogation of Article 370 in…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah rejected Wednesday former RAW chief AS Dulat’s claim that he privately supported the abrogation of Article 370, calling the assertion “misleading and inaccurate”.“His book has so many mistakes that I cannot describe them,” Abdullah told reporters. “He calls me a friend, but a friend cannot write such things.”…
Srinagar: The heat generated over Union minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju’s selfie with J&K CM Omar Abdullah and his father, Farooq Abdullah, has refused to die down, with PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti accusing the CM of cosying up to BJP and Omar reminding her of the ties with BJP to form a coalition govt.Mehbooba said…
Omar Abdullah and Kiren Rijiju (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday responded sharply to criticism over his recent interaction with Union ministers, particularly his stroll with minister Kiren Rijiju at Srinagar’s Tulip Garden by the Dal Lake.The backlash from Valley leaders comes after the passage of contentious Waqf…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti (R) NEW DELHI: Prominent political voices from the Kashmir Valley have sharply criticised Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah over his recent interactions with Union ministers—particularly his Tulip Garden stroll in Srinagar with mnister Kiren Rijiju. The criticism comes amid tensions after the…
Farooq Abdullah (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Thursday joined a group of singers to perform the devotional song, “Tune Mujhe Bulaya Sherawaliye, Main Aaya Main Aaya Sherawaliye.”The NC leader was attending a religious event at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine at Jammu’s Katra. He…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid aka Engineer Rashid criticised Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah for maintaining a “double standard” stance on Pakistan and Article 370. The comments came in as Rashid, accused of terror funding, was on his way to surrender to Tihar Jail on Monday. “When he is in power, he…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah has squarely blamed Pakistan for the uptick in terrorist activity in J&K, saying there can be no talks between New Delhi and Islamabad till the neighbouring country stops the killings.His remarks stand in contrast with recent election manifestos of both NC and PDP, which advocated talks with Pakistan…
Farooq Abdullah (PTI/File) National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Saturday appealed to the Kashmiri Pandits to “come back home”. The Kashmiri Hindu community faced a mass exodus in the early 1990s when armed insurgency and terrorism peaked in the Valley, forcing them to flee Kashmir.In an assurance to the Kashmiri Pandits, Abdullah, who is…
