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  Farooq Abdullah snubs PM Modi's 'Give It Up' campaign, applies for LPG subsidy

  National | September 02, 2015 23:56 IST

  Srinagar: Snubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Give It Up' campaign, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has applied for LPG subsidy, attracting much criticism from his rivals.Abdullah, the president of main opposition National

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  Farooq Abdullah urges separatists not to meet Pakistan NSA

  National | August 21, 2015 15:46 IST

  Srinagar:  NC leader Farooq Abdullah on Friday urged separatist leaders not to meet Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz during his visit to India for talks with his Indian counterpart so that the two countries can find a way of ending

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  Farooq Abdullah urges separatists not to meet Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz

  National | August 21, 2015 13:45 IST

  Srinagar :  NC leader Farooq Abdullah today urged separatist leaders not to meet Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz during his visit to India for talks with his Indian counterpart so that the two countries can find

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  Farooq Abdullah asks Centre to engage Pak to stop ceasefire violations

  National | August 08, 2015 21:47 IST

  Jammu: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah today asked the Centre to engage Pakistan in a meaningful dialogue to end ceasefire violations, while he emphasised that people in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir were living

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  All-party team to meet PM Modi to resolve AIIMS impasse: Farooq Abdullah

  National | August 03, 2015 18:34 IST

  Jammu:  Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday proposed that an all-party delegation meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve the ongoing agitation demanding an AIIMS in Jammu.Addressing supporters of the AIIMS

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  Display of ISIS, Pak flags is expression of 'anger': Farooq Abdullah

  National | July 24, 2015 22:11 IST

  Srinagar:  With ISIS and Pakistani flags being repeatedly displayed in Kashmir, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah today said it was an expression of “anger” and “frustration” by the youth who want to “wake up the

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  Release of terrorists for Mufti's daughter was a mistake: Farooq Abdullah

  National | July 23, 2015 9:53 IST

  New Delhi: Releasing five terrorists in lieu of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohamed Sayeed in 1989 was a grave mistake, said Farooq Abdullah, former J&K chief minister.Abdullah was speaking

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  1999 IA Hijack: Release had shown India 'weak nation', says Farooq Abdullah

  National | July 22, 2015 7:12 IST

  New Delhi: An angry former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah yesterday night made it vociferously clear that he was opposed to freeing militants in exchange of passengers of hijacked IC-814 aircraft in 1999

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  Kashmir cricket body ousts former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah as president

  Cricket | July 20, 2015 14:10 IST

  Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA)on Monday voted out former chief minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah as its president.Manzoor Wazir of the Kashmir Gymkhana cricket club told IANS here that of

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  Farooq dismisses demand to curtail Amaranth Yatra's duration

  National | May 15, 2015 18:28 IST

  Jammu: Dismissing the demand by separatists to curtail the duration of Amarnath Yatra, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah today said the pilgrimage should continue to be of two months as it was not only religiously

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  Veteran NC leader, Omar Abdullah's uncle dies

  National | February 24, 2015 8:01 IST

  Jammu: Veteran National Conference (NC) leader and uncle of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, Sheikh Nazir passed away Tuesday in winter capital Jammu. He was 84.Sheikh Nazir had been admitted to government

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  NC authorize Farooq, Omar to decide on govt-formation in J&K

  National | December 30, 2014 22:52 IST

  Srinagar: The newly-elected MLAs of National Conference today authorised party president Farooq Abdullah and working president Omar Abdullah to take a decision on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.“All the (newly-elected) representatives have reposed their

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  Farooq Abdullah undergoes successful kidney transplant

  National | December 15, 2014 14:01 IST

  Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah underwent a successful kidney transplant operation in London, family sources said on Monday.His wife Molly has donated her kidney. According to their London-based daughter Hinna, both

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  Thoughts with parents undergoing surgery in UK: Omar Abdullah

  National | December 14, 2014 18:08 IST

  Srinagar: As polling was underway in Sonawar assembly constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who is contesting from the seat, said his thoughts were with his parents who are undergoing an organ

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  Subramanian Swamy says, Farooq Abdullah told me his ancestors were Gaur Brahmins

  National | December 11, 2014 13:58 IST

  New Delhi: BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy today revealed that former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah had once told him his ancestors were Gaur Brahmins.Speaking to India TV in parliament premises, Dr

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  Wife Molly to donate kidney to Farooq Abdullah

  National | November 19, 2014 18:34 IST

  Srinagar: Farooq Abdullah, suffering from severe kidney failure, is all set to get a new lease of life, thanks to none other than his wife Molly.Farooq Abdullah, lying in a London hospital, was on the

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  Abrogation of Article 370 will lead to massive unrest: Farooq Abdullah

  National | November 17, 2014 0:02 IST

  London: Health woes have kept Farooq Abdullah far away from home but the three-term Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir says that his bigger worry today is BJP's “sinister” plan to abrogate the state's special

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  Will do only what people want: BJP on Article 370

  National | November 16, 2014 18:57 IST

  Srinagar: Reacting to apprehensions that BJP may abrogate Article 370, the party today said it would only do what the people of state want with regard to the provision of the Constitution that grants special

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  Kapil Sibal starts packing, to vacate government bungalow

  National | August 04, 2014 15:11 IST

  New Delhi: After four days of Urban Development Ministry's notice for vacating government accommodation, former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has started packing his bags. He is all set to vacate government

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  16 UPA ministers served eviction notice for 'unauthorised' stay

  National | July 31, 2014 11:20 IST

  New Delhi: Sixteen former ministers of the UPA government were in unauthorised possession of government bungalows for over a month and have been served eviction notices, parliament was told Wednesday.Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu