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  NC chief Farooq Abdullah tests positive for Covid-19

  News | March 30, 2021 10:40 IST

  Former Jammu Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah has tested positive for Covid-19. In a tweet, his son Omar Abdullah said he will be self-isolating along with other family members until they are tested for Covid-19.

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  'New J&K': Omar Abdullah claims he, his family put under house arrest

  India | February 14, 2021 11:15 IST

  PDP president Mehbooba Mufti had on Saturday too claimed that she was placed under house arrest ahead of her visit to the family of Athar Mushtaq -- one of the three alleged militants killed in an encounter in Parimpora locality here in December last year.

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  'Grabbed a blanket and ran', tweets Omar Abdullah after strong earthquake rattles North India

  India | February 13, 2021 7:46 IST

  The Himalayan and the Hindukush mountain ranges are prone to quakes and many a time its tremors can be felt across the Indo-Gangetic belt.

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  'NC has pan JandK presence': Omar Abdullah on DDC election results

  News | December 23, 2020 19:04 IST

  Speaking to ANI on December 23, Vice President (VP) of Jammu Kashmir National Conference, Omar Abdullah spoke on DDC election results.

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  J&K DDC polls: Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti claim non-BJP candidates stopped from campaigning

  India | November 18, 2020 22:07 IST

  National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday questioned the rationale behind holding District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir as he claimed candidates were being stopped from campaigning on security grounds. He alleged non-BJP candidates in fray for the elections were stopped from campaigning, while the administration was going out of its way to help the BJP.

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  Sheikh Abdullah showed J-K people path to Gandhi's nation: JKNC Chief

  News | November 06, 2020 23:08 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Farooq Abdullah lambasted at BJP by saying that if people of Jammu and Kashmir wanted to go to Pakistan.

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  After abrogation of Article 370, people are more alienated than before: Omar Abdullah

  News | November 06, 2020 21:01 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah slammed Centre over abrogation of article 370 while delivering a speech in Jammu.

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  What we want back was written in Constitution: Omar's pitch against revocation of Art 370 in Kargil

  India | October 30, 2020 19:48 IST

  National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah along with the delegation of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration on Friday met leaders of the Kargil Democratic Alliance in Kargil. Abdullah once again made his pitch against the revocation of Article 370 saying, "Our fight is not against the country but against BJP and its ideology. BJP is not the country and vice versa. What we want back was written in the Constitution. We will not step back in our fight."

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  Omar Abdullah reaches Kargil to meet local leaders

  News | October 30, 2020 17:04 IST

  Omar Abdullah reached Kargil to meet local leaders on October 30. Omar Abdullah is part of a delegation of 'People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration', visiting the region today. Earlier, he also met local party workers in Drass region.

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  J&K up for sale: Omar Abdullah slams govt after people from outside J-K allowed to buy land there

  India | October 27, 2020 18:24 IST

  National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah has slammed the Centre after it's significant move of notifying new Land Laws for Jammu & Kashmir. Opposing the move, Omar Abdullah said, "J&K’s new Land Laws sans democratic bearings; smacks of cheap politics, deceit.

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  'Political vendetta': Mehbooba Mufti reacts to Farooq Abdullah's grilling

  India | October 19, 2020 14:53 IST

  The Enforcement Directorate earlier today questioned Farooq Abdullah in connection with a money-laundering probe in a case related to the alleged embezzlement of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association funds.

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  Farooq Abdullah announces alliance with Mehbooba Mufti, others for Article 370 restoration

  India | October 15, 2020 19:36 IST

  In August last year, the Centre scrapped Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into two Union territories.

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  All-party meeting held at National Conference president Farooq Abdullah's residence in Srinagar

  News | October 15, 2020 18:18 IST

  All-party meeting held at National Conference president Farooq Abdullah's residence in Srinagar. National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti was also present.

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  Watch: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti meets party leaders

  News | October 14, 2020 15:20 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on October 14 met party leaders at her residence after she was released from detention last night.

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  PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti released from detention

  News | October 14, 2020 14:13 IST

  Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti, who was in detention from August 5 last year following the abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile state.

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  Omar Abdullah to vacate high security Srinagar residence

  India | September 09, 2020 13:43 IST

  Former Chief Minister and Vice President of the regional National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that he has decided to vacate his official residence in the high security Gupkar Road area of Srinagar city.

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  Omar Abdullah to sue Bhupesh Baghel for linking his release with Pilot's revolt against Congress

  Politics | July 21, 2020 9:02 IST

  Baghel was quoted by a newspaper saying "as far as Sachin Pilot is concerned, not that I have been tracking the Rajasthan events so closely, but it does make one curious why Omar Abdullah was released? He and Mehbooba Muftiji were booked under the same Sections of the law, while she is still languishing, he is out. Is it because Mr. Abdullah is brother-in-law of Sachin Pilot?"

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  Omar, Mehbooba didn't participate in JandK panchayat polls under Pak pressure: Satya Pal Malik

  News | May 23, 2020 17:08 IST

  Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said that he broke protocol to meet Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti to participate in panchayat elections in JandK but they refused to participate under Pakistan's pressure.

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  Omar Abdullah walks out of detention after 8 months, speaks of Article 370 abrogation

  India | March 24, 2020 14:07 IST

  Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has walked out of detention after nearly 8 months. Abdullah was put into detention in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370. After walking out Abdullah spoke to the media about the breaking up of the state of J&K into 2 union territories.

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  Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah to be released from detention today

  Politics | March 24, 2020 11:32 IST

  Omar Abdullah had spent 232 days in custody since the government announced abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile state on August 5 last year. The National Conference leader was initially detained under preventive custody and later slapped with the PSA on February 5.