The Principal Secretary (Home) is conducting an inquiry to the find out what led to the scuffle that broke out in the Jammu central jail and injured Pakistan prisoner Sanaullah, leading to his death. He passed away early this morning in Chadigarh's PGI hospita...
China has clarified and said that in view of the best interests between India and China, the stand-off in Ladakh has been called off. The Ministry of External Affairs has been avoiding the questions posed by the BJP and Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah. Earl...
The Army Chief Bikram Singh meets Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah to brief him about the ground situation along the LAC. Chinese troops still have not left their camps, but the country denies all charges. The leaders also discussed how to protect the state ...
75 days after Indian prisoner Chamel Singh was tortured to death in a Pakistan prison, no action has bee initiated against Pakistan over the issue. Family members of Singh reveal that the Jammu and Kashmir government has not contacted them so far. Will the Oma...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah lashes out at the centre for allegedly meting out step motherly treatment to Jammu and Kashmir. The CM questions the centre and Supreme Court over the rejection of Afzal Guru's mercy petition and the delay in revo...
Oman Abdullah has punched holes in Delhi police's version on Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terror suspect Liyaqat Ali Shah, even as Union Home Ministry has ordered a probe into the case on the Chief Minister's demand.
Newshour | The Delhi police and the J&K government are still arguing about the arrest of Hizbul millitant Liyaqat Shah. The Centre has ordered an NIA probe into his arrest, but the issue saw a huge uproar in the Parliament today. Is this man as innocent as the...
News Night | Crores have been spent for the security of separatist keaders in Jammu and Kashmir. The J&K government is vouching for the integrity of a 'terrorist' and Hizbul member Liyaqat Ali Shah. Why is Omar Abdullah so desperately vouching for the characte...
Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah slams the Delhi police for arresting suspected terrorist and Hizbul member Liyaqat Ali Shah. He has asked the Delhi police that if Liyaqat was coming to attack Delhi, would he come with his family? Omar says that he doesn't w...
PDP has blamed both Jammu and Kashmir government and the centre for the arrest of Syed Liaquat Shah. The party is now gearing up to corner the state government over the issue in the Assembly. Meanwhile J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has met Home Minister Sus...
Watch an exclusive interview of actor Sanjay Dutt with film critic and editor-in-chief of Zoom TV Omar Qureshi, where the actor candidly talks about himself and his films. He also talks about the ups and downs in his life and how he got rid of all his anger wh...
After the Jammu and Kashmir state government fails to send even one representative to the wreath-laying ceremony of the slain jawaans, the CM Omar Abdullah comes under heavy criticism. The five jawaans were killed in a Srinagar crossfire that took down two ter...
Newshour | The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah did not have time to pay a fitting tribute to the five jawans who sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens yesterday, in the attack by the LeT in Srinagar. It was after severe criticism that h...
Newshour | After today's terror attack in Srinagar, what argument can Jammu and Kashmir politicians use to demand the repeal of AFSPA? Will Omar Abdullah call for a special session of the Assembly for the martyred soldiers in Srinagar too? Defence expert Major...
The Home Secretary, RK Singh, addresses the media about the terrorist attack at the Srinagar Police school on Baramulla highway. He said that the initial reports suggest that the terrorists were from across the border and not locals. He said that two terrorist...
The militant attack on a CRPF camp in Srinagar's Bemina area, in which five jawans have been killed, has triggered the debate over Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). While NC leader Farooq Abdullah continues to demand the removal of AFSPA despite the a...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah addresses the house with the facts of the terrorist attack at the Srinagar Police school. Three terrorists attacked the CRPF post and the police school on Baramulla highway in Srinagar. In the cross-firing, two t...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah briefs the state Assembly about the attack on CRPF camp in which five jawans have been killed. He informs that two of the militants who carried out the assault have been killed.
New Hour | The valley of Kashmir remains tense once again, this time over a killing of a 24 year-old boy. It has been alleged that the Army is behind the killing of the youth. This has once again opened up the debate regarding the AFSPA in the valley. The oppo...
The Army has reacted to the political controversy over the power given to them in the Kashmir Valley. They requested for the AFSPA as this act was what helped them deal with terrorism in the state. They said that once the act is removed, they would not be able...
Not believing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's helpless and tearful outburst in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, the state's Opposition party PDP wants adjournment motion to discuss the killing of a youth by the Army. While PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti tears into Abd...
The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah broke down in the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha when he was questioned about the killings at Baramulla. He said that he was tired of being blamed for all the deaths in the states. He also said that the killing of the innocent...
Two days ago, 2 unarmed cops were killed in Kashmir by militants. The opposition today staged a protest in the Assembly against the Omar Abdullah government saying it was not providing arms to policemen in the valley.
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, which was supposed to discuss Afzal Guru execution and the handing over of the body to his family, is witnessing chaos and uproar. Some of the members stormed the well of the House asking the Speaker to end the discussion on Gur...
Two days after unruly scenes were witnessed in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly over the execution of Afzal Guru and the return of his body to his family, the Assembly will debate the matter today. In an unprecedented move, the J&K Speaker accepted the adjournment m...
BJP slams the Omar Abdullah-led government in Jammu and Kashmir over the killing of another sarpanch in the Valley, terming it an attack on democracy. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar demands stern action against the militant elements who are behind the attack so ...
In the wake of the killing of another sarpanch in the Valley, Opposition lashes out Omar Abdullah-led Jammu and Kashmir government for failing to come to the rescue of the representatives of people in the state. The Opposition alleges that the government is re...
The basic foundation of democracy in the Valley has been threatened again as another sarpanch, Javed Ahmed Wani, was gunned down by suspected militants near his house in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. Wani is the fifth sarpanch to have been killed in...
News Night | An independent legislator in the Kashmir valley is planning to move a resolution in the State Assembly to seek the return of deceased Parliament attack conspirator Afzal Guru's body to his family for the last rights. The state government led by Om...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has questioned the selective hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. He has been insisting that the family should have been informed, and should have been given his remains.
Newshour | Is Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah overplaying the attention card to keep himself politically insulated? And why is the Congress allowing him? Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari and Deputy Leader of Opposition Ravishankar Prasad ...
News Night | The central government has rejected J&K CM Omar Abdullah's allegations over Parliament attack conspirator Afzal Guru's execution to be 'selective' but has failed to dispel the suspicion that his execution was a political decision. Congress support...
How could Omar say he didn't know when he is a part of the UPA, ask PDP on the Jammu and Kashmir CM's denial of knowing about Afzal Guru's hanging. PDP leader Mehabooba Mufti even said that the people of Kashmir are not fools to believe that the CM himself did...
National Conference and PDP have slammed the Union government over the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. While Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has criticized the government for not allowing Guru's family to meet him before his exe...
There is politics happening over the hanging of Afzal Guru, convicted for the attack on the Indian Parliament. The BJP and Congress are at loggerheads, while Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says Afzal's family should have been given information ...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, addresses the media after news of the execution of Afzal Guru broke out and appeals to all Kashmiris to maintain peace in the state. He clarifies that as there was no case against Afzal Guru in the state, the sta...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says unlike in the Maqbool Bhat case, the state was not required to sign a death warrant for Afzal Guru as there was no case against him in the state.
As fundamentalists in Jammu and Kashmir meet success in silencing a budding all-girl rock band, the government's silence on the matter could only encourage unofficial censorship and undermine its authority. The band, Pragaash, was forced to give up after the G...
As if the threats and fatwa issued against Kashmiri all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' is not enough, the family members of the girls are threatened with social boycott. Dukhtaraan-e-Millat, an all-women outfit, which has issued this threat, has also slammed Jammu ...
As if the threats and fatwa issued against Kashmiri all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' is not enough, the family members of the girls are threatened with social boycott. Despite the support from various corners and the assurances of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister...
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has once again been embarrassed by his uncle Mustafa Kamal. The leader of National Conference has stirred up a fresh controversy in the case of a fatwa issued against Kashmir's all-girl rock band, by saying the Gr...
Kashmir's all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' has decided to call it quits after a fatwa was issued against them by the Grand Mufti, calling their performances un-Islamic and obscene. The assurances from Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah have failed to co...
Kashmir's all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' has decided to call it quits after a fatwa was issued against them by the Grand Mufti, calling their performances un-Islamic and obscene. The band was forced to quit despite the assurances from Jammu & Kashmir Chief Mini...
There has been widespread protest against the fatwa issued to Kashmir's all-girls rock band 'Pragaash'. People are up in arms against curtailing the freedom of artistic expression. Despite all these protests and support for the band, the Omar Abdullah-led gove...
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah speaks on the Fatwa issued by Grand Mufti against the all-girl band 'Pragaash' in Kashmir. Omar supports the right of the girls to sing. He says that the government is willing to give them required protection. How...
A fatwa has been issued against 'Pragaash', Kashmir's first female rock band, prohibiting it from participating in music concerts. The rock band, which had faced online threats, is now silenced by this unofficial censorship. The fatwa comes despite the Jammu a...
The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, says that the victims of the ceasefire violations and crossborder terrorism have been the people of his State. He also accused the UN of not doing enough to check the LoC violations and demanded that the ...
People in Kashmir have renewed their agitation in the wake of recent spate of attacks on sarpanches in the valley. Nearly 30 sarpanches have resigned, while the Jammu and Kashmir state government is under immense pressure to provide these elected representativ...
After severe criticism for being unable to protect his sarpanches who have been under attack from terrorists, Omar Abdullah vents out his anger in a social networking site. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says the government is doing everything ...
In the wake of two more sarpanches attacked in Jammu and Kashmir in the last two days, 27 more of these elected members put in their resignations. The number of sarpanches who have resigned over the issue of terrorists attacking sarpanches is now at 62. Uniden...
In the wake of fresh militant attacks on Panchayat members in Jammu and Kashmir, over 20 panchayat members tender their resignations citing threat to their life. The militant attacks on Panchayat members in Sapore have created a sense of fear among the members...
In the wake of twin attacks on Jammu and Kashmir sarpanches in the past 48 hours, more and more of these elected members are putting in their resignations. Unidentified assailants opened fire at two sarpanches in northern Kashmir making them soft targets for...
Terrified by the recent bout of attacks on the sarpanches, more sarpanches have tendered their resignations. Militants have attacked two sarpanches in three days. The sarpanches are accusing the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of failing to prov...
Family members of the sarpanch, who was shot at by militants in Jammu and Kashmir, have demanded the government to act against the militants who continue to threaten and attack the custodians of democracy in the state. They claim that the Omar Abdullah governm...
Unidentified assailants opened fire at Zoona Begum, a woman sarpanch from North Kashmir. This is the third attack on a sarpanch in the last 24 hours. The woman has sustained serious injuries and is in critical condition. How many such attacks will it take for ...
In the wake of the murder of another sarpanch in Jammu and Kashmir, the sarpanches in the state have issued an ultimatum to the Omar Abdullah-led government, asking the government to wake up and act to prevent the atrocities against the sarpanches or resign. T...
Are Hafiz Saeed and Sayed Salauddin statesmen that Indian separatists should have meetings with them? Can India sit back and watch people with Indian passports travelling to Pakistan for 'meetings with Hafiz Saeed'? Shafiq Mir, Chairman of All India Panchayat ...
Unidentified terrorists killed a 'sarpanch' in the Sopore district of the valley today afternoon. Unknown militants fired upon the sarpanch, Habibullah Mir, resident of Gooripora Bomie, Sopore in the compound of his house. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has call...
Unidentified terrorists killed a 'sarpanch' in the Sopore district of the valley today afternoon. Unknown militants fired upon the sarpanch, Habibullah Mir, resident of Gooripora Bomie, Sopore in the compound of his house. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has call...
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There has been massive protests across the state after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah alleged that the Opposition parties are wooing the women voters with make-up kits. Political parties too have come heavily on Omar.
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's “make-up kit” remark has enraged the women panchayat members who call it an insult to them. Omar had on Saturday said that the Opposition was trying to woo the women sarpanches with 'make-up' kits. PDP spok...
Palestinian officials have had their leader Yasser Arafat's remains exhumed so that the scientists can take tissue samples and assess what caused his death. Arafat died after a mysterious illness and the Palestinian officials will bring it up at the Internatio...
The brother of Farooq Abdullah did a U-turn on his controversial statement 'Indian is an enemy', made at a rally in Kishtwar. Dr Mustafa Kamal called India as his 'enemy', but under fire from all sections, including his nephew and chief minister Omar Abduallah...
J&K Irrigation Minister Taj Mohiuddin remains defiant over the charges levelled against him in the land grab case. He asks for a probe to be carried out. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah remains silent amidst criticism that he is protecting the minister.
The Omar Abdullah government is under pressure again. The Chairman of the House Committee, that was probing the land grab case is allegedly involving the Congress minister Taj Mohiuddin, has lashed out at the Omar Abdullah government, accusing him of shielding...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweets about his uncle's anti-India remark. National Conference General Secretary Mustafa Kamal's remark has been severely criticised. However, he remains defiant and refuses to explain his comment.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah remains silent over the accusations that his government has tried to cover up for Taj Mohiuddin, the Minister Irrigation and Flood Control, who is one of the accused in the land grabbing case.
National Conference leader Mustafa Kamal was at the centre of a controversy claiming that the Indian government was dragging its feet on talks with Pakistan, drawing criticism from Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who distanced himself from the remarks. Kamal, who...
Newshour | Even after his anti-India rant has caused outrage across the nation, National Conference leader and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's uncle Mustafa Kamal remains unapologetic. Kamal had said that India is the enemy and not Pakistan. H...
Questioning Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over his inaction against his uncle and National Conference leader Mustafa Kamal who claimed that it is India and not Pakistan is the enemy, BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi accuses Kamal of propagating ...
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has sparked a controversy by saying the government did not sign up to provide security for every panch and sarpanch. Abdullah's comment come at a time when all sarpanch in the valley are reeling from frequent atta...
Jammu and Kashmir sarpanches, who are facing threats from the extremist elements, have said that it is the duty of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to provide security for them. Chairman of the Panchayat Conference has said that the Chief Minister has no right to ...
Following the threats by extremists elements, more than 30 sarpanches in Jammu and Kashmir have tendered their resignations. Although Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had promised to offer security, the sarpanches have decided to follow the dikta...
Jammu and chief minister Omar Abdullah slams Shiv Sena's threat to disrupt the India-Pakistan cricket series that is to begin in December. Abdullah, at a public meeting says that politics and cricket should not be mixed. He says that the people have not forgot...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's comment that corruption is rampant in the opposition has kicked up a massive political storm. The PDP has lashed out at Omar for making these comments. The PDP-led opposition lashed back saying that the Chief M...
Creating further trouble for the UPA government at the Centre, which has already been battling a series of allegations, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah admits that corruption was rampant in the coalition. Abdullah was speaking at the India Today...
Cross Talk | The fragile Lebanon is falling victim to the Syrian civil war. While the rest of the world is focused on Syria and its internal problems, the victimized Lebanon is forgotten. Why is the country so easily manipulated? Is another civil war brewing ...
A video game mimics the Cuban Missile Crisis that almost led to a global nuclear war. As the Cold War between the US and USSR continues, USSR's Operation Anadyr sent 40,000 troops to Cuba. Residents of San Cristobal recall how the troops took over and prepared...
The Jammu and Kashmir State Government postpones the J&K Panchayat polls as they are in the process of strengthening the system. The Congress had turned the heat on Omar Abdullah, asking him to make changes as per the 74th Amendment.
Congress scion Rahul Gandhi will visit Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir, to address a rally. This would be the first time he is visiting the State after the violence against sarpanches touched its peak. Rahul will also be sharing the stage with J&K CM Omar Abdullah...
Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand says he doesn't think anyone is trying to halt the process of devolving powers to Panchayats, neither any MLA nor any party. Everybody is trying to ensure that giving power to panchayats is implemented quickly...
Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury clarifies that there is no rift between Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi.
Cong leaders are protesting against Omar Abdullah's Government in Jammu and Kashmir, and demanding his resignation. Abdullah is criticised for not providing enough security and powers to the panchayat. This led to a delegation of sarpanches meeting the AICC Ge...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweets that the battle with AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is imaginary and created by the media. Abdullah is criticised for not responding to the pleas of the sarpanches and not granting enough power to the ...
The delegation of sarpanch leaders from Jammu and Kashmir meet the Delhi Policy Group after their meeting with AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. They may meet the Panchayati Raj Minister Kishore Chandra Dev and former J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Th...
Despite assurances from the Omar Abdullah government, the avalanche of sarapanch resignations continue in Jammu and Kashmir. Close to 150 sarpanches have tendered their resignations in fear. A contingent of sarpanches met Rahul Gandhi in Delhi and sought help,...
Panchayat leaders from Jammu and Kashmir are satisfied with AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's assurances after their meeting with him on Thursday. They have requested Rahul to visit J&K and meet sarpanches, arrange for their security and compensate famili...
A contingent of sarpanches from Jammu and Kashmir reach Delhi and meet Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi. The sarpanches are meeting Rahul Gandhi in the hope that their security issues would be addressed. Many sarpanches have been murdered brutally by mi...
Following the killings and mass resignations by the sarpanches of Jammu and Kashmir, a ten-member delegation has arrived at New Delhi to meet the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress, Rahul Gandhi. They say that they would appeal to Rahul, to make...
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It seems like Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's assurances about the security of the sarpanches have been unheard. Over 150 panches have resigned within a week, and 21 more have resigned today, in Baramulla. According to them, the government is ...
Under heavy criticism for mass resignation of sarpanches in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says that everyone of them will be protected and the State will not remain a silent spectator to the violence. He says that the resignations have not be...
Additional General Secretary of National Conference Mustafa Kamal accusses that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and separatists are behind the murders of the panchayat leaders in Jammu and Kashmir. He also goes ahead saying that there is conspiracy by armed for...
Newshour | Militants target elected representatives in Jammu and Kashmir to spread terror and panic. The harassed sarpanches run to the government for help, only to be spurned. After a long silence, CM Omar Abdullah speaks to the media and blames everyone but ...
News Night | The Army has come out and said that lifting of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) might have caused the killings and that it was a pity that such an empowering act was removed. However, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said ...
Linking the removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to the sarpanch killings is incorrect and opportunistic, says the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The Army had earlier commented that the lifting of AFSPA might have caused the ...
Under heavy criticism for mass resignation of sarpanches in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says that everyone of them will be protected and the State will not remain a silent spectator to the violence. He says that the resignations have not be...
Under heavy criticism for mass resignation of sarpanches in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says that everyone of them will be protected and the State will not remain a silent spectator to the violence. He says that the resignations have not be...