New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Union Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday said the government would take every necessary step to ensure the security of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah. Responding to concerns raised in the Rajya Sabha by Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge regarding the recent attack on the senior leader, Nadda described the incident as extremely serious and said the Centre was treating the matter with utmost concern.Kharge said, “Today, you must have read that…
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Jammu, March 12 (IANS) Leaders of the National Conference have expressed anguish and concern following a firing incident involving former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah during a private function in Jammu. A person attempted to attack National Conference president Farooq Abdullah during an event on Wednesday evening. Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary was also present during this. The suspect is in police custody.Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the atte…
Jammu, March 11 (IANS) A suspect was apprehended on Wednesday evening after a firing incident during a private function attended by National Conference president and former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary in Jammu. The firing occurred when the two leaders were leaving the venue after attending the function. It was not immediately clear whether the suspected firing attempt was aimed at the VVIPs.The accused, identified as Kamal Singh Jamwal, was…
Srinagar, March 10 (IANS) National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday visited the Iranian embassy in New Delhi and signed the condolence book on the demise of Iranian supreme leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli air strikes on Tehran.NC spokesperson said, “Dr. Farooq Abdullah, President of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, today visited the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi and signed the condolence book on the martyrdom of Ayatollah Ali Kh…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended birthday greetings to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, wishing him a long life and good health. Taking to social media platform X, the Prime Minister conveyed his wishes to the National Conference leader on the occasion of his birthday.”Greetings to Jammu and Kashmir CM Shri Omar Abdullah Ji on his birthday. May he be blessed with a long life and wonderful health,” PM Modi said.Omar Abdullah was born on Ma…
Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) Members of Parliament from the Jammu and Kashmir belonging to the ruling National Conference (NC), on Monday, visited the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi to sign the condolence book on Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing in joint US-Israeli air strikes on Tehran. Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo and Gurwinder Singh Oberoi, the Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir, visited the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi and signed the condolence book…
Srinagar, March 4 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday regretted what she called was the “silence” of the government of India and the ruling National Conference (NC) over the US-Israel attacks on Iran.Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Mehbooba Mufti said, “For the last 5-6 days US and Israel have been bombing Iran and the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was also killed in…
Srinagar, March 1 (IANS) A large number of people across the Kashmir Valley, especially in Srinagar city, carried out peaceful protests against the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israeli bombing, as local political and religious leaders condemned the killing while appealing for peace in Jammu and Kashmir.Protesters came out in processions shouting slogans against the US and Israel as the security forces maintained vigil to ensure that anti-national and anti-soci…
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Sunil Sharma, on Saturday accused the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) government of betraying unemployed youth by outsourcing nearly 23,000 jobs instead of filling them through regular recruitment.Speaking to reporters at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar after a BJP joining programme, Sharma alleged that the NC government had undermined the aspiratio…
Jammu, Feb 13 (IANS) Several MLAs on Friday demanded stronger action, including attachment of property, against those involved inthe rotten meat trade in J&K.National Conference (NC) MLAs Mubarak Gul, Mir Saifullah, Pirzada Farooq Ahmad Shah, and Hasnain Masoodi demanded strict enforcement, stronger preventive measures and even attachment of properties of those involved in the rotten meat trade as they raised the issue through their questions related to food adulteration and sale of rotten m…