Omar Abdullah

"That was quick. Here's the first major challenge to the PM (Narendra) Modi's bold Pakistan gambit," Omar wrote on Twitter about the Pathankot attack.

Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government was committed to implement the order of the state High Court prohibiting sale and slaughter of bovine animals, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said today and accused the separatists and opposition political parties of communalising the whole issue.

"Mufti(Mohammad Sayeed)-(Narendra) Modi jugalbandi - first I'll detain them, then you detain them & together we'll make sure these talks just don't take place. Wah!" Omar wrote on microblogging site Twitter.

Taking a dig at the government, Rahul started his speech by praising the Prime Minister and once again accused the government of being pro-corporate.

Due to heavy rains over the past 36 hours, river Jhelum was flowing above the danger mark at several places including Sangam in Anantnag district and Ram Munshi Bagh in Srinagar.

For the BJP, Omar's NC would have been a less prickly customer than PDP, but the stars were clearly against any such alignment.

Modi made the revelation while intervening in the discussion on Alam's release which saw the opposition unitedly targeting the Centre for what it called was an "anti-national" decision of the Jammu and Kashmir government.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who met the 25 party MLAs in Jammu on Thursday, said BJP president Amit Shah has been authorised to decide about the future course of action on the issue of government formation in the state. He is likely to leave for Srinagar to hold further talks with the stakeholders.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vigorous campaign in Jammu and Kashmir failed to make a breakthrough in the Valley but made it a dominant party in the Jammu region where it has won three seats and is ahead in 22 of the 37 seats.

Pakistani troops resorted to small arms firing in Hamirpur sub-sector in Poonch district around 21.30 hours after which the Indian troops guarding the border retaliated effectively, resulting in exchange of fire.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is scheduled to spend this Diwali with the flood-hit victims of Jammu and Kashmir is also visiting the soldiers posted at Siachen Glacier.

A week into the disaster, large parts of Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, lay under water with many people still trapped atop their homes, and others crowded in relief camps.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the Home Ministry to send high-level teams of central officials to coordinate relief operations. Communication lines have also improved in state.

Abdullah said that the NC might break away from the Congress ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir elections.

Union Minister and president of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association Farooq Abdullah came out in support of BCCI President N Srinivasan and stated that there was no need for him to resign.

Government will consider any request by the family of Afzal Guru to visit his grave inside the Tihar jail here where he was buried after his hanging on Saturday, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Monday.

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru has been hanged. The Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist was hanged at 8 am on Saturday, Home Secretary RK Singh said.

Won‘t Government will not spare those who issued threats to Kashmiri girl band, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdulhah on Thursday said, but maintained there was no need for legal action against the grand mufti who issued Fatwa terming singing as un-Islamic. pare those who threatened girl band: J&K CM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that full security will be provided to the members of the state's first girl band if they wanted to pursue their music career.

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