Omar Abdullah

In his tweet, Omar Abdullah is pointing out the irony in how some people who unquestioningly accepted the narrative of movies like The Kashmir Files are now upset about how the hijacking of IC814 is portrayed in the show.

Abdullah had pitched for the revocation of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in 2012 when he was chief minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state.

Omar Abdullah welcomes Jamaat-e-Islami's participation in J&K elections but questions their violent past, while asserting that increased voter turnout isn't linked to the abrogation of Article 370.

The National Conference pledged free education till the university level and to draw up a strong plan for the education sector.

In J&K, assembly polls will be held in three phases on September 18, 25 & October 1, while the counting of votes will take place on October 4

Omar Abdullah said, "I think it’s time to accept the inevitable. Congratulations to Engineer Rashid for his victory in North Kashmir..."

Spread over 18 assembly segments, the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat would be one of the keenly watched contests as electoral dynamics in the constituency have changed after delimitation.

Lok Sabha Polls: “I had offered to the Congress that if Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi were interested to contest from the Anantnag Lok Sabah seat, we would leave it, ” Omar said.

Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the union territory next week, he said, “We will also get to know how much development has happened in Jammu and Kashmir."

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The decision has surprised many in view of Abdullah's recent lament that “We are gradually moving towards a situation where there will be one country ruled by a single party”.

Omar Abdullah suggests preserving INDIA bloc MPs' seats, with specifics pending for ruling party seats. No decision yet, but discussions expected. National Conference has three Kashmir Lok Sabha MPs.

His remarks came after invitations for a G20 dinner sent out by President Droupadi Murmu, describing her position as 'President of Bharat' instead of the customary 'President of India', triggered a massive furore on September 5 with the opposition alleging that the Narendra Modi government is planning to drop India and stay with just Bharat as the country's name.

On the allegations of former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that the government pressure the social media company during the farmers’ protest, Abdullah said he does not know the ”truth”.

The former chief minister, however, sidestepped questions on the Congress' stand on the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, saying he does not want to delve into it.

The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir said he does not want to delve into Congress' stand on the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

The National Conference leader alleged he was denied the permission to use a public address system and the Day Bungalow facility in Drass.

Mistry, 54, was killed when his car hit a road divider on a bridge in Maharashtra's Palghar district.

Omar Abdullah shared a news report on Twitter about CJI Ramana's comments in April this year that the Supreme Court would hear the petitions after the summer vacation, and said, "And then he retired without ever constituting the bench. He very conveniently kicked it into the long grass."

"Long rumoured to be in the offing but a body blow to the Congress none the less. Perhaps the senior most leader to quit the party in recent times, his resignation letter makes for very painful reading," Omar Abdullah tweeted.

Targeted killings are taking place continuously one after another. "In this week, three such killings took place. After every few weeks, this phenomenon restarts. Then it stops for some days," he added.