Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Farooq Abdullah

Farooq, Mehbooba join protest in Jammu

NC president Farooq Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday joined a candlelight vigil by youths here against the hiring of a previously blacklisted company by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) to conduct computer-based written...

Oppn writes to PM on ‘misuse’ of central agencies

Leaders of nine opposition parties, including chief ministers Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, K Chandrasekhar Rao, have written a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging “blatant misuse” of central agencies against members of the opposition.The other signatories of...

Assembly polls must take place in J-K: Farooq Abdullah

Assembly elections must take place in Jammu and Kashmir as lieutenant governor’s administration cannot resolve the issues of the people, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said on Sunday.Speaking to reporters in Baramulla district in north Kashmir, Abdullah also...

Farooq Abdullah re-elected NC president

Farooq Abdullah was on Monday re-elected unopposed the president of the National Conference (NC), barely a fortnight after the 85-year-old leader announced he would not run for another term.Abdullah, who has served as NC president for nearly three decades...

Yasin Malik sentenced to life in terror funding

A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.Special Judge Praveen Singh also awarded varying jail terms for various offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and...