Srinagar: The counsel for the family of deceased National Conference worker Syed Mohammad Yusuf on Wednesday visited Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's residence in Srinagar. Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, counsel for the family of Yusuf, who died in police custody last year, visited the camp office inside Omar's residence. Dar's visit to the Chief Minister's house came after Justice (Retd) H S Bedi, probing the circumstances leading to the death of Yusuf,...
07:13 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Srinagar: The Justice (retired) H S Bedi Commission on Monday granted permission to the counsel of the family of deceased National Conference worker to visit the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's residence, police hospital and Crime Branch headquarters. Justice Bedi granted permission to Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, counsel for the family of Syed Mohammad Yusuf, who died in police custody in 2011, to visit the camp office inside Chief Minister's residence, the...
07:16 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Jammu: The ruling National Conference on Friday batted for revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir in a phased manner. "We call for revocation of AFSPA from Jammu and Kashmir in phased manner," senior NC leader Mustafa Kamal said while speaking on the motion of thanks on Governor's address in the Assembly. He said removing security bunkers from different areas of the state would help...
11:11 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had raked up the AFSPA issue to divert attention from the death of a ruling National Conference worker in police custody last year. "Omar took up the issue of AFSPA to divert attention from custodial killing of Mohammad Yousuf Shah," she said. The NC worker died on September 30 last year in police custody...
05:56 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Srinagar: Striking for the second time in a fortnight, militants today shot dead a ruling National Conference worker here. Bashir Ahmad Bhat, a shopkeeper by profession and National Conference worker, was shot in the head by the militants at Batamaloo while he was leaving home for work, police said. Bhat was rushed to SMHS hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead. The assailants fled from the scene after the...
12:00 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Jammu: The ruling National Conference (NC) has said that Omar Abdullah would remain Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir till 2014. "Till 2014, Omar will remain the Chief Minister and will continue to serve you (people)," Political Advisor to the CM Davinder Singh Rana told a public meeting at Nagrota on the outskirts of Jammu city. Congress workers had raked up the issue of rotational Chief Ministership during their meeting...
05:11 PM, Dec 20, 2011
Srinagar: Militants on Sunday night made an attempt on the life of Jammu and Kashmir Minister and National Conference leader Ali Mohammed Sagar in downtown Srinagar attacking his carcade in which one security officer was killed and three others injured. This is the first incident in recent years where a political figure has been targeted by militants in the downtown area itself. The incident occurred at around 8:15 pm at...
09:33 PM, Dec 11, 2011
New Delhi: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah has called for a controlled democracy in the country. Speaking at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi, he said, "India should have controlled democracy like Malaysia to get quicker results." This came a day after former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohammad said that India needed a much stronger Central Government and less powerful federal structure to make rapid economic progress. "India would...
04:25 PM, Dec 03, 2011
Srinagar: Former Supreme Court Judge HS Bedi, who was appointed as head of the one-man enquiry commission to probe National Conference worker Syed Mohammad Yusuf Shah's death, is likely to begin his work from Wednesday. Justice Bedi arrived Srinagar on Monday and the state government is expected to provide office for the commission by Tuesday, official sources said. Jammu and Kashmir government had on November 19 appointed the former Chief...
06:38 PM, Nov 28, 2011
Srinagar: By proposing to incorporate the essence of AFSPA into the local Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was leading the state towards "virtual martial law", PDP President Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Sunday. "The AFSPA has to go sooner or later but Omar Abdullah's diabolical suggestion to incorporate its essence into the local Ranbir Penal Code amounts to introducing a virtual martial law in the...
07:51 PM, Nov 27, 2011
New Delhi: Union Minister and President of the National Conference Farooq Abdullah has come out strongly in support of his son and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's demand to partially lift the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from certain areas. Farooq, in conversation with Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, also criticised the armed forces and intelligence agencies for failing to check insurgency in he state. Karan Thapar:...
06:24 PM, Nov 27, 2011
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday appointed a one-member Commission under retired Supreme Court judge HS Bedi to probe the custodial death of ruling National Conference worker Syed Mohammed Yusuf Shah. The name of 65-year-old Justice Bedi was proposed by the Union Law Ministry to the state government which accepted it. The Commission will probe the entire circumstances leading to the death of 61-year-old Yusuf during his custody with...
08:07 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Srinagar: Cracking the whip, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Thursday asked his younger brother Mustafa Kamal to quit party posts following his controversial remarks that AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has no role in the affairs of the state government and on AFSPA. "I have asked him to submit his resignation from the post of Chief spokesperson of the party as well as General Secretary," Abdullah said. Kamal on...
08:33 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Srinagar: Cracking the whip, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday asked his younger brother Mustafa Kamal to quit party posts for his controversial remarks on AFSPA. "I have asked him to submit his resignation from the post of chief spokesperson of the party as well as general secretary," Abdullah said. Kamal surprised every one by stating that disgruntled elements within the Army were behind grenade attacks in the city...
08:45 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Srinagar: Union Minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday said there was a 'massive' public opinion in favour of revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act but maintained that all the stakeholders should discuss the issue and take a collective decision. "If you see the people's opinion across the country, there is a massive opinion that AFSPA should be revoked," Abdullah, who is also president of ruling National Conference in Jammu and...
12:20 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Srinagar: Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court rejects state government's request for services of a sitting HC judge to probe death of National Conference (NC) worker Haji Saeed Yousuf. The state government had asked the Chief Justice to spare the services of a sitting judge to probe the circumstances leading to the death of the NC worker allegedly in police custody. The death of Yousuf had sparked a...
07:19 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Srinagar: A Jammu and Kashmir has reserved its verdict on a petition seeking Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of National Conference (NC) worker Haji Saeed Yousuf on September 29. Several questions have been raised on the role of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over the death of the party worker. The National Conference worker had allegedly died after a meeting with Abdullah. Yousuf's son...
03:02 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Srinagar: The big rift between the ruling coalition partners in Kashmir has now become overt. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has hit back at the Congress on the issue of the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state. Omar has told CNN-IBN that state Congress president Saifuddin Soz is free to discuss AFSPA at the coalition's coordination committee meet. Omar also says Home Minister P Chidambaram...
04:49 PM, Oct 27, 2011
Jammu: Asserting that it is up to Congress High Command to take a decision on the rotational chief minister issue for Jammu and Kashmir, the party's state unit on Tuesday said there is no move to forge an alliance with any other party. "...There is no such issue. There is no programme to bring National Conference on the road," Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee chief Saifuddin Soz told reporters...
12:08 AM, Oct 12, 2011
Srinagar: National Conference worker Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, who said he had allegedly paid Rs 84 lakh to his party colleague Syed Mohammad Yousuf for a berth as MLC, on Friday claimed he did not pay any money to either Chief Minister Omar Abdullah or Union Minister Farooq Abdullah. "I paid money to Syed Yousuf but I cannot say that it was for Omar Abdullah or Dr Farooq. It is a...
11:33 PM, Oct 07, 2011
