NCP will not abandon the UPA government: Omar Abdullah

At a time when the UPA government is struggling to keep its allies together, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has given a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In an interview to CNN IBN's Suhasini Haider, he said that the National Conference won't abandon the UPA government just because it is going through a rough patch. ...
06:57 PM, Mar 29, 2013

Is there a complete breakdown of trust between Kashmiri people, security forces?

Sushil Kumar Shinde handed over alleged Hizbul terrorist Liaqat Shah's case to NIA, relenting to J&K government's pressure, which had demanded the case be transferred to NIA for a 'time bound speedy probe'. ...
11:32 PM, Mar 25, 2013

News 360: Home Ministry orders NIA probe in Liaqat Ali Shah's arrest

The Omar government had asked Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to order an NIA probe into Liaqat Shah's case for a 'speedy' investigation. ...
09:58 PM, Mar 25, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

The final draft of the anti-rape Bill, which proposes stringent punishment for rape, acid attack, stalking and voyeurism besides reducing the age of consent for sex to 16 years from 18, was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 14, 2013

CRPF calls itself 'orphan' as govt officials fail to attend martyrs' homage ceremony

Angered by the absence of the government officials at a homage ceremony organised for the five CRPF personnel, who were killed in a fidayeen attack on Wedneday, one of the soldiders said they felt like orphans who don't have a father to care for them. ...
09:17 PM, Mar 14, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

In the first major terror attack in Kashmir in 3 years, terrorists on Wednesday stormed a CRPF camp in the heart of the city in Bemina area killing 5 jawans and injuring at least 7 others. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 13, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hits out at the BJP calling its leadership abusive and arrogant. ...
11:57 PM, Mar 06, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

Former Uttar Pradesh minister Raja Bhaiya on Tuesday pleaded innocence in the DSP murder case and said that he was a victim of political conspiracy. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 05, 2013

News 360: Raja Bhaiya claims innocence in DSP murder case

In an interview to Rajdeep Sardesai on CNN-IBN, the Kunda MLA said that he was a victim of political conspiracy. ...
08:59 PM, Mar 05, 2013

Afzal Guru hanged: Justice has been done, says Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit

The Congress leader reacted to Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah's statements saying that informing Afzal Guru's family by Speed Post was part of the protocol. ...
08:44 AM, Feb 11, 2013

Situation in Jammu and Kashmir tense but calm after Afzal's hanging: Omar Abdullah

An angry Omar Abdullah said that the Centre will have to prove to 'Kashmiris and the wider world' that this wasn't a selective execution. ...
11:17 PM, Feb 10, 2013

Afzal Guru execution: Curfew imposed in Srinagar, other areas in J&K

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged on Saturday at 8 am inside Tihar jail, Home Secretary RK Singh said. ...
09:08 AM, Feb 09, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

In a shocking incident in WB, workers of the Congress party trashed the home of the District Magistrate of Murshidabad, led by no less than Union Minister of State for Railways, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary. ...
11:58 PM, Feb 07, 2013

Don't stop performing: Iranian all-woman band to Pragaash

Jammu and Kashmir's first girl band on Monday decided to call it quits after a fatwa was issued against them by the valley's Grand Mufti. ...
11:54 PM, Feb 06, 2013

News 360: Kashmir no place for music, says J&K girl band member

Srinagar Police on Tuesday filed an FIR against those who posted online abuse and threats aimed at the valley's first girls-only rock band. But the band members said they gave up after the state's Grand Mufti's fatwa. ...
10:52 PM, Feb 05, 2013

J&K: Govt should have acted sooner, says Mehbooba Mufti on fatwa against girl band

Main Opposition party leader Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday condemned the Omar Abdullah government for what she called "delayed response" to the fatwa against Kashmir's first girl band. ...
06:45 PM, Feb 05, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

CBI faces challenge of proving direct link between Suresh Kalmadi, Swiss Timing. Omar Abdullah assures security to girl band in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
11:55 PM, Feb 04, 2013

Should an all-women band be deemed un-Islamic?

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. ...
11:40 PM, Feb 04, 2013

News 360: J&K's first girl band quits after fatwa

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday told CNN-IBN that the state will protect the girls if they wanted to continue performing. ...
10:24 PM, Feb 04, 2013

Fatwa against girl band: State must intervene, says Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu and Kashmir's first girl band on Monday decided to quit following a fatwa against them. ...
06:52 PM, Feb 04, 2013