Srinagar: Army Chief General Bikram Singh met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday evening. The meeting comes amidst reports of increased Chinese incursions in Ladakh. General Singh is on a two-day visit to the state to review the security situation. Earlier, he reviewed counter-infiltration and security measures in the state and visited forward areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The Army chief, who is on...
08:27 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Srinagar: A helicopter carrying Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah made an emergency landing in Kishtwar district of the state on Thursday afternoon. The helicopter made the landing shortly after take off due to a technical problem, but no one was injured. "The chopper carrying Omar Abdullah landed shortly after taking off from Kishtwar for Srinagar today. It had developed some technical problem," a senior police officer told PTI....
04:36 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Jammu: After asking his partymen to switch to election gear, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also working president of his National Conference (NC), reiterated on Wednesday his government's commitment to filling vacancies on a fast-track basis. Addressing a public meeting in the border town of Mendhar in mountainous Poonch district, 220 km north-west of Jammu, Abdullah said: "More than 70,000 vacancies in government departments will be...
07:05 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday accused both PDP and BJP of dividing people in the name of religion and asked them to remain aware of conspiracies aimed at creating a wedge between communities. "Dividing people in the name of region or religion can be the handiwork of 'pen and ink pot' (PDP's symbol) or 'Kamal' (BJP's symbol), but the bearers of 'red flag with plough' (NC's symbol) has...
08:55 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said his government would continue its efforts to get travel advisories lifted by the US and other countries to attract tourists. "As a tourist state, the growth and development of economy in Jammu and Kashmir is largely associated with successful and productive tourist seasons," Abdullah said. Many countries, including the US, have issued travel advisories to their citizens against visiting...
04:15 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Pulwama: Another sarpanch has been killed by suspected terrorists in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. 45-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Lone was shot by the militants inside his residence at Kulpora village. Lone, who was associated with the ruling National Conference, died on the spot. No terrorist outfit has so far claimed responsibility. This is the 6th killing of a sarpanch since Panchayat elections in April 2011. While three sarpanches...
09:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, now Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will spell out the government's reforms roadmap in his first interaction with business leaders at the annual general meeting of industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Thursday. This is being seen as a move to counter Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as Rahul Gandhi has been trying to woo the business community as well. Rahul...
08:25 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Lashing out at those giving political colour to every incident involving Kashmiris, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said it creates a negative impact on the mindset of the people. ...
07:10 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Amnesty International on Sunday urged Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to take a stand of "zero tolerance" for human rights violations in the valley as part of its campaign "Pick up your pen to stop police abuse!" ...
11:20 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Days after it sparred with the Delhi Police over the arrest of Liaqat Shah, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said he cannot be labelled as a "terrorist or innocent" until the investigation is complete. ...
04:38 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has admitted that the row over the arrest of terrorist Liaqat Ali has been a failure of his surrender policy. But, speaking to CNN-IBN, Omar claimed there is no clash between the state and the Centre, but only between the Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir Police. ...
08:22 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh on Friday predicted that Lok Sabha elections will be held in November 2013, countering the Prime Minister's claims that the government will survive its full term. Attacking the UPA for threatening its allies, Mulayam, however, said that he will not yet withdraw support to an already beleaguered UPA which after a pullout from the DMK and VCK has been reduced to a minority. ...
09:00 PM, Mar 29, 2013
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
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
Conceding to the demands of non-Congress Chief Ministers, the Centre has diluted the much touted NCTC with Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde exuding confidence that the anti-terror hub would see the light of the day during the Chief Ministers' conference in New Delhi next month. ...
04:38 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Protests broke out in Anantnag in Kashmir on Tuesday after a man was found dead under mysterious circumstances. The youth's family has alleged that he died in police custody and the victim had torture marks on his body. ...
10:49 AM, Mar 27, 2013
While a controversy rages around whether Liaqat Shah is a militant who wanted to surrender or a terrorist who wanted to target Delhi during Holi, the government is all set to form new sops to legalise surrender via Nepal route, according to sources. ...
06:05 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Is there a complete breakdown of trust between people of Kashmir & security forces? Mufti Islah, Srinagar Bureau Chief, CNN-IBN joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:40 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday trashed the reports that police personnel in the state have been deprived of necessary arms and ammunition while dealing with critical situations. "To say that we have not given them arms is wrong, we have given them both weapons as well as batons and shields as well," Omar told Legislative Assembly in Jammu. ...
11:39 PM, Mar 25, 2013
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
