New Delhi: Village heads in Jammu and Kashmir have put the state government on a 24-hour-deadline to provide them with special security after Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salah-ud-Din issued a fresh threat against them on Friday. The dreaded militant allegedly said that village heads will be attacked if they didn't quit from their posts. The sarpanchs say they don't want to resign but cannot afford to take Salah-ud-Din's threat lightly...
03:54 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Srinagar: A day after IBNLive reported that how Omar Abdullah is enjoying multiple gas connections when there is a major crisis of LPG cylinders in the Kashmir Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister on Saturday tweeted that he has surrendered two LPG connections in the morning. "As promised two of the three LPG connections surrendered this morning," he said. Jammu and Kashmir is currently struggling with a massive LPG...
11:26 AM, Nov 03, 2012
Srinagar: Amid a massive crisis of LPG cylinders in the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who should lead by an example, enjoys multiple gas connections. It is ironic that when people have to wait for hours and sometime pay a hefty amount as bribe to get their LPG connections verified, the Chief Minister has three active gas connections under his name, all of them in Srinagar....
08:18 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir vigilance commission has nailed Congress MP Chowdhary Lal Singh in a major land grab case, and the Omar Abdullah government in the state is slated to find it difficult to ignore the charges against him. In a confidential letter to the Chief Minister's secretariat, accessed by CNN-IBN, the Vigilance Commissioner has said the powerful Congress MP illegally occupied over 92 kanals of government land in...
06:05 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Pampore: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday had his share of blushes at a function Pampore when a number of his fans, mostly girls, turned up and expressed their fascination for the Abdullah scion. Omar arrived at the function to a rousing welcome as the audience, mostly youth, cheered the youngest Chief Minister of the state lustily. Omar, known for his oratory skills, felt so shy that...
12:59 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Srinagar: In Kashmir, an MP is spelling trouble for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The state vigilance body has confirmed the illegal land grab by Congress MP Choudhary Lal Singh. The CM has been ignoring the issue despite repeated appeals by an RTI activist and the vigilance notification. The J&K Vigilance Organisation has nailed MP Chowdhary Lal Singh in a major land grab case in Jammu. In a confidential letter to...
07:58 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Nobra: Thaw in relation between India and Pakistan affects peace and development in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said while emphasising that "gun has never been instrumental in resolving issues." "Indo-Pak relations have direct bearing on Jammu and Kashmir," Omar said. "Thaw in the relations (between the two countries) affects peace and development in the state and any tension between the two creates difficulties here," he...
08:35 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Jammu: The Opposition PDP on Sunday alleged the Omar Abdullah government had degraded the highest office of the Governor by not fulfilling the promise of holding urban local bodies polls made in the Governor's address to the state Assembly in 2012. "We lambast the state government for delaying urban local bodies polls. We regret the present regime has degraded the highest institution of the Governor by not fulfilling this promise...
08:56 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Srinagar: Stressing that situation was conducive for phased withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said there should have been more progress on the issue and he would continue to pursue the "mission". "I have made no bones about the fact that we should have made more progress on that (AFSPA). I believe we are comfortably placed for the...
01:17 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Srinagar: The UPA government at the Centre will last its full term and Lok Sabha elections will be held as per schedule in 2014, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said. "I am of the belief that parliamentary elections will not be held before 2014," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function at Zewan on the outskirts of the city even as he rejected suggestions...
12:50 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the state cannot be treated at par with other states of the country on the LPG cap issue in view of sub-zero temperatures during winters. "I have told the Central Government that Jammu and Kashmir cannot be placed at par with Delhi and other states so far as supply of LPG is concerned," Omar said addressing a gathering in...
04:38 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday condemned the attack outside a hotel here saying it was aimed at instilling fear among the people and disturbing peace. "What was the objective of the attack ... they want toinstill fear among the people and disturb the peace," Omar said while addressing a gathering in the old city after inaugurating the renovated Bulbul Shah Shrine here. A bell boy...
03:15 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said Pakistan should stop ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) as retaliation from the Indian side could lead to an unending exchange of fire between the two sides. "I request them (Pakistan) to respect the ceasefire. We also have guns and mortars. If we also start firing, where will this stop?" Omar told reporters on the sidelines of...
05:03 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Srinagar: LPG cylinders in Kashmir are getting dearer than gold. Seventy-year-old Ghulam Mohammad who heads a family of 10 hit the streets of Srinagar for the fourth time in a week to collect new registration papers that would enable him to collect one of the six gas cylinders he is allotted, and is at his wits' end for winter is approaching. Fifty miles away, Anantnag resident Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay, a...
10:33 AM, Oct 10, 2012
Srinagar: Five policemen have been suspended for the security breach at the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday. Three unauthorised youngsters had jumped into the well of the House shouting slogans against the Omar Abdullah government's employment policies. They were overpowered by the House marshals and questioned by the police. The police said that the three were identified as Manish Khajuria, Sunny Malhotra and Ambedkar Gupta. Sources say the youth...
10:43 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Srinagar: There was a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday morning. In a clear case of security breach, three unemployed Kashmiri youngsters entered the Assembly. The youngsters reached the well of the Assembly shouting slogans and brandishing flags. They were later overpowered by the House marshalls and escorted out of the house. The youngsters were protesting against the state government's employment policy. The police said that the...
11:08 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday promised to build trust among the youth in Jammu and Kashmir. Rahul, along with top business leaders, interacted with students of the Kashmir University in Srinagar reassuring them of new business opportunities. The event was aimed at allaying the fears of big business houses to set up shop in Kashmir. Business tycoons Ratan Tata said that the state holds enormous potential. ...
03:02 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Srinagar: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday promised to build trust among the youth in Jammu and Kashmir. Rahul, along with top business leaders, interacted with students of the Kashmir University in Srinagar reassuring them of new business opportunities. The event was aimed at allaying the fears of big business houses to set up shop in Kashmir. Business tycoons Ratan Tata said that the state holds enormous potential. Other...
02:14 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Srinagar: Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata on Friday met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and expressed his desire to expand his group's activities in the state. During the breakfast meeting, they explored the possibility of cooperation in information technology, hospitality, agro-product and horticulture sector, officials said. Both agreed that a top level delegation from the state government and the Tata group will meet soon to discuss mutually beneficial...
12:17 PM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is expected to meet the village panchayat heads in Srinagar on Friday. The meet comes in the wake of the murders of two sarpanchs in two weeks last month following which around 150 of their counterparts resigned in protest, demanding greater security. The sarpanch protests have threatened to turn into a major face-off between Rahul and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah,...
08:40 AM, Oct 05, 2012
