Indians will be affected if Middle East conflict spreads: Omar

Indians will be affected if Middle East conflict spreads: Omar

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said if the conflict in the Middle East spread beyond Gaza, a large number of Indians working in the region will be affected. “If the conflict drags on, we will definitely get affected. No other country has more nationals working in that region than we have. If […]

Is situation worse than 1996 or 2014 floods, asks Omar

Is situation worse than 1996 or 2014 floods, asks Omar

Srinagar: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday said the Election Commission not announcing the poll schedule for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly can push people to take to streets for their right to have an elected government. “It seems like we are being pushed to a situation where we have to protest even […]

NC, Cong sweep LAHDC-Kargil polls, win 22 seats

NC, Cong sweep LAHDC-Kargil polls, win 22 seats

Kargil (Ladakh): The National Conference and the Congress together won 22 seats in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil election, officials said on Sunday. The election to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)-Kargil was the first poll to be held after Ladakh was carved out as a Union Territory following the abrogation of Article […]

Wake Up Call For BJP: Omar

Wake Up Call For BJP: Omar

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the BJP has been dealt a resounding defeat in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil elections and that it should serve as a wake-up call for the saffron party. The NC and the Congress have together won 21 seats so far. The counting of votes […]

India not following Gandhi’s ideals, bemoan Mehbooba, Omar

India not following Gandhi’s ideals, bemoan Mehbooba, Omar

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the country had strayed from the ideal of love, compassion and tolerance espoused by Mahatma Gandhi but hoped that, sooner or later, people will reclaim the India he envisaged. In a similar vein, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said that people only remember him while travelling abroad […]

NC with INDIA bloc: Omar

NC with INDIA bloc: Omar

Kargil: Discussions on who will contest from the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat will be held during the talks on the seat-sharing arrangement of the INDIA bloc for next year’s general elections, National Conference Vice-President Omar Abdullah has said while asserting that his party is with the opposition alliance. Responding to a question about a pre-poll […]

BJP lost moral ground to stand before people of Kargil: Omar

BJP lost moral ground to stand before people of Kargil: Omar

Kargil: The BJP has lost its moral ground to stand before the people of Kargil post-bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. Addressing a rally here ahead of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil election on October 4, he slammed the BJP for not giving […]

Omar criticises govt over holiday

Omar criticises govt over holiday

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to declare Eid Milad-un Nabi holiday a day earlier. Abdullah, who offered the Friday congregational prayers at the Hazratbal shrine which houses the relics of the Prophet of Islam, said it was an unfortunate decision. Eid Milad-un-Nabi is celebrated as the […]

BJP not in mood to hold polls in JK: Omar

BJP not in mood to hold polls in JK: Omar

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday claimed that the BJP does not want to hold any elections in Jammu and Kashmir as it knows that people will punish them through ballot. “They (BJP) are not in a mood to hold elections because they know that people are not with them. Leave Kashmir aside, […]

Constitution cannot be amended so easily: Omar

Constitution cannot be amended so easily: Omar

Handwara : Any attempt to play around with the Constitution will not be good for the country as it cannot be amended so easily, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said here on Thursday. His remarks came in response to a reporter’s question on the Congress alleging that the words “socialist” and “secular” have been […]