Omar Abdullah meets Amit Shah, discusses J&K’s statehood | India News – The Times of India

Omar Abdullah meets Amit Shah, discusses J&K’s statehood | India News – The Times of India

SRINAGAR: Union home minister Amit Shah Monday met Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah in New Delhi and discussed, among other things, “the restoration of statehood”.A govt spokesperson said, the meeting “deliberated on the prevailing security and economic situation in J&K, with emphasis on ensuring sustained peace, stability and inclusive growth for people.”He said,…

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Omar Abdullah’s ‘liquor consumption religion-centric’ comment sparks debate | India News – The Times of India

Omar Abdullah’s ‘liquor consumption religion-centric’ comment sparks debate | India News – The Times of India

SRINAGAR: Chief minister Omar Abdullah Monday kicked off a controversy with his comment linking alcohol consumption to religion, while defending J&K’s liquor policy. Liquor shops in the UT are meant for those whose faith allowed them to drink, he said, stressing that not introducing prohibition did not mean govt wanted to encourage alcohol consumption.“First of…

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Statehood can’t be restore to oblige ‘prince’ Omar, says BJP; CM says J&K voters being punished | India News – The Times of India

Statehood can’t be restore to oblige ‘prince’ Omar, says BJP; CM says J&K voters being punished | India News – The Times of India

SRINAGAR: BJP leader Sushil Sharma’s jibe at Omar Abdullah, calling him a “shehzaada” (prince) and saying the Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood can’t be restored just because he is demanding it, evoked a scathing response from the chief minister, who Friday said denial of statehood would be betrayal of promises made to the people of J&K.Sharma,…

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Search intensifies after J&K man jumps into stream during cow transport assault; Omar slams ‘jungle raj’ | India News – The Times of India

Search intensifies after J&K man jumps into stream during cow transport assault; Omar slams ‘jungle raj’ | India News – The Times of India

SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Search teams fanned out across a mountain stream in J&K’s Ramban district Tuesday, the third day of operations for a 25-year-old man feared dead after he jumped into the water while fleeing attackers who chased him over transporting cattle.CM Omar Abdullah condemned the assault, calling it “wrong” and accusing the attackers of “murdering an…

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Omar Abdullah: CM Omar seeks probe in Ganderbal ‘encounter’ after family disputes ‘terrorist’ claim | India News – The Times of India

Omar Abdullah: CM Omar seeks probe in Ganderbal ‘encounter’ after family disputes ‘terrorist’ claim | India News – The Times of India

SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday sought a “transparent and time-bound probe” after a family from his constituency, Ganderbal, claimed that a person killed in an alleged encounter by the Army on March 31 had no links with terrorism, and lodged a police complaint seeking an FIR and investigation.Omar said the family’s claim…

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Omar backs 57-yr-old walnut felling ban law in Assembly, links it to economy, Kashmir’s identity | India News – The Times of India

Omar backs 57-yr-old walnut felling ban law in Assembly, links it to economy, Kashmir’s identity | India News – The Times of India

J&K CM Omar Abdullah makes strong pitch against amendments to Jammu and Kashmir Preservation of Specified Trees Act, 1969 SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah, on Monday, made a strong pitch against a bill brought by his own party MLA that seeks to grant landowners the right to cut walnut trees on their property.Omar…

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Abrogation Of Article 370: Centre kept Article 370 plan secret, but NC’s Gul knew it all along, says Omar | India News – The Times of India

Abrogation Of Article 370: Centre kept Article 370 plan secret, but NC’s Gul knew it all along, says Omar | India News – The Times of India

SRINAGAR: While the Centre took all by surprise by announcing the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, there was one person in J&K who knew it beforehand, CM Omar Abdullah said in the assembly Monday, apologizing to the party chief whip, Mubarak Gul, for not heeding to his foreboding then.Omar made the statement…

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‘Everyone believes rumours’: Omar Abdullah warns of petrol pump shutdown over panic queues | India News – The Times of India

‘Everyone believes rumours’: Omar Abdullah warns of petrol pump shutdown over panic queues | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday cautioned against panic buying of fuel, warning that petrol pumps could be shut for a few days if people continue to crowd fuel stations based on rumours.Responding to reports of long queues at fuel outlets, Abdullah said there is no shortage of petrol, diesel…

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Sweeping transfers by EC take place only in non-BJP states: Omar Abdullah | India News – The Times of India

Sweeping transfers by EC take place only in non-BJP states: Omar Abdullah | India News – The Times of India

Omar Abdullah (File photo) NEW DELHI: J&K CM Omar Abdullah on Friday came out strongly in support of his Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on the issue of EC transferring officials in poll-bound Bengal, saying these “sweeping transfers only happen in non-BJP-governed states”.“Bengal will once again prove that officers don’t win elections for political parties; members…

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