‘Give us statehood, give a timeline and parameters on which it will be decided,’ says the JK CM.
There is pressure from NC legislators to expand the ministerial berths, because three ministerial seats remain vacant in J&K since Mr. Abdullah took over as Chief Minister in October 2024
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah calls a meeting of MLAs to discuss and deliberate upon the matters of collective importance and issues concerning public welfare
J&K CM Omar Abdullah will be engaged in candid dialogue with Dr. Narayan Lakshman, Opinion Editor, The Hindu, and Curator, The Hindu Huddle, in a session titled ‘Beyond the Valley: The role of Kashmir in great power politics’ on June 5
The incident has shaken the conscience of society, and such elements have no place in a civilised society, says Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
The approval of these projects was accorded during the sixth meeting of the Council of Ministers, the J&K CM said
Police detain several BJP leaders to prevent protest from escalating.
To make a point on how it was not an easy move to ban liquor in J&K, Mr. Abdullah referred to former Prime Minister Morarji Desai’s visit to J&K and his advocacy to ban liquor in J&K in the 1970s
Earlier, Mr. Abdullah, speaking on demands to ban liquor, said, “No one was forcing locals to consume liquor”
Earlier in the day, the J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah backed the Centre’s decision to grant the telecom powers to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha
She was commenting on Mr. Abdullah's statement that liquor shops were to serve people of those faiths in which the consumption of alcohol was not forbidden