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15 NC members meet Farooq, Omar Abdullah for first time in two months

This was the first meeting of Omar with a party delegation after he was detained on August 5, a day when the Centre announced abrogation of special status to the state under Article 370

PDP team to meet Mehbooba Mufti after Abdullahs allowed to see NC leaders

The announcement comes on a day a 15-member delegation of National Conference from Jammu met their detained party president Farooq Abdullah and vice president Omar Abdullah in Srinagar

NC delegation from Jammu allowed to meet Farooq Abdullah, Omar on Sunday

Eighty-one-year-old Farooq Abdullah is under house arrest at his Srinagar residence while his son Omar is detained at a state guest house

Farooq Abdullah devoted to India's unity, I condemn his arrest: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is lodged in Tihar Jail here on corruption charges, on Tuesday condemned the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and said no one in the valley was more devoted to the idea of a united India than the NC leader. "I have asked my family to tweet on my behalf the following: I condemn the detention of Shri Farooq Abdullah under PSA. There is no one in Kashmir more devoted to the idea of a united India of which J&K is an integral part than Shri Farooq Abdulla," Chidambaram said on Twitter. In another tweet, the former Union finance minister said the fight for freedom was a never-ending process as he cited examples of public movements across the world. "I have been reading news stories about protest movements across the world in Moscow, Hong Kong, France, Slovakia, Algeria, Myanmar, Romania and so on. "The cry is for freedom. As a young Slovakian said, 'The fight for ...

Farooq Abdullah held under Public Safety Act; can go sans trial for 2 years

Ironically, the law was first promulgated during Sheikh Abdullah's tenure, father of Farooq Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah's detention: SC asks Centre to file reply by September 30

Vaiko, who said he is a close friend of Abdullah, has contended that constitutional rights conferred on the National Conference leader had been deprived of on account of 'illegal detention'

Shah Faesal taken to makeshift detention center in Srinagar's Centaur Hotel

During preliminary questioning, Faesal said he was taking a connecting flight to London from Istanbul, officials said

We will fight, will go to court: NC leader Farooq Abdullah on Article 370

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said there was a big padlock on his door and he had to "force himself" to come out and speak to the media

After dividing regions, will govt divide hearts too, asks Farooq Abdullah

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said he 'broke the door' to come out and speak to the media

ED quizzes Farooq Abdullah in money fraud case with JK Cricket Association

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed the money laundering case after taking cognisance of a CBI FIR

Quashing Articles 370, 35-A to lead to constitutional coup: Farooq Abdullah

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Saturday said annulling Articles 370 and 35-A will tantamount to a constitutional coup. He asserted that Article 370 is essential and unassailable until a final resolution of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir is reached. "Keeping in view the special circumstances (at the time of accession of J&K to India), Article 370 was added to the Constitution of India. The Article will remain as it is until the final resolution of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir is not reached to," Abdullah said addressing a party convention in Handwara area of Kupwara district. "So until the issue is solved, no power on earth can touch the article 370. The uneducated rants of those who want to obliterate Article 370 are far-fetched, fanciful and devoid of any genuineness," the former chief minister added. Referring to Article 35-A, the NC chief said that the special provision was the fallout of Article 370 and fiddling with it will upset all the successive amendments

Will set up commission to probe killings in J&K if elected: Farooq Abdullah

He said the party would not support any violence or violation of human rights

Lord Ram belongs to whole world, not just Hindus, says Farooq Abdullah

His statement comes hours after the Supreme Court adjourned the title suit in the Ayodhya case to January 10

Learn to be tolerant like Vajpayee, Farooq's advice to PM

He also accused the BJP of following a divisive agenda

Farooq Abdullah to hold a meeting of opposition parties to take on BJP

He said they wanted to discuss the issues with leaders of other political parties including Congress President Rahul Gandhi

Article 35-A: After local polls, NC warns will boycott assembly, LS polls

The remarks come from NC president Farooq Abdullah who said that NC was not running away from polls but wanted the Centre to do justice with the people of J&K and protect state's special position

National Conference will boycott J&K local body polls: Farooq Abdullah

Abdullah said the NC would skip the polls until and unless the state government and the Centre take steps for protection of Article 35-A of the Constitution

Article 35A: Farooq Abdullah criticises ASG's stand in Supreme Court

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Sunday denounced Additional Solicitor General of India (ASG) for saying in the Supreme Court that "there is an aspect of gender discrimination" in Article 35A of the Constitution. The Lok Sabha member from Srinagar was reacting to the stand taken by the ASG Tushar Mehta in the apex court last Friday. During the hearing, the ASG agreed to the contention that Article 35A and certain aspects needed to be debated upon and said, "It can't be denied that there is an aspect of gender discrimination in it (Article 35A)". "Such a statement, if made before the SC on behalf of Jammu & Kashmir government indicates that instead of defending Article 35-A and asking for the challenge to be dismissed based upon earlier constitution bench judgment, the state government has virtually conceded before the SC that some parts of Article 35-A deserve to be struck down," Abdullah said in a statement. He also expressed concern that the Advocate General of ...

Man storms car into ex-J&K CM Farooq Abdullah's house, shot dead by guards

Director General of Police S P Vaid said a case has been registered and an enquiry is being conducted into the breach of security

Peace in Kashmir impossible without Pakistan, says Farooq Abdullah

'Anti-Muslim rhetoric building up in the country needed to stop because it was dangerous,' Abdullah