Search Results for: Farooq Abdullah

J&K Panchayat polls: 8-phase polling for vacant seats, elections to be held in March

The panchayat polls, to be held from March 5 to 20, will be the first in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into union territories.

Feb 13, 2020

Geelani's health stable: Son Naseem calls rumours baseless amid Hurriyat leader's death report

The pro-Pakistan secessionist & former chief of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G) health condition has deteriorated over the past six months and he was also admitted to SKIMS hospital, Srinagar.

Feb 13, 2020

Omar Abdullah's sister Sara Pilot challenges his detention in SC; calls move 'unconstitutional'

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's sister moved the Supreme Court to challenge his detention under the Public Safety Act.

Feb 10, 2020

After Omar and Mehbooba, now PDP leader Naeem Akhtar detained under PSA

With this, Naeem Akhtar became the sixth leader from Jammu and Kashmir to be slapped with the PSA, a law that allows detention ranging from three months to 24 months without a trial.

Feb 9, 2020

Crackdown on Omar, Mehbooba: Former J&K CMs booked under Public Safety Act, detained since Aug 5

The former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir have been under detention since August 5, 2019, when the government abrogated Article 370.

Feb 7, 2020

Internet, cellphone services snapped in Kashmir on Republic Day

While mobile data services were suspended hours after their restoration on Saturday, mobile phone connectivity was suspended in the wee hours of January 26.

Jan 26, 2020

Republic Day 2020: J&K Police to be honoured with 108 gallantry awards; CRPF with 76

Jammu and Kashmir police will be honoured with 108 gallantry awards, the highest ever for the force on Sunday, January 26. The CRPF has won 76 awards, the second-highest.

Jan 25, 2020

Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Vivek Oberoi

'Upset' Suresh Oberoi about Vivek Oberoi's obsession with Aishwarya Rai: From frying pan into the fire (Throwback)

Father Suresh Oberoi always knew that Vivek Oberoi's relationship with Aishwarya Rai wasn't going to materialise

Jan 25, 2020

J&K Police busts Jaish-e-Mohammed module in Srinagar, arrests 5 terrorists ahead of Republic Day

The Srinagar Police has busted a module of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), averting a major terror attack planned on Republic Day.

Jan 16, 2020

Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, family declared absconding in Uttar Pradesh

The family's properties will be attached if they fail to appear before the court by January 24.

Jan 10, 2020

Donald Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian sites if Iran attacks America: 'USA wants no more threats'

President Donald Trump threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites "very hard" if Iran attacks Americans or US assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader.

Jan 5, 2020

Fact Check: 'Mehbooba Mufti' gets her facts wrong about 65-year-old Kashmiri detainee who dies in UP's Allahabad jail

Gulam Mohammed Bhat, a resident of Handwara in Kupwara district, was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in July. He was shifted to the jail outside Kashmir along with over 270 others, after August 5 when the abrogation of Article 370 took place.

Dec 23, 2019

Farooq Abdullah's detention in Jammu and Kashmir extended by 3 months

Abdullah, a five-time Parliamentarian, has been under detention since August 5 when the Centre abrogated special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state.

Dec 14, 2019

Pakistan changes name of PoK from 'Azad Kashmir' to J&K Administrative Services

The order has come days after the PoK `Prime Minister' Farooq Haider Khan claimed that he could be the last `Prime Minister' of PoK which clearly meant that Imran Khan-led government is planning to alter the status of PoK which has been illegally captured by Pakistan.