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Omar Abdullah speaking to reporters after his release from detention. (AA Photo: Habib Naqash)

Far & Near: Kashmir after the Abdullahs' release

If the NC and PDP now show common purpose, efforts by the Centre to degrade the Abdullahs' party is likely to receive a setback

25 Mar 2020 10:54 AM

National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah with his wife Mollie Abdullah (left) and daughter Safiya Abdullah (right) speaks to the media after his release from detention on March 13, 2020. (PTI)

Farooq’s Abdullah's silence is a statement

People in Kashmir have grown sceptical about Dr Abdullah’s next move

16 Mar 2020 4:39 PM

AA EDIT: Now that Farooq Abdullah is 'free', will Kashmir be back to normal soon?

Dr Abdullah’s release yields the surmise that the Narendra Modi government has just had an attack of realism

16 Mar 2020 12:15 PM

PSA against Farooq Abdullah revoked, to be released soon

Abdullah was under preventive detention since August 5 last year, the day Centre abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir

13 Mar 2020 3:56 PM

Former PDP leader Altaf Bukhari to float Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party

This will be the first political activity in Jammu and Kashmir after August 5th of 2019

06 Mar 2020 4:32 PM

Opposition questions detention of Farooq Abdullah

Congress members along with other Opp. parties walked out of the House.

06 Feb 2020 1:52 AM

Unfair parallels: Why are Indians silent, apathetic about Kashmir?

The conscience of the very same people does not stir when it comes to Kashmir.

27 Dec 2019 4:33 AM

Will Kashmir ever get back to its true normal?

It is an ironic twist of fate for India's biggest champion in Kashmir.

18 Dec 2019 2:35 AM

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah detention is extended by J&K for 3 months

Abdullah said he can’t do anything about his detention period being extended and would rather leave the matter to “Allah”.

15 Dec 2019 1:07 AM

The 82-year-old Abdullah, who became the first chief minister against whom the stringent public safety law was invoked, has a heart pacemaker implanted and had undergone a kidney transplant a few years ago. (Photo: File | ANI)

Former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah's detention extended by 3 months

Abdullah's house, located at Gupkar Road, has been declared a sub-jail by the the UT's Home Department.

14 Dec 2019 6:21 PM

As the Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has been in detention since August 5, when Article 370 was scrapped, her daughter Sana Iltija Javed operates her social media accounts. (Photo: File)

‘India -- No country for Muslims’: Mehbooba Mufti's daughter on Citizenship bill

This is not the first time Mehbooba Mufti or her daughter has accused the government of targeting Muslims.

05 Dec 2019 10:39 AM

During the “emergency”, a euphemism for dictatorship, Indira Gandhi rushed through parliament the 42nd constitutional amendment when top Opposition leaders had been put in jail without trial in June 1975. (Photo: PTI)

Who is to judge the misuse of parliamentary privilege?

It recast the Indian polity radically and gave her wide powers to ban political parties.

25 Nov 2019 12:01 AM

Posters warning shopkeepers against opening their shutters as well as public transport operators appeared at several places in the city and elsewhere in the Valley. (Photo: File | Representational)

Kashmir: Shops, business establishments closed for third consecutive day

Authorities fear that vested interests might exploit large gatherings at the grand mosque to fuel protests.

22 Nov 2019 4:26 PM

Why can’t Farooq, PC attend Winter Session?

Their imprisonment is a sorry reflection on the working of our democracy.

21 Nov 2019 2:18 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Plain sailing for govt in House

The government faced no trouble on any count, but the alarm is growing over the economy.

20 Nov 2019 2:24 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers arrive on the first day of the Winter Session at Parliament House on Monday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Opposition uproar over ‘missing’ Farooq as session begins

The Opposition MPs termed the National Conference chief’s detention as illegal and demanded that he be allowed to attend the House.

19 Nov 2019 12:36 AM

Opposition members in Lok Sabha sought the presence of Abdullah as Speaker Om Birla informed them he has written information that he was in custody. (Photo: File)

Didn't get opportunity to raise issue on Farooq Abdullah's release from house arrest: Tharoor

He said that Abdullah is put under house arrest through an executive order and government can revoke it whenever it wants.

18 Nov 2019 2:56 PM

The opposition strongly raised Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah's detention and demanded that he be allowed to attend the House.(Photo: File)

Oppn raises Farooq's detention at all-party meet, PM says open to all issues

An all-party meeting was called by the government on Sunday ahead of the Parliament's winter session.

17 Nov 2019 2:16 PM

Security personnel patrol a deserted street in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

History’s lesson for J&K: ‘There is no why here’

Yes, indeed. Levi’s gentle voice is heard in If This Is A Man. The book is authentic and excruciatingly painful.

07 Nov 2019 2:23 AM

PM extends birthday wishes to Farooq Abdullah

Abdullah was detained under the Public Safety Act and was earlier under the house arrest at his residence since the night of August 4.

26 Oct 2019 8:39 PM

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