Omar Abdullah had won both the Budgam and Ganderbal seats in the recently held Jammu-Kashmir Assembly polls. He won the Budgam seat by a margin of 18,485 votes against PDP's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi. In Ganderbal, he defeated PDP's Bashir Ahmed Mir by 10,574 votes
21 October,2024 07:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah characterised the attack as "dastardly and cowardly," highlighting that it targeted non-local labourers engaged in key infrastructure projects in Jammu and Kashmir
21 October,2024 11:30 AM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
On Sunday, a doctor and six labourers were killed after terrorists struck a tunnel construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district
21 October,2024 11:27 AM IST | Jammu | mid-day online correspondent
People's Conference chief Sajad Lone questioned why the cabinet's resolution on statehood was "shrouded in mystery and secrecy that only one newspaper publishes it"
18 October,2024 03:29 PM IST | Srinagar | mid-day online correspondent
The National Conference-Congress alliance emerged victorious in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, with JKNC winning 42 seats and Congress securing six. The BJP performed strongly as well, winning 29 seats. The People's Democratic Party won three seats and one each from the People's Conference, CPI-M and AAP, while Independents claimed seven
18 October,2024 01:21 PM IST | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir | mid-day online correspondent
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the Jammu and Kashmir CM on Wednesday, the first elected government in the Union territory since 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated
16 October,2024 02:14 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office and secrecy to Abdullah, who takes over as Jammu and Kashmir chief minister for a second term and is the third generation of the Abdullah family to occupy the office -- after his grandfather Sheikh Abdullah and father Farooq Abdullah
16 October,2024 12:12 PM IST | Srinagar | mid-day online correspondent
Prominent leaders from the INDIA bloc, including Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Supriya Sule, Prakash Karat, and Kanimozhi, will attend Omar's oath-taking ceremony, with welcoming posters displayed outside Srinagar airport
16 October,2024 11:11 AM IST | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India | mid-day online correspondent
"People have a lot of expectations from this government....," says Waheed Para
14 October,2024 11:44 AM IST | Srinagar | mid-day online correspondent
NC President Farooq Abdullah said on Saturday that the new government's primary goal would be to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir
14 October,2024 09:35 AM IST | New Delhi | ANIADVERTISEMENT
