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TopicFarooq Abdullah

Topic: Farooq Abdullah

Jammu man held for bid to assassinate Farooq Abdullah told cops he had wanted to kill him for 20 yrs

88-year-old former J&K CM, who gets Z+ protection, escaped unhurt after his security personnel deflected firearm. Arrested Kamal Singh Jamwal is a businessman.

Farooq Abdullah sent me a saffron shawl. I gifted it to Balasaheb Thackeray

In 'Stitching Stardom', Madhav Agasti shares candid stories about the film stars and politicians he met during his five-decade-long career as a renowned men’s dress designer.

Telling truth in today’s world is dangerous because very few can take it, says Farooq Abdullah

The launch of Shahid Siddiqui’s book ‘I, Witness’ seemed to unite the smorgasbord that is Indian politics, with leaders across party lines, including Farooq Abdullah and Jayant Chaudhary, attending the event.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee called Farooq Abdullah a langoor for his theatrics at the UN over Kashmir

‘Believer’s Dilemma’, is the the second part of Abhishek Choudhary’s biography of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In it, he covers the former PM’s life from 1977 to his death in 2018.

ICYMI: The story of Tamil Nadu village’s fight for Waqf land

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Each PM dealt with Farooq Abdullah differently. He couldn’t be pushed around, controlled

In 'The Chief Minister and the Spy', ex-R&AW chief AS Daulat recounts his unlikely relationship with former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah—an alliance that shaped Kashmir's politics.

I feel bad for AS Dulat—wrote a book to celebrate Farooq Abdullah, only to be disowned by him

Dulat served in Kashmir when he was with the IB and developed a close relationship with Farooq Abdullah. Since then, Delhi has used him for secret negotiations.

Jaishankar’s PoK remarks in UK echo in J&K. Omar asks, what about J&K portions that are with China?

Who is stopping you, J&K CM Omar Abdullah asks Centre on taking back PoK. Jaishankar forgot to mention Gilgit and Baltistan, adds Congress’s Manish Tewari.

NC-Congress bag power in J&K where Article 370 abrogation & roads, jobs took centrestage

BJP won 29 seats, four more than what it tallied in 2014. 'Omar Abdullah will be the chief minister,' NC chief Farooq Abdullah said after results.

‘Abrogation was BJP’s voice, not India’s’: Farooq Abdullah says Kashmiris reduced to prisoners of Delhi

As election begins in Union Territory, former CM says development has come to a standstill in the region, alleges that ‘BJP and RSS are enemies of the country, not J&K alone’.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.