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TopicFarooq Abdullah

Topic: Farooq Abdullah

What Farooq Abdullah’s release means for mainstream politics in Kashmir

The NC leader’s release comes at a time when new political formations are threatening existing political structures in J&K. The worries for PDP are far from over.

Farooq Abdullah meets son Omar at Srinagar sub-jail after 7 months

Former J&K chief minister Farooq Abdullah met his son Omar Abdullah, who has been in detention. Officials say the two were together for about an hour.

J&K revokes Public Safety Act against Farooq Abdullah, releases him after 6-month detention

Farooq Abdullah is among the first regional leaders against whom the Jammu & Kashmir administration has revoked the PSA.

Rajiv Gandhi had wanted to end impasse in Kashmir and saw Farooq Abdullah as its best bet

Rajiv and Farooq had virtually grown up together. Whenever the Nehru–Gandhi family was in Kashmir, the Abdullah family was always available to them.

Mulayam Singh asks about Farooq Abdullah’s release in Lok Sabha, Speaker doesn’t raise issue

Farooq Abdullah was charged under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in September 2019 and has been under house arrest since 5 August.

Former J&K CMs under PSA: Modi govt taking shortcuts instead of hard political engagement?

Former J&K CMs Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have been booked under Public Safety Act after six months of preventive detention following the dilution of Article 370.

Modi govt ministers could meet Kashmiri politicians who are part of an ’emerging front’

Five Modi government ministers are set to visit Kashmir next week. They are likely to meet several Kashmiri politicians, some of whom were previously with the PDP.

Damaged tree threatening to fall on Farooq Abdullah’s house, govt seeks ownership details

Detained former CM Farooq Abdullah’s security team wrote to the forest department to cut the pine tree, but it has to follow procedure before felling it.

National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah’s detention under PSA extended by 3 months

Besides Abdullah, his son and former chief minister Omar and ex-CM Mehbooba Mufti, several other leaders have also been under detention since August 5.

Yashwant Sinha allowed phone call to Farooq Abdullah, says he is ‘in high spirits’

Former union minister Yashwant Sinha spoke to MP Farooq Abdullah, who’s been in detention since 5 August, over the phone Friday.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.