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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicOmar Abdullah

Topic: Omar Abdullah

Detained Omar Abdullah to be shifted to house near his official residence

Abdullah is likely to be shifted as J&K administration plans to use Hari Nivas, where he is presently in detention, to accommodate a a central delegation soon.

Release of Abdullahs & Mufti in Kashmir to be a ‘political, not security call’

Mehbooba Mufti, Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah have been in detention since August when the Modi government scrapped the special status of J&K.

Abdullahs, Mufti & other detained Kashmiri leaders could be moved out to beat harsh winter

Authorities in J&K would ideally want the relocation to happen before the 40-day period of peak winter, Chilla-e-Kalan, begins on 21 December.

Abdullahs don’t want to be released before others, signal consensus among parties

Not seeking legal remedy for detention is part of a larger strategy by Valley’s politicians to raise a joint front against Modi government's Article 370 move.

Abdullah, Mufti in Kashmir aren’t ‘pro-India mainstream’. They’re just not openly anti-India

If rudimentary oath-taking to Constitution is a sign of being pro-India, then even Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani took oath as an MLA.

Jammu leaders, including BJP rebel Lal Singh, released from house arrest ahead of block polls

The release of the Jammu leaders comes days after the J&K chief electoral officer announced block development council elections in the state.

Demonetisation, GST, now Kashmir. Modi govt doesn’t think beyond the first step

If things get better in Kashmir, give half of the credit to Modi government and the other half to sheer dumb luck.

Jammu & Kashmir Governor Malik not in communication with Abdullah and Mufti: Raj Bhavan

Denying reports, the Raj Bhavan said Governor Satya Pal Malik was not involved in decisions regarding the detention and release of people in the Union Territory.

Kashmiris are thankful to Modi for one thing — ‘finishing’ Abdullahs and Muftis

On Srinagar's streets, and in villages in south Kashmir, people start hurling expletives at the very mention of the Abdullahs and the Muftis.

Over 600 politicians & lawyers detained in Jammu & Kashmir up until now

Prominent names among those detained include former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

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.