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  Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Congress to be backbone of opposition unity with Rahul at forefront, says Omar Abdullah

  July 29, 2018 11:59 IST

  "The Congress has to be the backbone as the lion's share of seats of the opposition in one particular party will have to be from it as there are a number of states where there will be direct contest between the Congress and the BJP," he said.

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  Mamata Banerjee could be PM candidate of anti-BJP front in 2019, hints former J&K CM Omar Abdullah

  India | July 28, 2018 0:46 IST

  Speaking on their respective parties, Omar's National Conference (NC) and Mamata's Trinamool Congress (TMC), he said that there is no difference between the parties.

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  Omar Abdullah hits out at Congress over its tweet about PM Modi, Nawaz Sharif

  World | July 14, 2018 22:45 IST

   “There are a lot of things I will be critical of PM Modi for but attempting to repair India’s relations with Pakistan is certainly not one of them. I’m not even getting in to the internal politics of Pakistan that makes this tweet even more disappointing,” Omar Abdullah said

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  J&K: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah pushes for Governor's rule in state

  India | June 19, 2018 20:15 IST

  The state opposition leader's remarks came after his meeting with Governor NN Vohra in the wake of BJP pulling out of its coalition government with the PDP in the state.

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  Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah welcome Centre's decision to halt security ops during Ramzan

  India | May 16, 2018 23:48 IST

  The chief minister appealed to all stakeholders to reciprocate positively to the gesture aimed at giving relief to the people of the state who have seen enough "torment and tragedy".

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  Stone pelters attack J&K school bus, Class II student suffers head injury; Mehbooba condemns incident

  India | May 02, 2018 18:22 IST

  A group of miscreants pelted stones on the bus of Rainbow High School at Zavoora in Shopian, resulting in head injury to a class 2 student, a police official said.

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  Kashmir leader shot dead by terrorists in J-K's Pulwama

  India | April 26, 2018 15:48 IST

  The terrorists opened indiscriminate firing at the vehicle. The leader was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The condition of the other two injured is stated to be serious.

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  Omar Abdullah targets BJP after terrorists strike Army camp

  Politics | February 10, 2018 18:07 IST

  Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists today struck at an Army camp on the outskirts of Jammu city, killing two junior commissioned officers (JCOs) and injuring six others, including a Major and a daughter of an Army personnel.

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  ‘Dineshwar Sharma acting as super CM’: Omar Abdullah seeks clarification on his mandate

  Politics | January 09, 2018 23:00 IST

  Speaking in the Assembly, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah demanded that the government give a clarification on Dineshwar Sharma's mandate.

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  Gujarat polls: Congress mocks PM's seaplane travel as 'Hawa Hawai'

  Gujarat Assembly Elections | December 12, 2017 14:21 IST

  Surjewala's remarks came after the prime minister flew by a seaplane from the Sabarmati river front in Ahmedabad to about 180 km Dharoi in Mehsana district on the last day of the election campaign in Gujarat.

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  Irked over Rs 21 lakh bounty for his father’s tongue, Omar calls ATFI chief 'an idiot'

  India | November 21, 2017 19:51 IST

  Earlier today, Shandilya announced a bounty of Rs 21 lakh prize for cutting Farooq Abdullah’s tongue, saying he has “insulted” the country with his pro-Pakistan remarks and was speaking “against” the RSS.

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  Aarushi-Hemraj murder case: Omar Abdullah says police made 'dog's breakfast' of investigation

  India | October 13, 2017 12:38 IST

  In a series of tweets, Abdullah wrote, "Don't know who killed #Arushi & will probably never know but what I do know is the police made a total dogs breakfast of the investigation (sic)," suggesting that the probe was a complete mess.

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  PM Modi’s ability to spring big surprises 'undiminished': Omar Abdullah

  Politics | September 03, 2017 18:11 IST

  Omar was reacting to a tweet that said that no journalist had any clue about what Modi and Shah were planning on the reshuffle that took place this morning.

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  Dera violence: Omar Abdullah calls for Haryana CM Manohar Lal’s removal

  Politics | August 25, 2017 18:55 IST

  Omar also expressed surprise over the statement made by a senior security force official about the situation in the affected areas in Haryana.

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  Congress, Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba, Mirwaiz welcome PM Modi’s words on Kashmir

  Politics | August 16, 2017 8:34 IST

  PM Modi, in his Independence Day speech, asserted that his government is committed to restoring the lost glory of Kashmir and its status as 'heaven on earth'

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  PM's words on Kashmir 'very well received' in JK; Mirwaiz welcomes speech, NC wants follow up

  India | August 15, 2017 20:19 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Kashmir outreach today was welcomed in Jammu and Kashmir.

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  To debate Jammu and Kashmir's special status is to play with fire: Omar

  Politics | July 29, 2017 20:24 IST

  Omar remarks came after AG KK Venugopal recently told SC that Centre wanted a larger debate on Article 35A which provides special rights and privileges to the people of J&K.

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  Military solutions can’t fix political issue, says Omar Abdullah

  Politics | June 11, 2017 19:56 IST

  The BJP, the leading party at the Centre, is a partner in the ruling coalition government in J&K with the PDP.

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  Omar's failure to check stone-pelting in 2010 led to current situation: Mehbooba Mufti

  Politics | April 14, 2017 18:40 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Mehbooba Mufti today said the "failure" of the previous Omar Abdullah government to deal with the issue of stone-pelting had led to the unrest last year and the situation in the Valley at present.

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  It's 'BJP tsunami' in UP, opposition should forget 2019 elections: Omar Abdullah

  Politics | March 11, 2017 12:22 IST

  It's a BJP "tsunami" in Uttar Pradesh and not a ripple in a small pond, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today said and advised the opposition to forget 2019 and start planning for the 2024 general elections.