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Mirwaiz slams Omar remark on Maoist-JK militant links

Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday rejected the remarks of chief minister Omar Abdullah that "supporters of militant violence" in Kashmir have links with Maoists, saying it is an

Omar now in elite company, says dad Farooq Abdullah

The Union minister, Mr Farooq Abdullah, on Monday said his son, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mr Omar Abdullah, has joined "an elite club" after a police constable hurled a shoe at him during the

Rains hamper rescue operations in Leh floods

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Heavy rains and bad weather on Saturday morning forced authorities to suspend rescue and relief work in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh town where at least 115 people were killed and over 300 injured in massive flash floods triggered by a cloudburst.

Geelani rejects talks offer, Mirwaiz silent

The offer of "quiet dialogue" by the Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has not gone down too well with separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir with hardline leader, Mr Syed Ali Geelani, rejectin

130 people killed in flash floods in Leh, 600 missing

With the recovery of more bodies, the toll in the cloudburst here on Saturday climbed to 130 even as 600 more are feared washed away in the calamity that was followed by torrential rains and flash flo

Cloudburst triggers flash floods in Kupwara

Flash floods triggered by a cloudburst has flooded the Kralpora area of frontier Kupwara district in North Kashmir, police said on Saturday.

The cloudburst which occurred on Friday flooded various a

IAF aircraft carrying relief material reaches Leh

An Indian Air Force aircraft carrying relief material from Chandigarh on Saturday made a safe landing in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh town that was lashed by massive flash floods triggered by a cloudburst.

Farooq steps in to

New Delhi, July 10: The Union minister for new and renewable energy, Mr Farooq Abdullah, met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, here Saturday to seek assi

Omar sounded like George Bush: Mehbooba

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Ms Mehbooba Mufti, on Sunday said the Chief Minister, Mr Omar Abdullah, sounded like former US president, Mr George Bush, when he asked her to attend an all-part

BJP to attend all-party meet

Jammu: The BJP on Sunday said it would attend an all-party meeting convened by the Chief Minister, Mr Omar Abdullah, in Srinagar on Monday to discuss the recent turmoil in Kashmir Valley.

"The BJP w

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