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With a fresh ultimatum, Srinagar MP deepens rift with National Conference, his own party
November 26, 2025 7:03 am
Aga Ruhullah Mehdi has given the J-K govt until December 20 to resolve concerns over rationalisation of reservation.
Knives out in National Conference as Altaf echoes Ruhullah, Omar in firefighting mode
October 29, 2025 8:56 pm
With his one-year-old govt facing heat from within the NC over “failures” to fulfil political pledges, Omar reaches out to old guard, claiming a “difference of sky and earth” between Mian Altaf and Ruhullah.
NC wins 3 seats, BJP gets 1 in J-K Rajya Sabha polls; Omar Abdullah says ‘let down at last moment’
October 25, 2025 3:26 am
The NC’s win was the result of its own numbers in the J&K House, amplified by support from Congress, the PDP and Independents elected in last year’s Assembly election.
Why Cong bid to pull out of J&K bypolls, Rajya Sabha fray has widened rift with NC
October 24, 2025 7:43 am
Congress accuses National Conference of not keeping promise of giving it a “safe” RS seat, but says will back it in the polls; NC says Cong has lost the will to fight BJP
Omar Abdullah interview: ‘Can you imagine if somebody told PM that you run India, but you won’t decide who your officers are?’
October 17, 2025 8:41 pm
As he completes one year of govt, J&K CM asks why Centre has not fulfilled statehood promise, and says not getting it “obviously casts a shadow”
No permission to visit martyrs' graveyard for Kashmir parties, but Iltija Mufti manages a trip
July 13, 2025 7:54 am
On July 8, NC general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar had written to the Srinagar Deputy Commissioner that party president Farooq Abdullah and other leaders planned to visit the martyrs’ graveyard on July 13.
Amid Omar Abdullah soft-pedalling, why NC is hardening stance against L-G Sinha?
June 15, 2025 4:02 pm
Surinder Choudhary's attack on Manoj Sinha indicated National Conference's changing position due to its frustration over “conflicting jurisdictional powers” of govt and L-G, even as the Centre has yet to approve Transaction of Business Rules.
Sole National Conference MP does not join all-party delegation, says informed in advance
May 23, 2025 8:56 pm
Mian Altaf Ahmad, who was part of the team that is in Russia now, is due to host annual Urs at his village; NC ‘yet to decide’ on if it will send a replacement
Storm brews in Kashmir over Dulat’s book: ‘A friend can’t write like this,’ says Farooq Abdullah on Article 370 claims
April 17, 2025 8:41 am
PDP, Sajad Lone’s party tear into National Conference president: ‘It’s clear that Farooq sahab chose to stay in Kashmir instead of the Parliament to help normalise gutting of J&Ks constitution and subsequent betrayal’
‘Violated principles of judicial conduct’: National Conference MP prepares to move impeachment motion to remove Allahabad HC judge who spoke at VHP event
December 12, 2024 1:37 am
Mehdi needs signatures of 100 members to move the motion.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE PHOTOS
Kashmiris brave cold weather to cast vote in phase 3 of polling in J-K
December 10, 2014 8:54 am
The phase three polling began in Jammu and Kashmir amid high security. Polling is taking place in the Valley in the backdrop of recent militant attacks.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE VIDEOS
Express Eye for Detail 14: J&K crisis, Sushma Swaraj out of 2019 race, American tourist in Andaman and more
June 22, 2020 6:10 pm
This week we look at the strange situation in Jammu & Kashmir where a fax machine is all it took to stop three parties from coming together and forming the government. What it means for Sushma Swaraj to opt out of the 2019 general election and the c
J&K political drama: Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti find themselves in a strange situation
June 22, 2020 6:10 pm
National Conference chief Omar Abdullah said that PDP and NC coming together is not the best idea for mainstream politics in J&K. But today, both he and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti find themselves in a strange situation.
'It doesn't help when 14-16 leaders sit on stage and blast PM Modi. It allows him to play victim... Must work at state-level'
June 22, 2020 6:12 pm
In this edition of Idea Exchange Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah expresses concern over the recent political killings in Jammu and Kashmir and says that the Centre's lack of clarity on J&K is worrying.
Delay in govt. formation bad for state: Farooq Abdullah
January 17, 2016 9:09 am
Jammu, Jan 17 (ANI): National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said that delay in government formation in Jammu and Kashmir is bad for the state as it is a border state. He further said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should form the government as they had mandate in the assembly elections.
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