Farooq Abdullah Detention

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was stopped by the administration from offering prayers at Srinagar's Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, his party the National Conference claimed in a tweet.

Speaking in Parliament for the first time since his release from detention, the National Conference president and MP Farooq Abdullah on Saturday advocated talks with Pakistan, saying if India can talk to China to defuse their border row, it can also speak to its other neighbour to deal with the situation at Jammu and Kashmir borders.

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah held a meeting on Friday with the second batch of party leaders who were under detention for over a year, a party spokesperson said.

Just before the government ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir in August last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave no indication of the move during a meeting, Farooq Abdullah said today. "Nobody can trust the government of India anymore. There is not a day when they don't lie," said the National Conference MP in his first interview since h...

Omar Abdullah, released on Tuesday after nearly eight months in detention in Kashmir, posted in his first tweet that it was "a very different world today" to the one that existed on August 5, when he was placed in detention. The former Chief Minister was detained along with hundreds of politicians in August, when the centre decided to end special s...

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, released last week from detention after seven months, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday seeking immediate restoration of high-speed 4G internet services in the union territory.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, released yesterday after being detained for over seven months under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA), met his son, Omar Abdullah, today in a Srinagar sub-jail.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah visited his father Sheikh Abdullah's grave, located on the banks of the Dal Lake at Hazratbal here, shortly after being released from his 221-day detention on Friday.

Minutes after the news came in that former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah will be released after seven months in detention, his daughter Safia Abdullah Khan expressed happiness over Twitter and said, "My father is a free man again."

Political leaders on Friday welcomed the revocation of the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) imposed on National Conference patron and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah. While Mr Abdullah's party, the National Conference (NC), termed his release a "step in the right direction towards restoring genuine political process in J...

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, released today after over seven months in house arrest, said: "Today I don't have words, the way I feel today, I am free..." But he added that this freedom would not be complete unless all the leaders in detention were freed.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah will be released after over seven months in custody under the Public Safety Act or PSA, a stringent law that allows detention without trial.

Eight opposition parties have sent a joint resolution to the BJP-led Central government, demanding the immediate release of all political detainees in Kashmir, especially the three former Chief Ministers -- Farooq and Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti.

In September, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and sitting MP Farooq Abdullah was slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and he continues to be under house arrest.

The Congress's P Chidambaram was left "shocked and devastated" after former J&K Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah - detained without charge since August - were among those charged under the Public Safety Act late last night

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was stopped by the administration from offering prayers at Srinagar's Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, his party the National Conference claimed in a tweet.

Speaking in Parliament for the first time since his release from detention, the National Conference president and MP Farooq Abdullah on Saturday advocated talks with Pakistan, saying if India can talk to China to defuse their border row, it can also speak to its other neighbour to deal with the situation at Jammu and Kashmir borders.

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah held a meeting on Friday with the second batch of party leaders who were under detention for over a year, a party spokesperson said.

Just before the government ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir in August last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave no indication of the move during a meeting, Farooq Abdullah said today. "Nobody can trust the government of India anymore. There is not a day when they don't lie," said the National Conference MP in his first interview since h...

Omar Abdullah, released on Tuesday after nearly eight months in detention in Kashmir, posted in his first tweet that it was "a very different world today" to the one that existed on August 5, when he was placed in detention. The former Chief Minister was detained along with hundreds of politicians in August, when the centre decided to end special s...

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, released last week from detention after seven months, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday seeking immediate restoration of high-speed 4G internet services in the union territory.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, released yesterday after being detained for over seven months under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA), met his son, Omar Abdullah, today in a Srinagar sub-jail.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah visited his father Sheikh Abdullah's grave, located on the banks of the Dal Lake at Hazratbal here, shortly after being released from his 221-day detention on Friday.

Minutes after the news came in that former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah will be released after seven months in detention, his daughter Safia Abdullah Khan expressed happiness over Twitter and said, "My father is a free man again."

Political leaders on Friday welcomed the revocation of the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) imposed on National Conference patron and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah. While Mr Abdullah's party, the National Conference (NC), termed his release a "step in the right direction towards restoring genuine political process in J...

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, released today after over seven months in house arrest, said: "Today I don't have words, the way I feel today, I am free..." But he added that this freedom would not be complete unless all the leaders in detention were freed.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah will be released after over seven months in custody under the Public Safety Act or PSA, a stringent law that allows detention without trial.

Eight opposition parties have sent a joint resolution to the BJP-led Central government, demanding the immediate release of all political detainees in Kashmir, especially the three former Chief Ministers -- Farooq and Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti.

In September, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and sitting MP Farooq Abdullah was slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and he continues to be under house arrest.

The Congress's P Chidambaram was left "shocked and devastated" after former J&K Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah - detained without charge since August - were among those charged under the Public Safety Act late last night