Omar Meets Antony

• Army Chief Bikram Singh meets Defence Minister AK Antony to discuss situation at Line of Control

  Army Chief General Bikram Singh today met Defence Minister AK Antony to discuss the situation at the Line of Control after a series of ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the border in Jammu and Kashmir. The incidents have triggered a sharp reaction from Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who said this "could not be a one-sided affair with no...

• Third flag meeting for India and China offers some progress

  At a third flag meeting between army commanders from India and China, some progress was made in the search for a solution to the stand-off in Ladakh, provoked when Chinese troops set up camp 19 kms within Indian territory on April 15.

• China denies Ladakh incursion, accuses India of 'aggressive patrolling'

  Despite a second meeting on Tuesday between Indian army commanders and their Chinese counterparts, a stand-off in Ladakh continues. New Delhi says soldiers from the People's Liberation Army crossed 10 kilometres (six miles) into Indian territory on April 15 and pitched tents there. Incorrect, says China. India's Army chief discussed the issue with ...

• AFSPA row: Omar meets Prime Minister, Sonia but gets no assurances

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is locked in a battle with the Army over the removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some parts of his state, met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the capital in a bid to "narrow down differences" over the issue.

• AFSPA row: Omar meets Antony, set to take battle to Prime Minister's doorstep

  With the stalemate continuing over the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has now taken the battle for the revocation of the law to the Prime Minister's doorstep, quite literally. Mr Abdullah is likely to meet PM Manmohan Singh tomorrow to discuss the vexed issue which has seen him at loggerheads...

• Armed Forces Special Powers Act: Omar meets AK Antony

  As the controversy over the removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the certain areas in the Kashmir valley rages on, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Defence Minister AK Antony today.

• Omar meets Pranab, Antony ahead of crucial CCS meet

  Ahead of a crucial meeting of the Centre on Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister A K Antony to seek their support on partial withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state.Sources said Omar has met Mukherjee late last night at the latter's resid...