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    • Posts Tagged ‘omar’

    Omar Meets PM, Seeks Relief Package for Quake-hit People in Kashmir

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    NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and requested a special package for earthquake-hit districts of Doda and Kishtawar in Jammu region. During the meeting, the Chief Minister apprised the Prime Minister about the matters pertaining to peace and development in the state, according to a statement issued by the state government. "The focus of the discussion was recent earthquake which hit various parts of districts of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban," it said,...

    Posted 5 days ago.

    Omar Trying to Woo Kashmiri Separatists: BJP

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    SRINAGAR: Hitting out at the Chief Minister for his comments that BJP was responsible for the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, the party today said that Omar Abdullah was desperately trying to woo separatists. "Crossing all limits of propriety as a constitutionally sworn-in CM, (Omar) has once again tried to woo separatists in Kashmir Valley," said BJP state spokesperson and national executive member, Jatinder Singh. The CM, in an interview yesterday, had accused the BJP of forcing Guru's hanging and...

    Posted 9 days ago.

    Resolve Kashmir Issue, Omar Reminds Nawaz Sharief

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    PATTAN: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday while congratulating former Pak Premier Nawaz Sharief for his victory in Pak National Assembly Elections reminded him of the initiative he took during his earlier premiership to restore friendship with India and resolve K-issue. He urged him to move ahead once again on this important issue positively by picking up the threads from where these had been dropped. “Today is an important day for people of Jammu and Kashmir as the elections were held in Pakistan and Mian...

    Posted 11 days ago.

    SLAPGATE: Omar Tells Kashmir Minister 'Not to Repeat Such Incidents in Future'

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    JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he has asked the Minister of State for Home Sajad Kichloo not to repeat such incidents in future. Mr Abdullah's statement came in the backdrop incident in which MoS Home Sajad Kichloo allegedly slapped CEO Kishtwar Development Authority Riaz Ahmed Choudhary on April 18 before Chief Minister's visit in the town to address a public rally. "I have spoken to Mr Kichloo and expressed displeasure and told him not to repeat such incidents in future," Mr...

    Posted 33 days ago.

    Talk to New Delhi, Omar asks Kashmiri separatists

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    JAMMU: In a political snub to Kashmiri separatists, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday asked them to see the reality and talk to the central government. Addressing the people of the state on the eve of the Republic Day here, Abdullah asked separatist leaders to give up their double standards. He said separatist leaders had been holding talks with Pakistan but were making excuses against talking to the government of India. Abdullah's speech tempered with the theme of peace and the need for dialogue...

    Posted 118 days ago.

    Omar gets into election mode, announces 80,000 jobs in Kashmir

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    SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Saturday announced fast track recruitment of 80,000 educated youth in government service through service selection agencies within next some months adding that employment generation in government and private sectors has been flagged as top most concern by his government. The announcement comes when Jammu and Kashmir government led by Omar Abdullah completed four years in office on Saturday. The next assembly election in the troubled state are scheduled by the end of 2014. “We...

    Posted 138 days ago.

    Talking to Pakistan will not help Kashmir, Omar to separatists

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    SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today hoped that the moderate Hurriyat Conference leadership, which is on a visit to Pakistan, will enter into an "unconditional" dialogue with New Delhi, saying holding talks with Pakistan only will not benefit anybody. "It will not benefit anybody if you hold dialogue with Pakistan and not with New Delhi. Therefore, I believe that when the leaders will return from Islamabad, they will keep in mind that no hurdles were created in their Pakistan visit and come...

    Posted 154 days ago.

    Kashmir to launch officials' assessment programme: Omar

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    SRINAGAR, Dec 7: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said that a Results-Framework Document (RFD) to assess performance of government departments would be launched later this month in the state. RFD is an effective assessment and management system aimed at judging the performance and functioning of government departments. Addressing a two days' workshop on RFD, Abdullah said that all government departments would be asked to formulate RFDs for the last quarter of the current year and for next...

    Posted 167 days ago.

    'Good tourist season doesn't mean all's well in Kashmir'

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    Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR, Nov 20: The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state has said that an increasing influx of tourists was not a sign of normalcy in Kashmir valley where a 23-year-old conflict, which has killed nearly 50,000 people, is gradually waning. Authorities say militancy related violence is on its lowest ebb ever since it started in 1989 when a simmering discontent against New Delhi turned into full blown armed rebellion. This year, more than a million foreign and domestic...

    Posted 184 days ago.

    Impossible to eradicate corruption in coalition govt: Kashmir chief

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    SRINAGAR, Nov 17: Observing that the country was yet to mature to multi-party governance, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said it is impossible to eradicate corruption in a coalition government as "trade-offs" become necessary in such a dispensation. "It is impossible to eradicate corruption in a coalition government," Omar said at the Hindustan Times Summit programme titled 'What India needs: Perspective of young leaders'. During the discussion, in which Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh...

    Posted 187 days ago.