The Latest Breaking News from Farooq Abdullah

Police say suspect described attempted attack on Farooq Abdullah as ‘personal’ and that he had planned it for two decades

A dramatic incident unfolded in Jammu when an alleged assassination attempt was made on former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah during a wedding function in the city’s Greater Kailash area. Reflecting on the tense moments later, Abdullah said, “God saved me.”

As the latest trends in J&K Assembly vote counting showed the NC-Congress alliance leading more than half of the seats, NC Chief Farooq Abdullah greeted his supporters. Read further on Dynamite News:

These are the first regional elections in Kashmir since New Delhi stripped its semi-autonomous status in 2019.

Farooq said that "BJP is trying to defame NC, but we will emerge victorious in the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and change the lives of the people". Read further on Dynamite News:

The announcement was made after Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. Read further on Dynamite News:

"The government in Pakistan, I think they are wanting to have a peaceful atmosphere with us. Let's open the door to them." Read further on Dynamite News:

Cleric Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, the National Conference’s Srinagar candidate, says this Lok Sabha election is monumentally important as a platform to air the views of the people of Jammu and Kashmir

Addressing three back-to-back rallies in Bihar’s Hajipur, Muzaffarpur and Saran Lok Sabha constituencies, PM Modi made an apparent reference to a recent statement of Farooq Abdullah, without mentioning him by name.