Day: October 16, 2024

A Look Inside Omar Abdullah’s Cabinet: Who Are the Five Leading Ministers?

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A Look Inside Omar Abdullah's Cabinet: Who Are the Five Leading Ministers?

The Congress, which contested the polls in alliance with the National Conference, chose not to take a ministerial position. The Omar Abdullah-led government in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has five cabinet ministers, including four from the National Conference and one independent MLA. The Congress, which contested the polls in alliance with the National Conference, chose not to take a ministerial position. The ministers in the Omar Abdullah-led cabinet include the only woman minister, Sakina Itoo, as well as Surinder Choudhary, Javed Rana, Javed Ahmed Dar, and Satish…

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Discretionary Attendance: BJP MLAs and Omar Abdullah’s Swearing-In

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Discretionary Attendance: BJP MLAs and Omar Abdullah's Swearing-In

BJP MLAs to use discretion to attend swearing-in ceremony today; BJP with 29 seats, all from the Jammu region, has emerged as the main opposition party in the Legislative Assembly Jammu, Oct 15: Newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators will use their own discretion to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the National Conference-Congress alliance government, to be helmed by Omar Abdullah, at SKICC, Srinagar tomorrow. This was stated by J&K BJP Working President and former minister Sat Sharma, in response to query as to who would represent BJP in the…

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Engineer Rashid’s Bail Extension Sparks Sajad Lone’s Call for Ordinary Accused Bail

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Engineer Rashid's Bail Extension Sparks Sajad Lone's Call for Ordinary Accused Bail

MP Engineer Rashid’s interim bail extended till October 28; Court should also grant bail to ordinary accused, says Sajad Lone A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the interim bail of Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) supremo and Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, in a terror-funding case till October 28. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order on the ground of the health condition of Rashid’s father, after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it had verified the documents and was not opposing the application.…

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J&K’s New Era: Omar Abdullah to Take Oath as First CM of Union Territory

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J&K's New Era: Omar Abdullah to Take Oath as First CM of Union Territory

The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar at 11:30 am. National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah is set to be sworn in as the first chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, October 16. The oath-taking ceremony, along with his council of ministers, will be held at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar at 11:30am. Omar Abdullah, who previously served as the chief minister of the erstwhile state from 2009 to 2014 under an NC-Congress…

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