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Tyndale Biscoe School. Dr. Farooq Abdullah (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician and current President of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He has served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982, and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014.
Jun 11, 2024 · Farooq Abdullah, Indian politician and government official who twice served as president (1982–2002 and 2009– ) of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference. As chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state (1982–84, 1986–90, and 1996–2002), he demanded that the state be given greater autonomy.
Mar 13, 2020 · Indian authorities have announced the release of a veteran Kashmiri MP and former chief minister who had been in detention for seven months. The order did not give any reason for Farooq...
Jun 20, 2022 · The National Conference (NC) president and ex-Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Farooq Abdullah, has declined to be the joint Opposition’s Presidential candidate. The Opposition camp had proposed his name for the July 18 Presidential election after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, Sharad Pawar, declined to be its Presidential nominee.
Mar 13, 2020 · India frees top Kashmir leader Farooq Abdullah after 7 months. The three-time chief minister was detained along with about 1,000 others following revocation of Kashmir’s autonomy.
Feb 15, 2024 · In yet another setback to the INDIA alliance, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah Thursday said that his party will go solo in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. He further said the J&K Assembly polls could potentially take place at the same time as the Lok Sabha election.
First elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980, Farooq Abdullah returned to state politics and succeeded his father Sheikh Abdullah as the chief minister after the latter's death in 1982.
Mar 22, 2022 · Speaking about his portrayal in the film The Kashmir Files, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said, "My heart still bleeds for Kashmiri Pandits. Hang me if I am found guilty."
Mar 13, 2020 · Indian authorities have announced the release of a veteran Kashmiri MP and former chief minister who had been in detention for seven months. The order did not give any reason for Farooq...
Dec 5, 2022 · Dr. Farooq Abdullah, 85, was re-elected as president of the J&K National Conference (JKNC), Jammu and Kashmir’s oldest political party, on the party founder’s 117th birth anniversary in ...
