New Delhi, Jan 9 :Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said here on Saturday that Pakistan based militant organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba is still active.

Referring to the last two incidents where security forces gunned down four suspected Islamic rebels in two different locations of Kashmir Valley Abdullah said LeT was involved in these incidents.

"The last two operations, both of them were actually Lashkar''s operations the militants involved were Lashkar militants, the only difference is that because of international pressure particularly the US pressure about the whole Lashkar name because of pressure the Lashkar-e-Taiba doesn''t take the credit for the operations they have carried out,” Abdullah said.

Jammu, Jan 6 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reviewed the security situation in the troubled state Wednesday in the aftermath of a guerrilla attack in Srinagar.

State's police chief Kuldeep Khoda has been asked to rushed to the summer capital where pro-Pakistan militants attacked a paramilitary picket killing a police constable and injuring eight civilians.

General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Northern Command Lt. Gen. B. S. Jaswal, who is one of the security advisors of the chief minister, met Abdullah at his residence.

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan 6 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that he is confident of continuing the dialogue process with the separatist forces over the Kashmir issue.

Omar Abdullah completed his one-year term in office on Tuesday.

39-year-old Abdullah said he is hopeful of continuing a peace dialogue with the separatists.

Srinagar, Jan 5 : As Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah completed one year in office Tuesday, the journey so far has been anything but smooth for the young leader.

There have been many highs and lows during Abdullah's one year in office, yet many believe that the duration is too short to pass a verdict on his capability to steer the state out of its problems -- political as well as developmental.

Srinagar, Jan 5 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday completed his one-year term in office.

The youngest Chief Minister in the country, 39-year-old Omar Abdullah, says his government has learnt a great deal during the last one-year "We have learned lessons from our mistakes. If we don''''''''t learn lessons, then we will repeat those mistakes " said Omar Abdullah.

The State Government went through a difficult period during the agitation triggered by the Shopian incident when the dead bodies of two girls were recovered , giving rise to the speculation that the two girls were raped and murdered.

Jammu, Jan 2 : The first voices of protest against the Omar Abdullah government's decision to reserve jobs in government services for Kashmiri Pandits came Saturday from the refugees who fled those parts of Jammu and Kashmir occupied by Pakistan in 1947.

S. O. S. International, an organisation of refugees from what is now Pakistan-administered Kashmir, has strongly condemned the decision for launching a special recruitment drive for 3,000 jobs for Kashmiri Pandits.

Its chairman, Rajiv Chuni, in a statement issued here, condemned the central and state governments' decision to treat the refugees differently from the Kashmiri Pandits.

Jammu, Dec 30 - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi Wednesday.

The minister will discuss the PM's fifth working group report that favours restoration of autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir, according to official sources.

The report was presented to the chief minister in Jammu Dec 23.

Jammu, Dec 14 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday said South Block, which houses the external affairs ministry, alone cannot frame India's foreign policy in the present-day world.

"Gone are the days when South Block used to make foreign policy of India in isolation. In present-day India, public perception and common people's mood has greater impact on the formation of foreign policy," he said, speaking at a seminar on "Policy, people and peace in Inda and Canada and other democracies" at Jammu University.

Jammu Dec. 14 : Showing displeasure over rising demand for dividing the state of Jammu and Kashmir and creating separate state for Jammu, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday that the government would not divide the state, but is the process of giving autonomy to all the regions within the state.

India''s plan to carve a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh have sparked statehood demands in Jammu, posing a new challenge to the National Conference-led government.

Jammu, Dec 14 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday ruled out any division of the state, rebuffing those asking for statehood for Jammu region, and said his government was trying to ensure that "justice is done" to the state's three regions.

"Jammu and Kashmir is already a small state and we cannot afford to divide it to make it smaller," Omar said.

New Delhi, Dec. 7 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will meet Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram here today to discuss the fallout of the attempted assassination on moderate Hurriyat leader Fazal Haque Qureshi last week.

Abdullah and Chidambaram are also likely to discuss the next steps in the ongoing quiet dialogue with the moderate faction of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC).

Srinagar, Dec 5: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that security of all the Separatists leaders in Kashmir Valley would be revived and strengthened following yesterdays attack on Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Umer Farooq''s aide Fazl Haque Qureshi.

Addressing the media after attending a conference organized by the Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Srinagar, Omar Abdullah condemned the attack and said it was an attempt to derail the peace process in the State.

Jammu, Dec 5 :Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken up with the central government the problems Haj pilgrims from the state faced in Saudi Arabia, official sources said Saturday.

The sources said Abdullah had written a letter to Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor informing him about the complaints made by the pilgrims from the state.

Jammu, Dec 5 :Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday announced that unemployed youth between 20-37 years of age would get a monthly stipend ranging between Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000.

There would be different grades for youth who have studied up to class 10 and above, he said while unveiling state's employment policy here. The stipend would cost state exchequer more than Rs. 250 crore per annum.

The government would also offer easy loans to the youth for starting their own businesses, he Abdullah added.

Shopian, Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov 27 : Omar Abdullah drove on the historic ''Mughal'' road today, the road used by Mughal Emperor Akbar 400 years ago to travel to Kashmir.

The road links Shopian in Kashmir Valley with Poonch in Jammu Division.

The road is nearing completion and despite heavy snowfall, the work is continuing uninterrupted.

The State Chief Minister who drove on the historic road on a silver vehicle expressed his gratitude to the Central government for its support.

The government has funded more than 6 billion rupees for the project.

Jammu, Nov 26: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday drove through the under-construction Mughal Road that connects the Kashmir Valley to the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch south of the Pir Panchal mountains, and described the journey later as a "dream come true".

The chief minister reached the south of Pir Panchal after covering the 84-km journey, overlooked by snow-capped mountains, in four and a half hours. He announced that the road would be opened in June-July next year.

Jammu, Nov 24 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said there would be timely reduction in the army's presence in the state when the security situation normalises. He said though there was some improvement rising cross-border incursions remained a concern.

Srinagar, Nov 18 - It was with joy tinged with sadness that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inaugurated a school building, funded by an NGO, in north Kashmir. Pointing to the malaise of corruption, he wondered why the state government could not create similar facilities despite incurring the same expense.

The high school building in Uri town has been donated to the Jammu and Kashmir government by the Aga Khan Foundation which had started a relief and rehabilitation effort in the area after the devastating earthquake of October 2005.

Srinagar, Nov 10 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said his Government is ready to release the pending salaries of the Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) employees.

Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Omar said: "I am ready to release the pending salaries of employees of SRTC. As for the Sixth Pay Commission, they
(employees) can only get benefits if the Corporation is made profit earning."

Srinagar, Nov 9 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said he would hold talks with Union Home Ministry over its decision to ban pre-paid mobile service in the State from November 1.

Omar’s initiative comes as the decision has resulted in complete chaos, as thousands of people who were associated with the industry have been rendered jobless in the State. And residents have been protesting that the procedure of shifting from pre-paid to post-paid mobile connections is a cumbersome process.