Jammu and Kashmir governor rejects Omar Abdullah’s resignation

July 31st, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah resumed office on Friday after state Governor N N Vohra dismissed PDP's allegation that he was involved in the 2006 sex scandal. On Thursday, Vohra rejected Omar's resignation, and asked him to continue as the Chief Minister.

July 30th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra Thursday turned down Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's resignation he had submitted Tuesday after the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) linked him to a 2006 prostitution racket.

July 29th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, with his conditional resignation after being linked to a sex scandal, has limited Governor N.N. Vohra's options, says a constitutional expert.

July 29th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Pandemonium reigned in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as the People's Democratic Party (PDP) sought a judicial probe into state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's alleged involvement in the 2006 sex scandal. Accusing the CBI of defending Omar Abdullah, senior members of the PDP tore up a letter issued by the CBI in connection with their investigation of the case.

July 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress, partner in the ruling Jammu and Kashmir coalition, Tuesday expressed confidence that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would come out unscathed from the opposition allegation linking him to a sex scandal, which forced him to step down. "Omar (Abdullah) stands on a high moral ground...He will fight and prove his innocence," Rajya Sabha MP and state Congress chief Saifuddin Soz told IANS here.

July 28th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra Tuesday accepted the resignation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah after the opposition linked him to a 2006 sex scandal.

July 28th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today submitted his resignation to the State Governor N.N.Vohra, hours after after a senior PDP leader alleged in the State Assembly that he was involved in last year's sex scandal. Abdullah formally submitted his resignation to Governor Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here.

July 28th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah resigned Tuesday after being linked to a sex scandal by the opposition. He submitted his resignation to Governor N.N.

June 11th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and discussed the security scenario in the state. During his two-day visit, he is scheduled to meet the Governor and State Ministers.

February 25th, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra Wednesday had to abandon his address to the state legislature midway after opposition members disrupted the house over 'continuing' human rights abuses in the state.

January 4th, 2009 JAMMU - As the new National Conference-Congress government was sworn in Jammu and Kashmir Monday, MP Karan Singh hoped that the coalition rule will develop the economy of the state. A 10-member ministerial council led by Omar Abdullah, 38, was administered the oath at a simple ceremony here.

January 4th, 2009 JAMMU - Omar Abdullah Monday took oath as the eighth chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir along with 10 ministers at this winter capital of the state. Governor N.N.

January 4th, 2009 JAMMU - Omar Abdullah Monday took oath as the eighth chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir at this winter capital of the state. Governor N.N.

January 3rd, 2009 JAMMU - Omar Abdullah, accompanied by his wife Payal, arrived here to a warm reception from his supporters Sunday, a day before the National Conference president is to be sworn in as the ninth chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Hundreds of National Conference workers gathered at the Jammu airport to take the chief minister-designate to party headquarters Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here.

December 27th, 2008 SRINAGAR - Omar Abdullah, the man of the moment after his National Conference Sunday emerged the single largest party in the Jammu and Kashmir elections, would be a third generation Abdullah to take high office if he becomes the next chief minister. His grandfather, the legendary Kashmiri leader, the late Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah founded the National Conference in 1938 and became theprime minister of the state in 1947.