Umer Maqbool

Indepedent journalist

[Umer Maqbool @umerwrites_]

I have lost access to @umerjournalist due to a hack . @X has confirmed it cannot be retrieved.
This account @umerwrites_ is my new and only official handle.
Kindly ignore, block, and do not click on any links/messages from @umerjournalist

[Kamala Thiagarajan @Kamal_t]

The @TOIIndiaNews has plagiarised my recent article NPR, republishing a terrible AI version of it. After I complained, the article was taken down hastily. https://t.co/tVfdHtjpzg

[Umer Maqbool @umerwrites_]

@JKNC starts process of constitution of informal advisory groups.

NC President Farooq Abdullah writes letter for constitution of informal advisory groups with ministers.

Each group will be attached to a minister.

Each MLA can join two groups.

MLAs must give three minister names in order of preference.

Exercise of constitution of groups will be completed within two weeks.

[Umer Maqbool @umerwrites_]

Minister of Science & Technology and Minister for IT is CM @OmarAbdullah. The portfolios not allocated to any minister are lying with the CM. The choice of the CM to keep Science & Technology & IT with himself came as a surprise, as these were always considered peripheral departments.

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[Sanjay Sapru @SapruSanjay]

I am surprised that even after the reshuffle, the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir has still not nominated a Minister for Science & Technology / IT. From an employment perspective, this delay is worrying, as these departments are directly linked to IT infrastructure development, job creation, skill development, and startup growth in J&K.

By the way, the Science & Technology / IT Department is also the enabler of good governance.

@OmarAbdullah @CM_JnK

[Umer Maqbool @umerwrites_]

MLAs skip mnisters’ functions
All is not well within @JKNC . Two of its MLAs abstained from a function chaired by the Minister for Finance & Agriculture Production Department on Sunday at Pampore.
And today, at Minister Mir Saifullah’s welcome function, MLAs Qaiser Jamsheed Lone and Javid Ahmad Mirchal were absent.

[Umer Maqbool @umerwrites_]

@ImranNDar, is it not true that your own MLAs told CM @OmarAbdullah that there is a perception among the people that this government is indulging in corruption ?
These allegations have come from your own house - not from the media, not from the opposition.
When your own MLAs have lost faith, why are you training your guns on the media?
At least, I did not expect this from you.

[Imran Nabi Dar @ImranNDar]

I suggest you go back to journalism school. One of the first lessons they will teach you is "move out of your coterie and talk to real people."

How come everyone else is named in your story except from @JKNC_?

Is this ur imaginary NC, haunts you, makes you write against it?

[Umer Maqbool @umerwrites_]

@JKNC is seriously considering fielding Salman Sagar from Srinagar Lok Sabha seat.
MLA Salman Sagar, son of senior NC leader Ali Mohammad Sagar, is emerging as the front-runner for the prestigious seat.

[Gowhar Geelani @GowharGeelani]

“Dissenting MLAs pose internal challenges, but Mehdi’s exit is a political and ideological challenge to the grand old party.”

@frontline_india

https://t.co/jvt1nXLnMH

[Umer Maqbool @umerwrites_]

Rare female Sambar Deer spotted in Anantnag, Kashmir. A vulnerable species on @IUCNRedList, rarely seen in the Valley.
@WWFINDIA @wti_org_india @TRAFFIC_India @moefcc @wii_india @ntca_india @WCCBHQ @BNHSIndia @cwsindia_
@WildlifeSOS @jk_forest @WWF @IUCN @TheWCS @UNEP @CITES @PantheraCats @nature_org
@NatGeo @MoveTheWorld @DeerAssociation @BritishDeerSoc @DeerInitiative @MuleDeerOrg @BlacktailDeerFDN @IUCNDeerSG

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@themileiaccount S qqw

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#Inside Friday's NC Meeting#
During the meeting on Thursday, NC’s Qaiser Jamsheed Lone, Nazir Gurezi and Justice( retired) Hasnain Masoodi presented the demands of the MLAs- clearly, firmly and without hesitation- before the CM and the NC President.But then there was one MLA who crossed all limits of sycophancy.

[Umer Maqbool @umerwrites_]

🔥 OPERATION LATHI 🔥

What we called Operation Lotus 🪷🪷 by @BJP4India
Turned out to be Operation Lathi 🥢 by @JKNC_
🥢 Talking.
#OperationLathi #JKNC#

[Umer Maqbool @umerwrites_]

Key moments from a meeting

1. An agitated man, visibly upset with his colleagues, was offered a glass of water by one of them. He threw the water from the glass.

2.During the heated exchange, he accused another colleague of maintaining close contact with his political rival in 2002.

3.He addressed another colleague by his father's name and remarked that he had not expected such conduct from him.

4. In another tense moment, he told a colleague, "Go and resign."

5.The agitated man took exception to another colleague's role in convening meetings, telling him, "You are hosting meetings now."

[Umer Maqbool @umerwrites_]

BREAKING: Brutal caning class for @JKNC legislators from Kashmir Valley
It was not a meeting. It was a public thrashing.

NC leadership lashed out at the rebel MLAs & almost 'rejected' all major demands -no cabinet reshuffle, no removal of Advisor.

Only Deputy CM is set to be stripped of the Roads & Buildings portfolio.

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CM is understood to have told dissenting legislators that it is not possible to immediately go for Cabinet reshuffle.

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NC ebels get 🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭 in form of committee for implementation of @JKNC_ manifesto