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Ruling National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026) asked students from Jammu and Kashmir studying successful Iran to permission that state immediately, arsenic it would beryllium hard to evacuate them aft the airspace closure.
In its latest advisory, the Embassy of India asked its citizens to "leave Iran by disposable means of transport, including commercialized flights." The advisory comes successful the aftermath of Saturday's (February 21, 2026) protests successful Iran pursuing 40-day memorials for radical killed successful January during anti-government rallies.
Mr. Abdullah said the students should battalion their bags and permission Iran earlier their parents panic.
"I privation to archer the students of Jammu and Kashmir to permission immediately. Otherwise, erstwhile the airspace is closed tomorrow, their parents whitethorn panic. They should permission earlier it comes to that. Otherwise, determination volition beryllium nary 1 to evacuate them. When the advisory has been issued, they should battalion their bags and instrumentality home," Mr. Abdullah said.
The NC president was speaking to reporters aft paying tributes to the party's erstwhile wide secretary, Sheikh Nazir Ahmad, connected his eleventh decease day astatine Soura connected the outskirts of the city.
Mr. Abdullah besides wished occurrence to the J&K cricket team, which is playing Karnataka successful the Ranji Trophy connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026) successful its first-ever Ranji finals.
"May God springiness them success. That is the astir important thing. We congratulate them for reaching this far, and anticipation that they volition triumph the finals," helium said.
Asked astir the movie Kerala Story 2, Mr. Abdullah said, "Let maine archer you that we cannot spot our media. It is based connected lies and is suppressed by the government. So, talking successful beforehand of it holds nary significance. First, the media should fortify its integrity. Until they fortify their integrity, radical volition not spot them." The NC main said Ahmad sacrificed a batch for the party.
"He was a pillar of spot of the NC. He strengthened the enactment arsenic its wide secretary, the occurrence of which you are seeing today. God willing, I americium hopeful that this enactment volition proceed to tally arsenic its founders envisioned," helium said.
