New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Monday sought to know from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Union government the timeline for reinstating Jammu and Kashmir's statehood.

Abdullah's remarks come on the eve of six years since Article 370 of Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated and the erstwhile state was bifurcated into two union territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Also, there has been a strong buzz over the centre planning something on the Jammu and Kashmir 'statehood,' more so after PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the middle of the Monsoon Session of Parliament here on Sunday

The former chief minister held the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ...