Jammu, Aug. 23 -- With the hopes for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir in the Monsoon Session dashed, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the struggle begins anew from here.

"Leave it now, the hope has gone, the water has crossed over. We will start our process from here. We had hoped that this would not be needed, that the promises made to us would be acted upon. On those promises, action will be taken," Abdullah told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.

"Well, if we need to struggle a bit, wehave to work hard a bit . That we will do on our part," the National Conference leader said.

The chief minister was attending the 56th School Raising Day of Sainik School in Nagrota and inaugurated Triveni Girls Host...