SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday visited the Iranian Cultural Centre and Embassy in New Delhi to offer condolences to the people of Iran following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a post on X, the former chief minister said she paid tributes to Khamenei […]
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Release protesters arrested during Iran protest rallies in Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti urges police
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged Jammu and Kashmir Police to release people detained during protests in Kashmir over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a post on X, the former chief minister said that scores of protesters including women were arrested across Kashmir […]
Mehbooba Mufti urges PM Modi to ensure safe evacuation of J&K students stranded in Iran
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally intervene to ensure the safe evacuation of students from Jammu and Kashmir stranded in Iran amid the deteriorating situation there. In a post on X, the former chief minister said thousands of students from Jammu and […]
India’s silence on US-Israel strike on Iran incomprehensible: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said India’s silence on the US-Israel aggression against Iran was incomprehensible for her, as only Tehran had stood by New Delhi when sanctions were imposed against the latter for nuclear tests. “I fail to understand that we are a democratic country, but neither has our country’s leadership […]
FIR against Ruhullah Mehdi, Junaid Mattu unwarranted, must be withdrawn: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the cases registered against ruling National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi and former Mayor of Srinagar Junaid Azim Mattu were “egregiously unwarranted” and should be withdrawn immediately. She was reacting to Jammu and Kashmir Police registering cases against Mehdi and Mattu on Tuesday for allegedly […]
‘Betrayed Muslim World’: Mehbooba Mufti slams OIC over silence on US-Israel strikes on Iran
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday slammed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its silence over the US-Israel strikes on Iran, saying the grouping has betrayed the Muslim world. “It is deeply disturbing that the OIC stands as a mute spectator while America and Israel commit blatant aggression against the sovereignty of […]
Discharge of Kejriwal, Sisodia exposed high-handedness of investigative agencies: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the discharge of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders by a court in a corruption case had exposed the “high-handedness” of the investigative agencies. “Today’s judgement discharging Kejriwal, Sisodia & Kavitha in the excise policy case exposes the high handedness of investigative […]
Modi’s Israel visit not good for Gandhi’s India: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel was against the country’s policy and not a good sign for Mahatma Gandhi’s India. She called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “criminal” who is afraid of visiting many countries lest he be arrested. “I think […]
Mehbooba Mufti urges PM to revisit Indo-US trade deal, seeks 50% import duty on apples
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revisit the interim Indo-US trade deal and impose a 50 per cent import duty on apples to protect Jammu and Kashmir’s horticulture sector. Addressing reporters, Mufti said the trade deal would adversely affect farmers and fruit growers across the country, particularly […]
J&K govt must clarify BJP claim on demographic change being made in valley: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to clarify a Kashmiri Pandit leader’s claim that a demographic change is being made in the Valley. BJP leader Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo had recently told a national daily that the Centre was working on changing Kashmir’s demography by settling […]








