Politics

‘PM’s Kashmir visit only to drum support among BJP’s core constituency in view of LS polls’: Mehbooba Mufti

SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kashmir is only meant to address and drum support among the BJP’s core constituency in the rest of the country in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Thursday, alleging that government employees were “forcibly” ferried to the venue of the […]

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‘Mehbooba had majority but BJP wanted Sajad Lone to form the Govt’: Malik on dissolving J&K Assembly

NEW DELHI — For the dissolution of state Assembly, Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Satyapal Malik shifted the blame on Peoples’ Conference leader, Sajad Lone, and his ambition to ‘indulge in horse-trading’. In an interview with senior Supreme Court advocate and Rajya Sabha member, Kapil Sibal’s YouTube channel “Dil Se”, Malik said that the decision […]

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Muzaffar Beigh, wife Safina rejoin PDP

SRINAGAR — In a significant political development, senior politician Muzaffar Beigh and his wife, DDC Chairperson Baramulla, Safina Beigh, rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Bijbehara graveyard on the death anniversary of PDP founder late Mufti Mohammad Syed here on Sunday. Party sources told Srinagar based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com that […]

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Poonch Civilian Killings: Mehbooba Mufti prevented from visiting Surankote, put under house arrest

SRINAGAR — Days after three civilians were found dead in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, former chief minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Monday was put under house arrest in order to prevent her from visiting Surankote. Three of eight civilians picked up by security forces Friday morning for questioning in connection […]