SRINAGAR — Two persons, including a security personnel of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, were injured on Thursday as she had a narrow escape in a road accident at Sangam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said. The vehicle of the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister collided with a civilian car at Sangam, a […]
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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 […]
Mehbooba stopped from meeting families Poonch deceased civilians, holds sit-in protest
JAMMU — Police on Saturday stopped PDP president Mehbooba Mufti from meeting the families of three people found dead a day after being picked up for questioning by the Army following a militant attack in Poonch last week, her colleagues said. On December 21, four soldiers were killed and three others injured in an ambush […]
A death sentence, defeat of the idea of India: Mehbooba Mufti on SC verdict on Article 370
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Article 370 abrogation is “nothing less than a death sentence”, adding that it marked the defeat of the idea of India with which the Muslim-majority state had acceded in 1947. “Today an unconstitutional and illegal act that […]
Cricket should be played in sporting spirit, not treated like war: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said cricket should be played in a sporting spirit and not treated as if it were a war. “Cricket is a sport and it should be played like one. It is not a war,” Mufti said when asked about her views on the ongoing Cricket […]
PDP re-elects Mehbooba Mufti as party president for fourth time
SRINAGAR — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday re-elected Ms Mehbooba Mufti as the President of the party for the fourth time for the period of three years. Mehbooba was elected through a voice vote, in which senior leaders of the party participated at the party headquarters in Srinagar. The party’s general secretary Ghulam […]
Renowned Advocate Aditya Gupta joins PDP
SRINAGAR — Aditya Gupta, a renowned advocate on Saturday joined People’s Democratic Party at its Srinagar Headquarters. Aditya was welcomed into PDP by the party President, Mehbooba Mufti. Aditya after formally joining PDP said, “Joining PDP is my first step towards the fight for restoring the dignity and rights of the people of erstwhile state […]
Black Day for Indian democracy Mehbooba on dismissal of Rahul Gandhi’s appeal
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday lashed out at the BJP after a Gujarat court rejected Rahul Gandhi’s plea in a defamation case, saying it is a “black day” for Indian democracy. She also charged that opposition leaders are being hounded, saying they are either in jails or will be sent to jail. […]
Waheed Para selected as Peace Fellow at Yale University’s International Leadership Center
SRINAGAR — The International Leadership Center at Yale University announced Waheed Ur Rehman Para as the inaugural Yale Peace Fellow for the year 2023. The Peace Fellowship is an intensive program that brings emerging leaders in peace to Yale for research, mentoring, and training. Waheed Para will participate in high-level strategy events on peace and […]
Atiq killing ‘diversionary tactic’ to shift attention from Pulwama ‘revelations’ says Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged Atiq Ahmad and his brother’s killing in Uttar Pradesh was a “clever diversionary tactic” to shift attention from the “revelations” made by former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik about the Pulwama attack. Malik, in an interview to a news portal, had claimed that there were […]