SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday hit out at the Centre over the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and several other Ladakhis, saying even the fundamental right to protest has been “snatched” from the people. Wangchuk and around 120 others on a march to Delhi demanding Sixth Schedule status for […]
SRINAGAR — PDP youth president Waheed Para accused Director General of Police R R Swain, who retired on Monday, of destroying lives by “criminalising thoughts and weaponising policing”. Para, who was in jail for nearly two years in terror-related cases, claimed that he was subjected to torture under the orders of Swain. In a post […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the “biggest terrorist after Adolf Hitler” as the Jewish leader has turned Palestine and Lebanon into “gas chambers”. Mehbooba had earlier condemned the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli airstrikes and cancelled her election campaign for a day […]
JAMMU — Lashing out at former Jammu-Kashmir Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti for cancelling her campaign following the killing of Hezbollah commander Hassan Nasrallah, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Anurag Thakur said that parties like National Conference, People’s Democratic Party and Congress support militancy and not democracy. Attacking the Opposition parties further, Thakur said that these parties […]
NEW DELHI — Former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Kavinder Gupta, on Sunday, reacted to Mehbooba Mufti’s remarks on cancelling her campaign in support of Lebanon and Palestine following the death of Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and said that the former CM of the state never takes a stand for issues in […]
SRINAGAR — With political parties and workers unleashed after a long wait of 10 years, the Kashmir poll campaign struck a tone, harsh and partisan. But it also witnessed a tune so captivating that it acquired a universal appeal. The reverberating chants of “zyeun ho zyeun ho, albain zyeun ho” from a hall of packed […]
BARAMULLA — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed demonstrated that embracing Kashmiri identity did not mean being a militant or owing allegiance to separatist groups such as the Hurriyat, senior PDP leader Waheed Para said here on Friday. Sayeed’s vision brought the Kashmir issue to the forefront of political dialogue, reframing it […]
SRINAGAR — In a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti accused the party of hypocrisy and political opportunism. Speaking at a campaign rally in Bahu in support of PDP candidate Virendra Singh Sonu, Mehbooba claimed that Ram Madhav, a […]
JAMMU — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) district president Dapinder Singh Romi, along with several others, joined the BJP here on Wednesday. The new members were welcomed by Jammu and Kashmir BJP working president Sat Sharma, along with deputy in-charge Ashish Sood. Sharma expressed confidence that the inclusion of new members would strengthen the party further. […]
JAMMU — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asserted that Jammu and Kashmir will never have a BJP government and no “secular government” can be formed without the support of her party. She expressed readiness to support the formation of any “secular government” in Jammu and Kashmir to keep the BJP out of power. “Jammu […]