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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Several professionals social activists join PDP in Jammu
JAMMU — Several social activists and professionals on Sunday joined the PDP here in the presence of its president Mehbooba Mufti. Those who joined the party were advocate Meenakshi Bhatyal, Rajiv Sharma, Sameer Ahmed, Haider Abass and Adil Altaf. Their decision to join the PDP reflects a growing endorsement of the party’s values and vision, […]
Mehbooba has extensive, sophisticated security arrangement: J&K Police
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday said former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has an extensive and sophisticated security arrangement to ensure her safety at all times. The statement came after the PDP raised questions on the security protocols in place for the party’s president following her narrow escape in an accident in […]
Mehbooba’s accident: PDP raises questions on former CMs security protocols
SRINAGAR — A day after People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti escaped unhurt in a road accident, her party raised questions on Friday about the security protocols in place for the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister. The PDP said the “lapses” in Mufti’s security were evident. “In the recent incident where Mehbooba Mufti […]
ED has ‘become part of election process’: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the central investigation agencies are being used to harass the opposition leaders ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, adding the Enforcement Directorate has ”become a part of the election process”. ”Whenever there is a state election or parliamentary election, the ED starts summoning the opposition leaders. […]
Narrow escape for PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti as car meets with accident; driver, PSO hurt
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 […]
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 […]