Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. File | Photo Credit: ANI People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday (February 15, 2025) said “arbitrary and summary” dismissal of employees was continuing even after an elected government has taken office in Jammu and Kashmir. Lt Governor Manoj … Read more
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and Anantnag candidate Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday staged a sit-in protest in Jammu-Kashmir’s Anantnag alleging that her party workers were being barred from casting votes. In an X post, Mufti wrote, “Many of our PDP polling agents and workers are being detained just before voting. When the families went to … Read more
Voters queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Srinagar during the fourth phase of voting in the Lok Sabha election on May 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Reacting to the voter turnout DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti reacted differently to the voter turnout in … Read more
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. File | Photo Credit: ANI Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti was up in arms on April 26, as a group of parties, including the BJP, wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to postpone elections for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. … Read more
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. File | Photo Credit: PTI Former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday accused the Army in south Kashmir’s Kulgam of “beating up” a civilian and “normalising atrocities”. Ms. Mufti, also president of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), identified the civilian as Mushtaq Ganai from Nigeen Pora in Kund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam. … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha. | Photo Credit: ANI Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said he had no plans to live for good in the Union Territory (UT) but “will leave behind exemplary work which will be remembered for a long time”. “There are people who say the L-G will have … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Union Minister Jitendra Singh and J&K BJP President Ravinder Raina during a public meeting, at Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu on June 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Modi government has laid a strong foundation for eradication of corruption from the … Read more
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti. File | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Iltija Mufti, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Tuesday said she was being “intimidated” by the police for putting up a fight in the High Court to get her passport. Earlier, she was granted a country-specific passport … Read more
Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the J&K Police has told the Jammu and Kashmir High Court that a police verification report regarding the passport of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter, Iltija, was forwarded to the passport office in February. The CID sought dismissal of the writ … Read more
A view of people on a road after an earthquake in Antakya in Hatay province, Turkey, February 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS New 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey’s Hatay province A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded on February 20, 2023, in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, the hardest hit by a February 6 tremor which … Read more