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
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Grand Mufti of Egypt Shawky Ibrahim Allam during a meeting, in Cairo, on June 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi has discussed Egypt-India ties as well as issues related to promoting social harmony and countering extremism and radicalisation with the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr Shawky … Read more
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti. | Photo Credit: ANI PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been issued a passport with 10-year validity, sources said here on June 4. After a prolonged legal battle in the Delhi High Court, the passport was delivered to Ms. Mehbooba. Her travel … Read more
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah met PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, a day after she was released from the 14-month detention. Farooq Abdullah met Mehbooba Mufti a day after her release from detention. (File photo: PTI) Former Jammu and Kashmir CM and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah met PDP president … Read more
Mehbooba Mufti was finally set free on Tuesday night by the Jammu and Kashmir administration, after 14 months of preventive detention. The release came 48 hours before Supreme Court was to hear Iltija Mufti’s plea. Supreme Court during the hearing of the case had recently observed that detention cannot be forever and “some via media” … Read more
After keeping her in detention for more than a year, the Jammu and Kashmir government has finally decided to release former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti. Mehbooba Mufti was released around 9.45 pm. Confirming this development, Official Spokesperson of the J&K government, Rohit Kansal tweeted, “Ms. Mehbooba … Read more