Mehbooba’s daughter demands regular passport

Mehbooba’s daughter demands regular passport

Srinagar: ltija on Monday shot off a letter to the regional passport officer here, questioning the decision to issue her a country-specific passport for two years only, and demanding a regular passport for 10 years. “As per rule 12 of the passport rules, duration of the passport has to be ten years. However, in my […]

BJP’s Kashmir policy ’emperor’s new clothes’: PDP

BJP’s Kashmir policy ’emperor’s new clothes’: PDP

Srinagar: The PDP on Saturday said the BJP’s Kashmir policy and its “naya Kashmir” rhetoric are like the emperor’s new clothes that the judiciary and civil society have no option but to praise. In its monthly newsletter, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said in BJP’s “naya Kashmir”, a conman like Kiran Patel visits the valley […]

Will continue to fight for my passport in court: Iltija

Will continue to fight for my passport in court: Iltija

Srinagar: “Am I a terrorist or an anti-national”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija asked on Friday, a day after she was issued a “country-specific passport” for two years to allow her to study in the United Arab Emirates. The 35-year-old had moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in February after her application for […]

Police Dismiss Allegations

Police Dismiss Allegations

Srinagar: Police on Friday dismissed as “completely false” the allegations of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija that she was being “pressured to withdraw her petition” in the high court after she was issued a “country-specific passport” for two years. Without naming Iltija in its response to her allegations, the police said security verifications preceding […]

Cong must act as ‘elder brother’ for opposition parties: Mehbooba

Cong must act as ‘elder brother’ for opposition parties: Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asked Congress to act like an “elder brother” and create space for opposition parties in their fight for democracy. “Congress will have to behave like an elder brother. It should not choke space, it should create space for other opposition parties, which have been its alliance partners in […]

Police seeks dismissal of Iltija’s passport plea

Police seeks dismissal of Iltija’s passport plea

Srinagar: Seeking dismissal of the writ petition filed by PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter for issuance of a passport, the criminal investigation department wing of police has informed the High Court here that her final verification report was forwarded to the concerned department last month. Iltija,35, sought the intervention of the High Court in February, […]

Social media guidelines for employees – Admin wants to strip people of their livelihood: Mehbooba

Social media guidelines for employees – Admin wants to strip people of their livelihood: Mehbooba

Being Govt Employee Does Not Mean Giving Up Constitutional Rights As Citizen: Tarigami Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said the social media guidelines for Jammu and Kashmir government employees were part of “a clear intimidation of dispossessing people” of their livelihood. Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami too hit out at the J […]

Opposition parties need to come together to fight BJP: Mehbooba

Opposition parties need to come together to fight BJP: Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has said all opposition parties will have to unite to give a formidable fight to the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections but expressed doubts about such an alliance coming into existence. In an interview with PTI here, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said a grand opposition […]

Conmen Enjoying Govt Patronage, Kashmiris Being Harassed: Mehbooba

Conmen Enjoying Govt Patronage, Kashmiris Being Harassed: Mehbooba

Srinagar: Taking to Twitter, the former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti referred to Kiran Bhai Patel who posed as a PMO official and enjoyed various perks before being arrested, and said conmen were enjoying government patronage but common Kashmiris were being harassed. “Conmen whether outsiders or local enjoying government patronage & hospitality, are given protocol, security […]

Situation in India no different from Pak: Mehbooba

Situation in India no different from Pak: Mehbooba

Says Bjp Govt Putting Opposition Leaders In Jail Jammu: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said like the ruling party in Pakistan is trying to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, the BJP-led central government here is misusing central agencies to put opposition leaders in jail. Speaking at the party headquarters here, the former chief […]