Srinagar: Re-elected president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday, former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti virtually launched her party’s campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and exhorted the party cadre to start work right away to strengthen the organisation. “Elections are not everything but these elections are important to get our […]
Srinagar: Iltija Mufti, the media advisor and daughter of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, has claimed that her party is under tremendous pressure from the Centre to quit the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), formed in 2019 to fight for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. In an interview with PTI, Iltija Mufti […]
Srinagar: Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday strongly condemned BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s objectionable remarks in the Lok Sabha against BSP parliamentarian Danish Ali. While National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said Bidhuri’s remarks against the BSP MP revealed what the BJP thinks about Muslims, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said the BJP should “spray […]
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday hit out at the BJP for allegedly felicitating a religious leader, jailed under the stringent Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), after his release. “Religious leaders now released and felicitated by the BJP after being slapped with the PSA were earlier accused of being a security threat […]
Informs SC That Polls Can Be Held At Any Time, Restoration Of Statehood Will Take Some Time New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that elections can be held in Jammu and Kashmir “anytime from now” with most of the work on the voters’ list over, and the decision on specific dates […]
Jammu/Srinagar: The Centre’s stand in the Supreme Court on restoration of statehood and holding Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir is nothing new but just a diversionary tactic, political parties in the valley said on Thursday. While the National Conference (NC) described the submissions made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in the top court as […]
Srinagar: The PDP on Wednesday said the Centre’s decision to abrogate Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 was an important issue and not the restoration of its statehood. The party’s remarks came after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Union Territory status of J-K is not a […]
Anantnag: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday called for the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley, saying the atmosphere of gloom in the union territory will end only after that. “The atmosphere of gloom will not end in the Kashmir Valley until Kashmiri Pandits return to their homes and live with dignity and joy,” Mufti […]
Srinagar: Iltija Mufti was on Wednesday appointed media advisor to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president and her mother Mehbooba Mufti, a senior party leader said. The decision to appoint 35-year-old Iltija Mufti, who takes a plunge into politics with this move, as media advisor to the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was taken by […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking a declaration that abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, was constitutionally valid. Terming the plea as “misconceived”, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said the issue of constitutional […]