Srinagar: Opposition PDP in Jammu and Kashmir on said that the party's stand on diversion of funds by the ruling NC-led government has been vindicated by the Public Account Committee of the state Assembly. "Our party's statements on non-utilisation and diversion of funds by the present regime have been justified by none other than the government itself," PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said addressing workers at the PDP headquarters in Srinagar....
03:01 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he loved the Peoples Democratic Party's description of him as 'a headless chicken'. Reacting to PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's description of him and his government at a press conference in Srinagar on Tuesday, Omar said, "I love it". In a tweet, he said, "According to the PDP I'm a "headless chicken". I love it when they start...
01:09 AM, Jan 12, 2012
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had raked up the AFSPA issue to divert attention from the death of a ruling National Conference worker in police custody last year. "Omar took up the issue of AFSPA to divert attention from custodial killing of Mohammad Yousuf Shah," she said. The NC worker died on September 30 last year in police custody...
05:56 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Srinagar: A day after a boy was killed in CISF firing in Uri, both Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the Opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti visited Altaf's family on Tuesday. The light has gone out of Bashir Ahmed's life forever, his son Altaf, a class 12 student was shot dead on Monday by CISF men after protests by villagers over power shortages. "I didn't expect my son to...
08:49 PM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi: In what could be a major embarrassment for Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti, an official transcript shows that she did praise Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting in September 2011. According to the transcript of the NIC meeting released by the home ministry on its website, Mehbooba had referred to her meeting with a Muslim businessman from...
08:27 PM, Jan 01, 2012
New Delhi: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his approach to investment proposals, a transcript of her speech made public after some remarks triggered a row showed. Mehbooba while referring to her interaction with a Muslim businessman who spoke of Modi's quick response to a business proposal had also said at the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting that such actions were necessary to reach out...
12:43 PM, Jan 01, 2012
New Delhi: Commending the Army for maintaining security in Jammu and Kashmir, main opposition People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday counselled caution about the move by Omar Abdullah government to revoke Armed Forces Special Powers Act from parts of the state. Talking to reporters after attending a seminar at the Hindustan Times Summit in New Delhi, Mehbooba said Omar's move seeking revocation of the controversial law from some...
09:12 PM, Dec 03, 2011
Srinagar: By proposing to incorporate the essence of AFSPA into the local Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was leading the state towards "virtual martial law", PDP President Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Sunday. "The AFSPA has to go sooner or later but Omar Abdullah's diabolical suggestion to incorporate its essence into the local Ranbir Penal Code amounts to introducing a virtual martial law in the...
07:51 PM, Nov 27, 2011
Jammu: PDP on Tuesday accused Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of using the AFSPA issue to divert people's attention from the mysterious death of a National Conference leader. "AFSPA issue is being used to divert attention of people from the custodial death of the NC worker," PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti told reporters in Jammu on Tuesday. She said Omar should have taken the decision to revoke AFSPA with...
08:06 PM, Nov 15, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is hearing a PIL petition on death of National Conference (NC) worker Haji Saeed Yousuf in Jammu and Kashmir's police custody. The PIL seeks a CBI probe into Yousuf's death. Haji Yousuf was the same National Conference worker who died in police custody after he was allegedly handed over by the J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The deceased's family has been claiming that Haji Yousuf...
09:03 AM, Oct 31, 2011
Srinagar: Opposition Peoples Democratic Party and separatist Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday termed the report of Centre's interlocutors as wastage of time while the ruling National Conference said it is unfortunate if the team has rejected the autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir. "The whole exercise seems to be a waste of time. As reported in the media, the report has neither touched on the internal dimension nor the external dimension of...
10:16 PM, Oct 12, 2011
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday claimed that the government was hiding the truth about the death of the National Conference worker in police custody. Referring to the demand by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for initiating a judicial enquiry into the killing, Mufti said that the probe would take months. She pointed that there were enough eyewitnesses to the case. "The governance is insufficient, the whole country knows about...
03:55 PM, Oct 06, 2011
Srinagar: The PDP on Wednesday took to streets in Srinagar to protest against the alleged custodial death of a ruling National Conference worker with party president Mehbooba Mufti warning of a "long battle". Several PDP legislators and hundreds of party workers marched from the party headquarters to Lal Chowk through Residency Road. They held a sit-in at Regal Chowk after riot police stopped them. The opposition party is demanding the...
05:02 PM, Oct 05, 2011
People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti on Monday blamed Jammu and Chief minister Omar Abdullah for the ruckus in the state assembly. ...
09:09 PM, Oct 03, 2011
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said he has "no hesitation" in presenting himself before a judicial inquiry that is to go into the death of a National Conference worker allegedly in police custody. "I have no hesitation in presenting myself before the judicial inquiry ordered into the incident," he told reporters in the state Assembly premises. Omar said that the allegations about his involvement in...
04:36 PM, Oct 03, 2011
J&K Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone apologised for losing his temper in the Assembly. ...
12:28 PM, Oct 03, 2011
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday witnessed uproarious scenes as an argument between the Speaker, Mohammad Akbar Lone, and PDP MLA Moulvi Iftikhar Hussain got heated. The speaker lost his cool amid the ruckus and hurled abuses at the Opposition leader. The Opposition leader in turn hurled a fan towards him. Later the Speaker apologised for losing his temper in the Assembly. Following the uproar, the Speaker adjourned...
11:23 AM, Oct 03, 2011
Mehbooba Mufti said that PDP has maintained its stand on the clemency plea of Afzal Guru since beginning. ...
10:56 PM, Sep 28, 2011
Srinagar: The controversial resolution seeking clemency for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru could not be debated in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday. The Assembly was adjourned for the day after repeated adjournments caused by clashes between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti slammed state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over the issue. "It is a bad day for democracy and Omar is taking...
09:09 PM, Sep 28, 2011
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproarious scenes after Opposition PDP sought discussion on the issue of nameless graves. The members of the Opposition, PDP, walked towards the Speaker's podium while demanding that an adjournment motion be brought on the issue, following which they staged a walkout. Later, speaking on the issue, state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that people needed answers and that the government had...
11:30 AM, Sep 27, 2011
