Srinagar: There seems to be yet another conflict between Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Opposition PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti. The PDP leader charged out of a meeting on Monday after an argument with the Chief Minister over the appointment of the state's first Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Mufti expressed dipleasure over the suggestion of State DGP Kuldeep Khoda taking over the post. The four member selection committee headed...
09:56 AM, May 29, 2012
Jammu: Alleging a cricket scam worth millions in Jammu and Kashmir, opposition PDP on Saturday lashed out at the Centre accusing it of facilitating political crimes and corruption in the state. PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti also targeted national parties, especially the BJP, over the issue saying they were yet to utter a word on the alleged scam of such proportions. "New Delhi is facilitating political crimes and corruption in J&K",...
02:23 AM, Apr 08, 2012
Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre was "facilitating" crime and corruption in Jammu and Kashmir. "It is unfortunate that UPA government is not taking cognisance of the grave charges of corruption and crimes in J&K. They seem in a way to be facilitating corruption in the state," Mufti told reporters here. Replying to a question on the...
03:26 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday launched a spirited attack on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, calling him a man who has "unquenchable thirst for power". Mehbooba and her party - at the receiving end of Omar Abdullah's speeches inside and outside of the state legislature, hit back in the assembly on Tuesday, charging him with failing on all counts, except for "maintaining his...
01:38 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Jammu: The PDP on Tuesday warned the Jammu and Kashmir government to withdraw cases registered against 5,000 youths for stone pelting during the 2010 summer unrest in Srinagar or else the party would launch an agitation. "We will agitate in every nook and corner of Kashmir if the government did not withdraw the FIRs against the youths," PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said in the state Assembly. The Leader of the...
08:30 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Jammu: Supporting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's demand of replacing Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that her agenda has always been pro-poor. "(West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata's agenda has always been pro-people and pro-poor," Mufti said while defending West Bengal Chief Minister's move. "Mamata is all the time doing what she thinks is good. I do not think you can blame her for being...
01:34 AM, Mar 16, 2012
Jammu: Supporting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's demand of replacing Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that her agenda has always been pro-poor. "(West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata's agenda has always been pro-people and pro-poor," Mufti said while defending Banerjee's move. "Mamata is all the time doing what she thinks is good. I do not think you can blame her for being pro-poor," Mehooba said....
11:30 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Srinagar: Trouble continues for Jammu and Kashmir senior Congress leader and Education Minister Peerzada Sayeed. Crime Branch raids at the State Board of School Education have revealed more documents indicating that board officials helped his son to pass class 10 exam. A newspaper in Srinagar on Monday carried the facsimile of an answer sheet in two handwritings - alleging that part of it had been written by an official to...
06:54 AM, Feb 02, 2012
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
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