Tag: Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba hits out at media for negative portrayal of J-K

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday hit out at a section of media for “portraying” Jammu and Kashmir, especially the Valley, in a negative way, saying it is distancing the state from the country. “Due to the role of a section of the media, we are getting distanced from the country,” Mehbooba said. Mehbooba was addressing …

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November 12, 2016

Uri terror attack: J&K Guv, CM review security situation

Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting at Raj Bhavan here to review the security situation in the state in the wake of the terror attack on an army base in Uri that left 17 soldiers dead. "After the terror arrack, Governor NN Vohra and …

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September 18, 2016

‘Collective efforts can resolve J-K issue’

Observing that situation in Kashmir depends on Indo-Pak relations, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday emphasised the need for collective efforts of people of India for resolving the issue related to the state which is "unique" in nature. Mehbooba said Jammu and Kashmir was not like "other normal states" and though it was easy to …

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September 9, 2016

‘All-party delegation hasn’t spelled out mandate’

A day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti invited them to meet the all-party delegation, the separatist leaders on Sunday said it cannot be an alternative to a transparent, agenda-based dialogue to address the "core" issue. One "fails to understand" what hope to attach with a delegation which has not "spelled out its …

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September 4, 2016

J-K unrest: All-party delegation meets Mehbooba Mufti

An all-party delegation headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti here in a bid to find a solution to the ongoing violence in the Valley. The meeting took place at the Sher-e-Kashmir convention centre on the banks of the Dal lake. The delegation is scheduled …

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September 4, 2016

Mehbooba should have released Hurriyat leaders: Omar

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti should have released the Hurriyat leaders if she was serious about talks but she "was not clear in her own head" about the way forward, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has said after she invited the separatists to meet the all-party delegation. "As CM she arrests them (separatists) and as @jkpdp …

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September 4, 2016

Mehbooba raises pitch for talks with Hurriyat

A day before an all-party delegation arrives here from Delhi, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti strongly pitched for talks with separatist leaders for peace in the Kashmir Valley. "The country’s political leadership must, without any further delay, reach out and engage all sections of the society including the leaders of the Hurriyat Conference in a productive …

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September 3, 2016

Mehbooba meets family of victim in Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister MeKashmirhbooba Mufti on Saturday visited the family of a youth killed in the ongoing unrest in south Kashmir. In a Facebook post the chief minister said: "Visited the family of late Mashooq Ahmed, firing victim of Kund, Kulgam and offered heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family." It is for the …

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September 3, 2016

‘Vikas’, ‘Vishwas’ key to address Kashmir issue: PM

"Development" and building of "confidence" are the key to address the problem of Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday while hoping that the youth of the Valley won’t get "misled". Amid ongoing unrest in the Valley, he emphasised on the need for taking Kashmir ahead with peace and unity while ensuring that it …

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September 2, 2016

NC leaders protest outside civil secretariat in Srinagar

Opposition National Conference (NC) workers led by senior party leaders on Thursday staged a protest outside the civil secretariat here. Senior NC leaders Ali Muhammad Sagar and Chowdhary Muhammad Ramzan led over three dozen party workers who were protesting against the use of pellet guns by security forces for mob control in the Valley. The …

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September 1, 2016

Is all lost for Mehbooba Mufti and her party?

The trail of death and destruction left behind by nearly four weeks of unrest in the Kashmir Valley has dealt a serious blow to the political base of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The worst affected south Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam — the political bastion of the PDP — have …

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August 31, 2016

Students must refrain from stone pelting: Mehbooba

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday appealed to students to refrain from stone pelting, and said if they keep indulging in such activities, the state will have no doctors, engineers and teachers in the future. "Children have to go to schools, study and come out as doctors, dental surgeons, engineers, teachers". "But …

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August 30, 2016

Violence will yield no positive result: Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that peace and dialogue is the only way forward to address the Kashmir imbroglio as violence would yield no positive result. Maintaining that violence will not help resolve issues, Mehbooba said: "Threads need to be picked up from where these were left by former Prime …

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August 29, 2016

‘If Kashmir issue is not resolved under Modi, it won’t be resolved’

Stating that the approach adopted by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the only way to resolve the Kashmir dispute, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday claimed that if the dispute was not resolved under Prime Minister Narendra Modi it will never be resolved. "There is no other option but only …

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August 28, 2016

Mehbooba launches Ujala scheme in J-K

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday launched the Ujala scheme in the state, distributing LED bulbs to consumers here. Speaking at the function organised at the Convention Centre here, she said that the scheme has already become a national revolution, and her government, acknowledging the great savings that the scheme will bring …

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August 28, 2016

Burhan Wani’s father meets Sri Sri Ravishankar

With the Centre grappling to bring peace in restive Kashmir after the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani, the slain militant’s father Muzaffar Wani met Art of Living Founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at his ashram in Bengaluru. The spiritual guru said this on social networking site Twitter tonight, saying Muzaffar Wani was in his …

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August 27, 2016

Mehbooba meets PM, blames Pakistan for Kashmir unrest

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday squarely blamed Pakistan and separatists for fuelling the ongoing trouble in the Kashmir Valley that has been seething with public anger and violent anti-government protests for the past 50 days. Mehbooba was on a whirlwind visit to Delhi for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the …

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August 27, 2016