Proceedings at the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly were disrupted on Friday as legislators from both the treasury and opposition benches created a din over the government's "failure to restore electricity supply in the valley during snowfalls". As soon as the house met, the legislators of opposition National Conference stood up, shouting slogans against the Mehbooba...
January 27, 2017Proceedings at the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly were disrupted on Friday as legislators from both the treasury and opposition benches created a din over the government's "failure to restore electricity supply in the valley during snowfalls". As soon as the house met, the legislators of opposition National Conference stood up, shouting slogans against the Mehbooba...
January 27, 2017Kashmiri girl Zaira Wasim, who played the younger version of Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat in Aamir Khan-led Bollywood blockbuster Dangal, on Monday apologised for "offending" and "unintentionally hurting" people after her meeting with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti kicked up a row. Zaira took to social media and tendered an apology apparently over her meeting with...
January 16, 2017Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday blamed Pakistan and the separatists leaders for inciting violence and planning conspiracies in the Kashmir Valley. While replying to a debate in the state assembly on last year's unrest in the Valley, Mehbooba said: "When issues like Kashmiri Pandit Colony and Sainik Colony did not work,...
January 9, 2017Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday blamed Pakistan and the separatists leaders for inciting violence and planning conspiracies in the Kashmir Valley. While replying to a debate in the state assembly on last year's unrest in the Valley, Mehbooba said: "When issues like Kashmiri Pandit Colony and Sainik Colony did not work,...
January 9, 2017Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday blamed Pakistan and the separatists leaders for inciting violence and planning conspiracies in the Kashmir Valley. While replying to a debate in the state assembly on last year's unrest in the Valley, Mehbooba said: "When issues like Kashmiri Pandit Colony and Sainik Colony did not work,...
January 9, 2017Every family which lost a member to firing by security forces during last year's unrest in the Kashmir Valley will get Rs.5 lakh, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti announced on Monday. The chief minister made the announcement in the assembly while promising punishment to those guilty of using excessive force. The three-month unrest, which...
January 9, 2017Pitching for peace and reconciliation in Jammu and Kashmir on the first death anniversary of her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said a "good atmosphere" in the state will compel India and Pakistan to come together. The PDP chief said the peace process should start in the state and "first we...
January 8, 2017As Jammu and Kashmir returns to normalcy after months of protests and shutdowns called by separatists last year, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that the state government has a “big responsibility” at hand and is trying to create “conducive atmosphere” in the state. “Government has a big responsibility. We are trying to create a conducive...
January 7, 2017Tasaduq Hussain Mufti, son of late Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, Saturday formally joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) here on his father's first death anniversary. "I will work for peace and prosperity of the state where the common man and the VIPs will play and walk together", Tasaduq Hussain Mufti told...
January 7, 2017Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday offered prayers at her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed's grave on his first death anniversary. Mehbooba visited the grave in Bijbehara town in Anantnag district. The former Chief Minister passed away this day last year following a brief illness in New Delhi. The ruling People's Democratic Party...
January 7, 2017Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday offered prayers at her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed's grave on his first death anniversary. Mehbooba visited the grave in Bijbehara town in Anantnag district. The former Chief Minister passed away this day last year following a brief illness in New Delhi. The ruling People's Democratic Party...
January 7, 2017Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday offered prayers at her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed's grave on his first death anniversary. Mehbooba visited the grave in Bijbehara town in Anantnag district. The former Chief Minister passed away this day last year following a brief illness in New Delhi. The ruling People's Democratic Party...
January 7, 2017Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday offered prayers at her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed's grave on his first death anniversary. Mehbooba visited the grave in Bijbehara town in Anantnag district. The former Chief Minister passed away this day last year following a brief illness in New Delhi. The ruling People's Democratic Party...
January 7, 2017The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned on Monday amid opposition protests after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti blamed the National Conference for rigging elections and giving birth to militancy. "People who sowed seeds of secession by demanding plebiscite in the state also rigged elections in 1987 to give birth to militancy," the chief minister told...
January 2, 2017Stating that empowerment of women is imperative for the development of the society, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the government has launched many schemes and programmes for their welfare. She said the state Government has flagged women’s welfare as a priority area and efforts are being made to achieve the targets in this...
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