Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti are not terrorists: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IBNS): Breaking her silence over the preventive detention of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers- Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the two mainstream politicians are not terrorists.
Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah arrested after Centre ends J&K's special status
Srinagar, Aug 5 (IBNS): Hours after Article 370 has been scrapped by the Centre, Jammu and Kashmir's former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, who were placed under house arrest on late Sunday evening, have been formally arrested, media reports said.
Srinagar, Aug 5 (IBNS/UNI): Tension prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir as the central government imposed Section 144 of the CRPC in Srinagar with effect from Aug 5 and even with several top leaders in the Valley, including former Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, being put under house arrest since midnight.
Top Kashmir leaders placed under house arrest as tension escalates, restrictions imposed
Srinagar/New Delhi: Three prominent politicians of Jammu and Kashmir- Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Sajad Lone - have been placed under house arrest as tension in Kashmir escalated forcing massive deployment of troops and appeals to the Amarnath pilgrims to abandon the yatra and go back. Restrictions under CrPC 144 have been imposed in Kashmir, official circulars said.
ACB sends notice to Mehbooba Mufti over JK Bank appointments
Srinagar, Aug 4 (UNI) The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has sent a notice to former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to explain her position regarding appointments in Jammu and Kashmir Bank (JKB).
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba calls APM at her residence after hotel refuses permission
Srinagar, Aug 4 (UNI) After a local hotel was allegedly directed by authorities not to allow holding of any political meeting, former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the All Party Meeting (APM) will be now held at her Gupkar residence this evening.
Mehbooba Mufti questions timing of ED grilling Farooq in J&K Cricket Association scam case
Srinagar, Jul 31 (UNI) Questioning the timing of Enforcement Directorate (ED) grilling National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah in J&K Cricket Association scam case, former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said 'misusing central agencies to harass and intimidate those who don’t fall in line has become quite blase and brazen'.
Srinagar, July 30 (UNI): Strongly condemning attack on senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worker by unidentified gunmen in Pulwama on Monday, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said taking up gun and attacking innocent civilians will not help to resolve an issue that has dragged on since 1947.
Srinagar, July 28 (IBNS): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government that it should not 'meddle' with the Article 35A in the Valley.
Kashmir is a political problem which cannot be solved by military means: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar, Jul 27 (UNI) Reacting to Centre’s decision to deploy additional 100 companies of security forces in the Kashmir valley, former chief minister and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said Jammu and Kashmir is a political problem which cannot be solved by military means.
Consider cases where innocent Kashmiris are jailed on unproven charges: Mehbooba to Shah
Srinagar, July 24 (UNI): Reacting to the Jaipur High Court acquitting three residents of Srinagar booked in Lajpat Nagar and Samleti bomb blast cases, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti appealed to Union home minster Amit Shah to look into cases where innocent Kashmiris are languishing in jails on unproven charges.
Kashmiris always welcome Amarnath pilgrims: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar, Jul 2 (UNI) Wishing pilgrims undertaking Yatra to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said people of Kashmir have always welcomed them wholeheartedly.
Is lynching of Muslim man in BJP-ruled Jharkhand NDA 2.0's New India, asks Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar, Jun 24 (UNI) Reacting to reports that a Muslim man was lynched to death in Jharkhand, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba asked if this is NDA 2.0’s New India.
Srinagar, June 16 (IBNS): In an interesting tweet about the high-voltage World Cup group stage match between India and Pakistan, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said people had the right to cheer the team they believed in.
J&K Congress, Mehbooba, Omar hail Kathua verdict
Jammu, Jun 10 (UNI): Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and NC vice-president Omar Abdullah on Monday hailed the verdict of Kathua case in which six persons were convicted and one acquitted.