‘Zia-ul-Haq created similar communal atmosphere’: Mehbooba Mufti attacks CM Yogi Adityanath for spreading ‘poison’ during Holi, Jumma Namaz | India News – The Times of India

Mehbooba compares UP CM Yogi to Zia-ul-Haq NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairperson Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday criticized the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, accusing him of creating “divisions between Hindus and Muslims”. Mufti said that in the past, people from both communities celebrated Holi and Eid together in harmony. She warned about the negative…

Read More

Centre bans 2 Kashmir-based groups under UAPA | India News – The Times of India

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (ANI) SRINAGAR: The Union govt banned Monday two Kashmir-based organisations — Awami Action Committee (AAC) and J&K Ittehadul Muslimeen (JKIM) — for five years under the stringent UAPA, citing threats to national security and sovereignty. The home ministry said both groups were engaged in activities advocating the secession of Kashmir from India.AAC…

Read More

Detained in Jammu, stopped from addressing media, claims PDP’s Iltija Mufti | India News – The Times of India

JAMMU: PDP’s Iltija Mufti Sunday claimed she was detained in Jammu and stopped from addressing a press conference after her return from Billawar, in Kathua district, where she had gone to offer condolences to the family of Makhan Din. Twenty-five-year-old Makhan died by suicide allegedly after police torture during questioning. Kathua DM and police have…

Read More

‘Shortsighted politician vs statesman’: Mehbooba Mufti compares Modi and Vajpayee’s J&K visits | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti pointed out the difference between a “shortsighted politician & a true statesman” by comparing the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee‘s visit to Jammu and Kashmir in 2003 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on Monday.The comparison came in the context of PDP’s discontentment with the Modi government’s…

Read More

BJP flays Mehbooba for equating Bangla minorities with India – Times of India

JAMMU: J&K BJP leaders Sunday demanded action against PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for her remark comparing the condition of minorities in Bangladesh with those in India, calling it “anti-national.”Addressing party workers recently in Jammu, Mehbooba asked people to stand up to counter BJP’s alleged attempts at polarisation and asked if there was any difference between…

Read More

‘No difference between India & Bangladesh’: Mehbooba Mufti on Sambhal row – Times of India

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti (File photo) NEW DELHI: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti, while reacting to violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambal, drew a parallel between the row over the mosque survey and the atrocities being committed against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.Mufti called the clashes between police and protestors, which took place after Sambhal…

Read More

Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar skips Union Territory day, LG slams ‘dual character’ | India News – Times of India

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is now a Union Territory and everybody must accept this reality, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said at the UT’s foundation day celebrations Thursday, adding that when it becomes a state again, that day would be celebrated as well, reports Saleem Pandit. CM Omar Abdullah,…

Read More

‘Will not beg … ‘: What Farooq Abdullah said on seeking support from Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP to form govt | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday expressed his willingness to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir with the support of Mehbooba Mufti‘s People’s Democratic Party. However, he added that the initiative should be from the other side.When asked whether the National Conference-Congress alliance would seek support from the PDP if necessary,…

Read More

‘Biggest terrorist after Hitler’: Mufti says Netanyahu turning Palestine, Lebanon into gas chambers | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday, called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the “the biggest terrorist” of the world.In an interview with news agency PTI, Mehbooba Mufti compared Netanyahu to German dictator Adolf Hitler saying that while Hitler “built gas chambers to kill jews” the Israeli PM has turned Palestine…

Read More