Omar Abdullah (left), and Mehbooba Mufti NEW DELHI: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday criticised Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah for his recent comments about the Tulbul Navigation Project and the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). The party said such remarks could affect the “fragile” peace and ceasefire along the Line of Control…
SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah went for morning walk Monday in Srinagar’s famed Tulip Garden with Union minister Kiran Rijiju, leading a prickly opposition in the assembly hours later to slam him over rejection of a motion to discuss the Waqf law while indulging in a stroll with the man who piloted it in…
SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah has convened a meeting Friday to discuss growing tensions over lieutenant-governor (LG) Manoj Sinha’s recent transfers of officers, the first time he will examine and debate an administrative decision taken by the Centre-appointed authority.The bone of contention emerged Tuesday when Sinha ordered transfers of 48 Jammu Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS)…
SRINAGAR: A picture of an Iftar party has set social media on fire in Kashmir Valley. The Iftar was hosted by People’s Democratic Party (DPD) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday, and the picture showed her daughter Iltija Mufti breaking bread with Zahir Abdullah and Zamir Abdullah, sons of J&K chief minister and National Conference vice-president…
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…