Mehbooba Mufti is an Indian politician and former chief minister of Indian Occupied Kashmir (4th April 2016-19th June 2018). Mehbooba is the first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and India's second Muslim woman chief minister after Syeda Anwara Taimur of Assam. She is the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mehbooba suppoted the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2016 but however she resigned on 19th June,2018 after BJP withdrew support from the coalition government. Mehbooba Mufti was a member of Indian parliament representing Anantnag in the 16th Lok Sabha. She had also represented Anantnag in the 14th Lok Sabha. Her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was appointed as India's home minister in 1989 and was released after a few days in exchange for some terrorists. In 1996 state assembly elections, Mehbooba Mufti was one of the popular elected members from Bijbehra on INC ticket. Mehbooba Mufti contested in the parliamentary elections in 1999 from Srinagar and she lost to the sitting member Omar Abdullah. She won her Pahalgam seat from South Kashmir, when assembly elections were held again in 2002.
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Madhav, who played a major role in stitching the alliance three years ago, said the decision was taken in view of larger interest of national integrity.
Rajnath Singh said that the Centre is ready to hold talks with all "right-minded" people in Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan, but the neighboring country should stop terror activities emanating from its soil.
Singh, while participating in 'Dogra Samman rally' organised by his brother Lal Singh, had purportedly used very bad language against the chief minister and had also abused her
Tajamul Islam won national recognition when she bagged the gold medal in sub-junior category at 2015 National Kickboxing Championship.
The chief minister said people on both sides of the border are getting killed by the firing and called upon DGMOs of both the countries to talk and end the bloodshed.
The halt of security operations during Ramzan by the Centre "has led the people of the state to heave a sigh of relief," the chief minister said, adding Pakistan should respond positively by bringing peace on the border.
The chief minister appealed to all stakeholders to reciprocate positively to the gesture aimed at giving relief to the people of the state who have seen enough "torment and tragedy".
Terming the killing of the Tamil Nadu tourist the “murder of humanity” , Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said that the incident had rattled the mother in her.
The tourist, identified as R Thirumani, 22, son of Rajwali, of Chennai was injured when stone pelters attacked a tourist vehicle in Narbal area on Srinagar-Gulmarg road.
Directing day-to-day "in-camera" trial, the apex court asked the district and sessions judge at Pathankot to personally undertake the trial proceedings.
A group of miscreants pelted stones on the bus of Rainbow High School at Zavoora in Shopian, resulting in head injury to a class 2 student, a police official said.
The saffron party had on April 17 asked all its nine ministers in the PDP-BJP government in the state to submit their resignations to enable bringing in new faces in the two-year-old Mehbooba Mufti Cabinet.
Seeking a fresh impetus in the governance, the PDP-BJP government has inducted leaders with impressive resumes. Let's have a look at new ministers of Jammu and Kashmir government:
The saffron party had on April 17 asked all its nine ministers in the PDP-BJP government in the state to submit their resignations to enable bringing in new faces in the two-year-old Mufti cabinet.
The terrorists opened indiscriminate firing at the vehicle. The leader was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The condition of the other two injured is stated to be serious.
Salman Khan and the entire Race 3 team was in Sonmarg, Kashmir to shoot for the final lap of the film.
The Information Department said that government employees will receive the current month's salary as per the revised rates.
This comes days after resignation of two BJP ministers, who had participated in a rally in support of the people arrested in connection with the rape-and-murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district.
Writing to the chief justice, Mufti requested him for establishment of the special fast track court for the case, official sources said.
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