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.
Read MoreNew Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and discussed various issues pertaining to the state including the law and order situation. During the
A day after three persons were killed in army firing in Handwara town, the Jammu and Kashmir Police today suspended Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Rafeeq Ahmed for opening fire on a mob protesting against an alleged case of molestation.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today raised the issue of Handwara firing in which two civilians were killed with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar who assured her that a probe will be initiated and the culprits will be punished.
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who was here yesterday on her maiden visit after taking over the reins of the state, dismissed the possibility of shifting National Institute of Technology (NIT)
Srinagar:While Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti described the student unrest at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) a "non-issue", the deadlock continued on Saturday as talks between the state government and protesting students
Omar Abdullah today said the people of state have a right to know what PDP got from the Centre that prompted it to form government in alliance with BJP after three months bargaining and theatrical posturing.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said "decisive measures" would be required to end the scenario of "despair and trust-deficit" in the state and informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had committed full support from the Centre
Jammu: Barely a day after taking oath as a minister in the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir, Sajjad Lone of the People’s Conference today resigned from his post citing dissatisfaction over his portfolio. The
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has distributed the portfolios to her council of ministers who were sworn in along with her by Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhawan here today. Here is
Jammu: As Mehbooba Mufti government took charge, the Centre today said Jammu and Kashmir has to be taken forward on the lines of development being pursued at the national level and promised to always stand
PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti took oath as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir today. Governor NN Vohra administered oath to Mufti along with her 22 member Council of Ministers at Raj Bhawan here.
A leader with grassroots-level popularity, Mehbooba Mufti turned Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into a regional force and emerged from the shadow of her illustrious father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to head Jammu and Kashmir, the first woman Chief Ministe
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti was on Monday sworn in as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Srinagar/Jammu: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti will be sworn in tomorrow as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, also becoming the first-ever Muslim woman CM, heading a coalition government with BJP in the
Jammu: As officials at the Jammu and Kashmir Raj Bhavan and the civil secretariat skipped their Sunday holiday to address protocol and legal issues related to Monday's swearing-in of an elected government, intense speculation did
Srinagar: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti will be sworn in as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on April 4, a party leader said today. "Mehbooba Mufti sahiba will be sworn in
Mehbooba Mufti likely to be sworn-in on April four
Shiv Sena today demanded that People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti should chant slogan 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' before assuming power as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
AAP dares Mehbooba Mufti to publically denounce Afzal Guru
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