Mufti said government is taking major initiatives to turnaround the horticulture sector
Pandit said that the chances of Mehbooba winning by-elections are 'very bleak' and that is why she is making such comments to woo electorates
She said the state needs the Kashmiri Pandit migrants to fill the void in various sectors
Said, there has to be efficiency and greater transparency in utilisation of funds to eliminate poverty
'Our aim is not only to expand facilities for skill training, but also address the important task of raising their quality,' Mufti said
Sources in the ministry said the Home Minister told Mehbooba that normalcy should be restored at the earliest.
The PDP exists and continues to be relevant because it reaches out to the separatist discourse, offering itself as a bridge between India and the separatists
Promises a transparent, accountable and responsive government which will focus on clean governance with no scope for corruption at any level
PDP President Mehbooba Mufti was sworn-in, along with 22 ministers, as the first woman CM of J&K
Mufti today took oath as Jammu and Kashmir's first woman Chief Minister
Mufti would be the first woman chief minister of India's only Muslim majority state
There is intense speculation on how the new government will function
Chief Minister-designate of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti chose to follow her predecessor and bete noire Omar Abdullah as she personally called him up and his father Farooq Abdullah to invite them for her oath-taking ceremony tomorrow. Mehbooba, 56, who will take office as the first woman chief minister of the state tomorrow, telephoned senior Abdullah first requesting him to attend the swearing-in ceremony, which is being held in Jammu. "Yes, I received a call and I will be going," Abdullah, who could not attend the oath-taking function of her father Mufti Mohammed Sayeed last year as he was undergoing treatment abroad, said. This call was followed by a telephonic conversation with her predecessor and arch political rival Omar, whom she also requested to attend the function. He too accepted the invitation. "Very gracious of Mehbooba Mufti Sahiba to phone & invite me to her oath taking ceremony. I look forward to being there on the 4th," Omar tweeted. Omar had driven to ...
She'll be the first woman to head a government in Jammu and Kashmir, first Muslim woman to become Chief Minister of a state in India
Union Ministers Venkaiah Naidu and Jitendra Singh will attend the swearing-in ceremony of PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister on Monday. Mehbooba, Deputy Chief Minister designate Dr Nirmal Singh and other council of ministers will take oath at the swearing-in-ceremony at Raj Bhavan at 11 AM on Monday, official sources here said. Mehbooba will reach Jammu tomorrow, a day ahead of oath taking and will hold discussions with the party leaders and leader of the BJP legislative party Dr Nirmal Singh on composition of the ministry and distribution of portfolios. Mehbooba will also hold a meeting with the party leadership to restructure PDP in wake of the new government formation. In this direction, a joint communique was sent to Governor N N Vohra by PDP and BJP. BJP also stamped its approval on the date of oath taking as April 4 at a meeting of its party leadership headed by National General Secretary Ram Madhav, who arrived here last evening for the ...
The oath taking ceremony is scheduled on April 4 in Jammu
Mehbooba will also hold a meeting with the party leadership to restructure PDP in wake of the new govt formation
Mehbooba Mufti was elected as the leader of PDP Legislature Party at a meeting of the senior leaders at her residence in Srinagar on Thursday
Says for over two months, state has witnessed a roller-coaster performance of political posturing from PDP
PDP MLAs today met in Srinagar to elect her as legislature party head