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J&K: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti says she is under house arrest

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday claimed that she has been placed under house arrest, and said the move has exposed the government's claims of normalcy

National Conference, Cong meet delimitation panel in J&K, PDP stays away

The two parties submitted separate memoranda to the Commission headed by Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai outlining their concerns and demands

PDP writes to Delimitation Commission, says party to stay away from process

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said it will not meet the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission

Kashmir leaders to urge PM Modi to restore region's autonomy in meeting

Some of the politicians set to meet Modi on Thursday were among the thousands of people detained back then to forestall a backlash against the shock move.

Crucial PDP meeting underway to discuss Centre's invitation for talks

The meet began at 11 am at PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's 'Fairview' residence at Gupkar

Mufti appears before ED in Srinagar over link with money laundering case

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case, officials said

J-K: Sajad Lone's People's Conference pulls out of Gupkar alliance

Lone said the party decided to part ways over the issue of fielding proxy candidates by constituent parties against the officially mandated candidates of the alliance during DDC polls

3 PDP leaders resign from party after Mufti's statement on national flag

Three PDP leaders from the Jammu region resigned from the party following a statement by its president Mehbooba Mufti regarding the national flag, PDP sources said here on Monday

BJP seeks de-recognition of Mehbooba-led PDP over 'anti-national' remarks

A senior leader of the BJP has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking de-recognition of the PDP over the "anti-national and anti-constitution" remarks of its president Mehbooba Mufti. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister on Friday had said that she was not interested in contesting elections or holding the tricolour till the constitutional changes enforced on August 5 last year were rolled back. Mufti said she would hold the tricolour only when the separate flag of the erstwhile state is restored. "I request your honour to consider her statements in the light of their seriousness, which are available on the public domain, as anti-national and anti-constitution of India and also de-recognise her party, PDP, as a genuine political party in J&K with immediate effect," senior BJP leader and in-charge of department of political affairs and feedback, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo said in his formal complaint to the ECI. He alleged that the PDP president ..

Abrogation of Article 370 unacceptable, will fight against it: PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said "illegal and unconstitutional" disempowerment was perpetrated on the people of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 last year when the Centre abrogated Article 370, asserting that the changes were unacceptable and would be fought against in unison. The announcement was made after a meeting of senior leaders of the party chaired by PDP president Mehbooba Mufti - the first such meeting after her release from over 14 months long detention. The party president chaired the meeting of the party's top leadership here to discuss and deliberate upon the prevailing situation in Jammu & Kashmir," a PDP spokesperson said. "The leadership unanimously endorsed the stance taken by the party president on the issue of August 5 events as well as her commitment to a united response to these events, the spokesperson said.

PDP defers meeting scheduled for Monday over detention of some leaders

The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed a meeting scheduled for Monday in view of the continued detention of its some leaders.

PDP's Naeem Akhtar sixth Kashmiri leader to be booked under PSA

Akhtar became the sixth mainstream leader in Kashmir to be booked under the controversial PSA, which was enacted in 1978 to deal with rampant timber smuggling.

Two political leaders Sajjad Lone, Para released from detention in J&K

Lone and Parra walked free after being in preventive detention for over 180 days

PDP expels eight party leaders for meeting foreign envoys' delegation

Mehbooba Mufti-led party's disciplinary committee has recommended the expulsion of the eight leaders

Kashmir admin shifts 34 political prisoners to MLA hostel as winter begins

Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar City, was reeling under winter chill and witnessed the season's first snowfall earlier this month.

Article 370: Farooq Abdullah's daughter, sister detained during protest

The Supreme Court last month allowed Mufti's daughter Iltija to travel from Chennai to Srinagar to meet her mother

Silent anger: Kashmiri civil disobedience has become a headache for Delhi

It is increasingly clear is that after August 5, Kashmiris feel that this is the end of the road for politics within India

Kashmir on edge: Security beefed up, many leaders 'detained or arrested'

Kashmir remained on edge as the authorities stepped up security at vital installations and in sensitive areas, suspended mobile internet services and either "arrested" or "detained" several leaders in fast-paced developments on Sunday night. Officials said restrictions on movement of people would come into force in Kashmir Valley at the crack of dawn. The officials said former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti would not be allowed to move out of their respective house in view of the restrictions, while Congress leader Usman Majid and CPI(M) MLA M Y Tarigami claimed to have been arrested around midnight. However, no official confirmation of the arrests was immediately available. "I believe I'm being placed under house arrest from midnight tonight & the process has already started for other mainstream leaders. No way of knowing if this is true but if it is then I'll see all of you on the other side of whatever is in store," National Conference leader Abdullah ...

Celebrations, silences in Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh after Article 370 repeal

The diktat led my grandmother to declare that she would now leave her house in Old Jammu to her four granddaughters

Modi govt looks set to implement a new strategy in Jammu and Kashmir

Force against the militants appears to be increasingly accompanied by attempts to promote a new leadership in the Kashmir valley