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Mehbooba Mufti
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.
Mehbooba Mufti
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Deeply distressed by killing of civilians in Shopian, says Mehbooba Mufti
India | Mar 05, 2018, 01:29 PM ISTSix people, including two militants, were killed in a firing incident last night in south Kashmir's Shopian district after the ultras fired upon a joint check-point of the security forces.
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JK CM Mehbooba Mufti appeals youths to maintain peace and communal harmony
India | Mar 05, 2018, 07:38 AM ISTThe PDP leader hailed the people of Jammu for upholding the tenets of tolerance, brotherhood and amity, and appealed the youths to uphold this tradition strictly and carry it forward to be emulated by other societies.
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Mehbooba Mufti meets PM Modi in Delhi, discusses situation in J&K
India | Feb 28, 2018, 08:28 PM ISTMehbooba also informed the prime minister about the execution of the Rs 1 Lakh crore Prime Minister's Development Package in the state, while underlining the need for public outreach for effectively percolating down the benefits of such a package.
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Use of Tricolour in support of Kathua rape-and-murder accused is desecration: J&K CM
India | Feb 16, 2018, 04:40 PM IST"Appalled by the marches & protests in defense of the recently apprehended rapist in Kathua. Also horrified by their (protesters') use of our national flag in these demonstrations, this is nothing short of desecration," Mehbooba tweeted.
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Soldiers paying with blood because of 'opportunistic' alliance in J&K: Rahul
National | Feb 13, 2018, 07:07 PM ISTCongress president also attacked the prime minister, saying while he was "dithering", soldiers were paying with their blood because of the "opportunistic" alliance in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Talks with Pakistan necessary to end bloodshed, war not an option: Mehbooba Mufti
India | Feb 12, 2018, 04:35 PM ISTMufti's statement comes after six people, including five army jawans, lost their lives in the Sunjuwan attack and one security personnel laid his life in the Srinagar attack today.
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Sunjuwan terror attack: Encounter ends; Five jawans martyred, three terrorists gunned down | As it happened
India | Feb 12, 2018, 02:19 PM IST5 Army soldiers martyred, one civilian killed and 11 injured in JeM terrorist attack on army camp in Jammu so far. Army guns down third terrorist, ops continue.
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Sunjuwan Army camp terror attack: J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti meets injured at hospital
India | Feb 12, 2018, 02:17 PM ISTCM Mufti also interacted with the doctors and enquired about the condition of the injured. She assured all support from the state government in their treatment, the spokesperson was quoted as saying in a statement.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti reviews security, Army Commander briefs her
India | Feb 10, 2018, 09:11 PM ISTGeneral Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command, Lieutenant General Devraj Anbu, apprised the Chief Minister on the attack and the operation to flush out militants from Sunjuwan Army camp.
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Centre’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma calls on J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti, meets other delegations
India | Feb 08, 2018, 07:59 PM ISTDuring the meeting today, Dineshwar Sharma informed CM Mehbooba Mufti about his ongoing four-day visit to Jammu. They also discussed the emerging geopolitical developments in the region since Sharma's last visit to the state.
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126 youths in Kashmir joined militancy in 2017, says J&K CM Mufti
India | Feb 06, 2018, 04:05 PM IST"As many as 66 youths joined militancy in 2015, 88 in 2016 and 126 in 2017," the chief minister said while replying to a written question by National Conference leader Ali Mohammed Sagar.
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97 killed in Pakistan's 834 ceasefire violations in 3 years: Mehbooba Mufti
India | Feb 05, 2018, 08:31 PM ISTIn reply to a written question by a ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator in the upper house of the bicameral legislature, she said those who died included 41 civilians and 56 security personnel.
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Kurukshetra: Why is Mehbooba Mufti shielding backstabbers?
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J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti defends stone-pelters; demands amnesty
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Shocked and disturbed to hear reports of Kashmiri students being assaulted, tweets Mehbooba Mufti
India | Feb 03, 2018, 09:52 AM ISTFormer Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said that the incident goes against the spirit of his outreach for Kashmiris.
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Can't compensate youth tied to Army jeep unless probe completed: Mehbooba Mufti
India | Feb 01, 2018, 07:32 PM ISTA video of Dar tied to a moving Army vehicle had gone viral. The incident occurred on April 9 -- the day bypolls for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat were held -- in Budgam last year.
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Human rights commission has no jurisdiction to go into Army conduct: J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti
India | Feb 01, 2018, 07:36 PM ISTJammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said compensation to a youth tied to a moving Army vehicle in 2017 will mean condemning the Army officer without a hearing.
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J-K govt to take FIR against Army to logical conclusion, says CM Mehbooba Mufti
India | Jan 29, 2018, 11:51 PM ISTDefending her government's decision to lodge an FIR against the personnel involved in the incident, Mufti said she did not believe the action would have a demoralising effect on the force.
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Pakistan should follow PM Modi's advice on joint fight against poverty: Mehbooba Mufti
National | Jan 24, 2018, 06:01 PM ISTConstruction of bunkers to save lives of the people should be speeded up but loss of studies of children due to firing and shelling by Pakistan cannot be compensated, Mehbooba Mufti said.
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J&K considering amnesty to second-time stone pelters: CM Mufti
India | Jan 22, 2018, 09:07 PM ISTJammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said her government was considering amnesty to second-time stone pelters in the Kashmir Valley.