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J&K CID asks Iltija Mufti to ‘pinpoint’ who ‘pressured’ her to drop passport plea. ‘Intimidation’, she says

Iltija, daughter of ex-CM Mehbooba Mufti, has alleged she was denied passport over 'adverse report' by J&K CID & that it had been pressuring her to refrain from pursuing matter in court.

First meeting of PDP brass since August 2019 prevented, police cite order from ‘higher-ups’

Videos posted by PDP members on social media purportedly showed police preventing senior leaders from leaving their homes.

Shah Faesal and two PDP leaders to be released as J&K revokes PSA

Sartaj Madni, who is also former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti's uncle, and former legislator Peer Mansoor are the two PDP leaders released along with Shah Faesal.

Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under Public Safety Act extended for 3 more months

Mufti was booked under the PSA in February. PSA detention of two other politicians was also extended for three more months.

PSA dossier calls Mehbooba Mufti Kota Rani, Kashmir’s Hindu queen who ‘poisoned’ rivals

The PSA dossier also calls Mehbooba Mufti a ‘Daddy’s girl’ and accuses her of making anti-national statements. 

Drabu rebuffs Mehbooba’s offer to join PAC, says panel not ‘empowered enough’

In letter, ex-J&K finance minister terms reorganisation and reconstitution of the PAC ‘more appeasement than atonement’.

These relatives of Mehbooba Mufti are accused of interfering & hurting her reputation

Imran Raza Ansari, a former PDP minister who accuses Mehbooba of nepotism, too has followed in the footsteps of his late father, a Kashmir...

Mehbooba Mufti & Twitter speak up against Sushma Swaraj trolls, but not a tweet from BJP

By Sunday afternoon, ‘no’ led ‘yes’ on Sushma Swaraj's poll asking users if they supported abusive trolling. New Delhi: It’s been nearly a week since...

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.