Muzaffar Hussain

Former Jammu & Kashmir deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig has cautioned that the six-decade-long conflict in Kashmir is on the verge of joining the global religious war. Its resolution requires a defter strategy.

An emergency spine surgery was performed on Congress MLC Muzaffar Hussain on Saturday. The over two hour operation was performed at the Umrao hospital in Mira Road. Hussain (44) is the chairperson of the hospital.

Senior Congress observers reached Aurangabad on Saturday to devise a strategy ahead of the forthcoming civic body elections.

SRINAGAR: Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba on Sunday claimed responsibility for the abortive attempt on the life of Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig in Baramulla town in North Kashmir.

NEW DELHI: In a change of plan, PDP chief Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who was to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday, met Manmohan Singh to discuss J&K government formation. Tarigami regrets delay in taking a decision Saxena hopeful of early govt formation Day before talks, Cong-PDP no closer

Senior PDP leader and Lok Sabha member from Baramulla Muzaffar Hussain Baig on Saturday warned of another partition of India if lynching of Muslims over cow-smuggling allegations were not stopped forthwith.

SRINAGAR: Ahead of a crucial meeting between PDP Chief Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Congress leaders in Delhi on Friday, the Political Affairs Committee of PDP met here on Thursday morning to formulate its stand on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.

BARAMULLA: The Mufti Mohammad Sayeed ministry in Jammu and Kashmir would be expanded soon with all the coalition partners getting representation in proportion to their strength in the assembly, Finance Minister Muzaffar Hussain Beig said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: PDP chief Mufti Mohammad Sayeed held talks with Congress leader Manmohan Singh on J&K government formation Friday, but left the issue of chief ministership unresolved. Tarigami regrets delay in taking a decision Saxena hopeful of early govt formation Day before talks, Cong-PDP no closer

It all happened at around 10.45 a.m., when the traffic head constable Muzaffar Hussain gestured the traffic coming from the overbridge side to move towards RML.

Maharashtra Congress leaders on Friday called on party president Sonia Gandhi to discuss the floods in the state.

The BJP secured a decisive victory in the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation elections, winning 78 out of 95 seats. This marks a significant gain for the party, while its ally Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) saw a substantial drop in its seat count. Disagreements over seat sharing led the BJP and Shiv Sena to contest separately.

PATNA: The district and sessions judge of Patna, granted anticipatory bail to Md Taslimuddin, in a case of fraud in purchase of a jeep.

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously elected senior Congress leader, Tara Chand as its new speaker.

They were inducted into the People's Conference in presence of the party's chief Sajjad Lone. Earlier in November last year, three People's Democratic Party (PDP) leaders - Dhaman Bhasin, Fallail Singh and Pritam Kotwal resigned terming the party as "second fiddle" to National Conference.

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has said it will pass the controversial Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill, denying property rights to women marrying outsiders, as per the aspirations of the people of the state.

CM Ghulam Nabi Azad has blamed ruling alliance partner PDP’s ministers - deputy CM Muzaffar Hussain Beig and forest minister Qazi Mohd Afzal - for the controversial transfer of forest land to the shrine board.

SRINAGAR: Besides the productive sector, the Jammu and Kashmir government is thinking about working on the social sector to restore peace in the state, said state minister of finance and planning Muzaffar Hussain Beig here on Wednesday.

Baramulla, a legislative assembly constituency in Jammu & Kashmir, sees a history of electoral contests between the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference. Upcoming elections on September 18 follow past victories for PDP candidates, including Javid Hassan Baig in 2014 with 14,418 votes.

SRINAGAR: The Mufti government has decided to revamp the controversial women's permanent resident (disqualification) bill to get it passed in the Jammu and Kashmir legislature.