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A renewed call for prohibition in Kashmir has sparked a wider debate on morality, governance and livelihoods. As revenue, tourism and jobs hang in the balance, the politics around liquor turns sharply opportunistic.

The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Alappuzha town brought life to a halt for people on Friday.

The expulsion of Kashmiri students by a private university in Meerut is snowballing into a huge controversy.

Ruling peoples democratic party (PDP) on Sunday hit out at the opposition National Conference for its "childish and non-serious" approach to serious issues like talks between India and Pakistan.

The ruling peoples democratic party claimed that some miscreants allegedly indulged in "eve-teasing and molestation" of female participants at the first-ever International half-marathon in the Kashmir Valley this morning, which created "disturbances" during the event.

The high court on Thursday asked the state government to file objections with regard to the anticipatory bail petition filed by Abdul Nassar Madani, president of People's Democratic Party (PDP) who is an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case.

National spokesperson of ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) Sameer Kaul has resigned from the party alleging that the regional party had compromised on its stated principles.

A 40-year-old woman Panchayat election candidate was shot dead at Karpora in central Kashmir's Budgam district on Saturday.

Ahead of panchayat polls in the state scheduled to start mid-February, the ruling peoples democratic party (PDP) on Saturday nominated five district presidents in Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan has denied visa to People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti for attending a conference to be held in Islamabad. No official reason has been given for declining the visa to the Indian leader.

peoples democratic party (PDP) today said it is in a "difficult" situation over choosing a post-poll ally as election trends show that it won't be able to form government on its own.

If voted to power, peoples democratic party (PDP) will carry forward its agenda of political resolution of J&K and convert it into a real welfare state, party president Mehbooba Mufti said.

Opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday led a protest march in Srinagar to demand chief minister Omar Abdullah's resignation for his alleged role in a ruling party worker's custodial death last week.

Police on Wednesday detained opposition peoples democratic party president Mehbooba Mufti as she was heading towards Shopian district.

peoples democratic party (PDP) MLA from Wachi stirred a political storm when he referred to slain terrorists as “martyrs” and said that Centre-appointed interlocutor to Jammu and Kashmir should hold talks with Hurriyat and terrorists to resolve the Kashmir issue.

Karnataka police chief Ajai Kumar Singh said, "We have succeeded in bringing Madani to Karnataka."

CBI sleuths from Chennai on Friday arrested a 53-year-old fraudster involved in bank frauds running into several crores in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.

peoples democratic party (PDP) has decided to take legal action against senior Congress leader and former minister Aryadan Muhammed against his ‘defamatory’ remarks against the party chairman Abdul Nazar Madani that was published in a fortnightly.

peoples democratic party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Sunday said that there is a need for de-escalation of tension along the line of control.

The opposition peoples democratic party continued to corner J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on the last day of assembly session over the alleged custodial death of of a NC worker.

People's Democratic Party members on Tuesday staged a walk-out from the state assembly after Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone rejected their adjournment motion seeking discussion on the unmarked graves issue in place of the question hour.

Former chief minister and head of the peoples democratic party Mufti Mohammed Sayeed met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday in New Delhi and impressed upon him the need for free and fair elections in the state.

The People's Democratic Party won the most seats in Bhutan's parliamentary elections on Tuesday and will form the new government as residents hope politicians make good on promises to fix the economic crisis in the Himalayan nation. Latest figures from the Bhutan Broadcasting Service, a national broadcaster, showed the PDP had won 30 of the 47 National Assembly seats to return to power, and the Bhutan Tendrel Party had secured 17. It was the country's fourth general elections since its transformation from a traditional monarchy to a parliamentary form of government in 2008.

BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said that the party is in talks with both PDP and NC and would like to form the next government in J&K.

The BJP, a party that had no serious takers until now in the Muslim majority and conflict- torn Kashmir valley, is drawing considerable support from Kashmiri women in the run up to the assembly elections due later this month.

The Indian high commission in Lanka said that the report 'Tigers return from India on a destabilisation mission - SL intelligence' published in a newspaper was baseless.

Adbul Nasser Madani, Kerala-based People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader and one of key accused in July 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case has claimed that he has no nexus with any foreign terrosit outfit.

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday dismissed the criminal petition filed by Abdul Nasser Madani, the People's Democratic Party leader from Kerala, which challenged the chargesheet filed against him in the July 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case.

The house of a ruling peoples democratic party (PDP) MLA was attacked on Wednesday with a petrol bomb in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.