Indian Kashmir Swears in First Woman Leader

The leader of a pro-India party has become the first woman to serve as chief administrator of the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. Mehbooba Mufti was sworn-in Monday, just three months after her father, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former chief administrator Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died in office. After Sayeed's death, the chief administrator position remained vacant as Mufti was reluctant to continue the coalition between the PDP, which is widely supported by...

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