Topic: Mehbooba Mufti

Centre may even initiate a dialogue with the separatists if violence stops and normalcy returns to the Valley, says a home ministry official.

The landmark decision to abolish stamp duty on the sale of properties owned by women in Kashmir is a step towards reclaiming the agency of women.

Rajinder Singh, brother of BJP MLA and former J&K forest minister, is currently evading police arrest in Kathua and cannot be tracked down.

Sama Shabir Shah, who aspires to be a judge, secures 97.8 per cent marks -- 489 out of 500 -- in her exams.

Rajender Singh made remarks during rally on Sunday supporting Kathua rape accused; brother Lal Singh, who resigned over the issue, led Sunday’s event. 

We shall fully honour the policy of conditional ceasefire in J&K, and we shall abide by everything says Nirmala Sitharaman. 

Political observers and local leaders complained that the PM had chosen to ignore the core issues that had ‘pushed hundreds of young men towards the militancy’.

Says allies pulling in different directions, expresses ‘disappointment’ at PM’s lack of out-of-the-box thinking for J&K.

The Centre had Wednesday announced a conditional ceasefire for the duration of Ramzan, the Muslim month of fasting, amid a particularly restive phase in Kashmir marked by frequent encounters between militants and security forces.

The announcement of the ceasefire could be an acknowledgement that NSA Doval’s strategy to allow security agencies to be proactive in Kashmir may have failed.