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Difficult to ally with BJP after Article 370, says J&K People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone

Separatist-turned-politician Sajad Lone says the issue of getting back Jammu and Kashmir's statehood remains of utmost importance to him and his party.

Sajad Lone’s Peoples Conference quits Gupkar Alliance, cites ‘breach of trust’ by partners

Lone’s party is first to break from Gupkar Alliance, which has been in the news amid murmurs of discontent among partners. The coalition will now be left with six members.

Angry Kashmiri politicians confront cops after security personnel ‘body search’ Sajad Lone

The verbal spat occurred at the MLA hostel in Srinagar, where the Valley’s political detainees were being moved after complaints of inadequate heating at the earlier ‘sub-jail’ at SKICC.

Narendra Modi govt simply can’t comprehend the enormity of the problem in Kashmir

Unlike Vajpayee, Narendra Modi’s BJP has shown no inclination for dialogue with Kashmir.

J&K Governor gets image ‘makeover’ after speech video goes viral

Centre would've wanted Lone govt in J&K, says Governor Malik, explaining why he dissolved assembly. Omar Abdullah & Mehbooba Mufti praise move.  

The separatist and darling of Kashmir who is now Modi’s ‘younger brother’

Sajad Lone was once a staunch separatist opposed to Indian presence in Kashmir, he is now the BJP’s face in the Valley.

Governor Malik jumped the gun in dissolving J&K assembly, it’s advantage Congress-NC

Mehbooba Mufti’s letter to Satya Pal Malik was meant to prevent BJP-backed Sajad Lone from forming the government. But the governor took the bait.

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Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

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.