Pandemonium broke out in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Wednesday as BJP and Congress legislators protested the tabling of a clemency resolution for 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

“I am a Kashmiri. I have not come here to talk politics. The pain and suffering of this place is my suffering as well,” Rahul Gandhi told university students at an interactive session here on Monday.

Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti’s statement praising Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, which she is alleged to have made at the recently held National Integration Council (NIC) meeting in New Delhi, has pushed her in a tight situation on her home turf.

It’s an unseemly war of words caught in a tangle of denials and accusations. And at the centre are Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and Opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti, who says she never praised Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will hold a discussion on the controversial resolution seeking amnesty for Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru during its brief Autumn Session scheduled to begin September 26.

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will on September 28 debate and vote on a controversial resolution demanding clemency for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

The resolution has been moved by I

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will debate the resolution seeking amnesty for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on September 28.

"The draw of lots was held on Saturday and the resolution regarding

After meeting chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday, the journalist and writer David Devadas told this newspaper, “I’m not looking for revenge.”
All he wanted is that there should be a system of justice working in the state. “That may be idealistic, but that is what one aspires for,” he added. In a

A few years ago, this correspondent was driving his Maruti 800 along the Jehangir Chowk-Hyderpora stretch of the airport road during the late afternoon rush hour. A police vehicle behind me got the impression my car was obstructing its way. I couldn’t possibly crash into vehicles in the lane to my left, or jump the road divider on my right, as the police probably expected me to do.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his wife Payal has separated after 17 years of marriage.

In a statement issued by his office, the 41-year-old Chief Minister said "while it is