Naseer Ganai

Hopefully, in 2017, we will debate the coming fiscal, not National Conference’s history.

Mehbooba Mufti is projecting PDP as the only regional party in the state which has deep faith in the idea of India.

She cannot afford to match Omar Abdullah's political rhetoric, but she can deliver on the perception the governor has created.

With 15 legislators by his side, the former CM can experiment. Is he ready?

There are indications for future tie-ups between the Congress and PDP if cracks develop between the latter and the BJP.

Many argue that after forming a coalition with BJP, the PDP had to pay a huge price as both parties are ideologically different.

Separatists were the happiest when they saw the saffron wave tearing apart Mufti’s battle of ideas policy.

Separatists - seeking azadi from Indian rule - consider the state flag symbolic of that rule.

Neither did the PM deliver on the India-Pakistan equation, nor speak about growing intolerance.

Sahitya Akademi has now agreed to open its regional office in collaboration with the cultural academy in Srinagar.

Soon after the court judgement, social media realised there was a law against cow slaughter.

Notwithstanding all the drawbacks of a civilian court, victims and family members can at least have access to the court proceedings.

She, however, has no previous record of running a government and is considered temperamental.

The Kashmiri separatist leader was the first to reach New Delhi to meet the Pakistani NSA, ignoring the Indian government.

Moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq says these parties have no role in resolving the Kashmir issue.

Even under UPA regime, the Hurriyat Conference was kept in the loop during the dialogue process.

Other serious issues, including the scaling down of security presence in the state, AFSPA and resolving the state's political issue, are now on the back-burner.

Even former RAW chief AS Dulat's taunt that the PDP chief is a bit 'quirky' couldn't elicit any reaction from her.

The former RAW chief's latest book on Kashmir makes a plea to the Centre to do something for the National Conference veteran.

If the Centre doesn't announce an economic package for J&K soon, the alliance can take a turn for the worse.

The separatists have tested the state government's core philosophy through the raising of Pakistani flags.

The PDP-BJP coalition has not ruled during this time but has just survived.

The People's Democratic Party is being asked why it is in an alliance with a party that is not addressing more pertinent concerns in the state.

Last year, Delhi-based news channels flooded Kashmir as their local correspondents were either trapped or invisible.

The BJP and PDP aren't on the same page on most issues.

What is new today is that there is a PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir.

Dr Sameer Kaul, former national spokesperson of Peoples Democratic Party, talks about the way forward for the Valley's Hindus.

By having just four model schools to attract students to government-run institutions, the state is wasting its resources.

No, it has nothing to do with the BJP.

'It is much easier to blame Pakistan but the time has come to look inside also.'