Kashmir Interlocutors

Dineshwar Sharma, the Administrator Of Lakshadweep and former interlocutor of the Centre for Jammu and Kashmir, has died. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to condole his death and said Mr Sharma made "long lasting contributions to India's policing and security apparatus".

A day after the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir was abolished, newly-appointed Nagaland governor and centre's interlocutor for the Naga peace talks, RN Ravi, on Tuesday issued a statement assuring that the centre has no plans to scrap similar provisions which the northeastern state enjoys under Article 371A of the constitution.

Two former interlocutors of Jammu and Kashmir today questioned the Centre's move to revoke Article 370 without holding consultations with all stakeholders.

As she pitched for a ceasefire in the Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's initiative 18 years ago to back her case. Hundreds of kilometres away in Delhi, the centre's top security officers too cited former PM Vajpayee short-lived initiative in 2000 to make the opposite point. They also ...

The centre's interlocutor to Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, visited north Kashmir's Baramulla district today and met a cross section of people, officials said in Srinagar.

A prominent Kashmiri separatist group, Muslim Conference appears to have split right through the middle after its top leader Abdul Ghani Bhat was reported to have quietly met Dineshwar Sharma, the central government's interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir. Hurriyat leaders had earlier decided not to engage with the interlocutor.

Anti-terrorist operations will be further intensified in Jammu and Kashmir with security forces being instructed to eliminate those who continue to indulge in violence in the state, officials said.

Representatives of several Kashmiri Pandit organisations today met Dineshwar Sharma, the Centre's special representative for Kashmir, and sought the setting up of an institutional mechanism for the welfare of the displaced community

Over 30 delegations from various organisations and political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have called on Dineshwar Sharma, the special representative for Kashmir appointed by the central government, officials said today

Dineshwar Sharma, the soft-spoken former intelligence chief, reached Srinagar today, starting his first visit to the state after being named as the centre's interlocutor last month. The 63-year-old retired police officer, who is seen as the face of the centre's outreach to people in the Kashmir valley, called it a serious effort to "understand thei...

The government's special representative for Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, is ready to start his 'Mission Kashmir' on Monday. "I sincerely hope that I would be able to engage people there in dialogue," the former Intelligence Bureau director told NDTV

Centre's special representative for Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma says he does not have a magic wand, but wants to be judged by his actions when he starts the process of talks in the Valley tomorrow. "I do not have a magic wand but my efforts have to be judged with sincerity and not through the prism of the past," Mr Sharma, 61, said.

A case over whether Jammu and Kashmir can keep its right to decide who qualifies as a permanent resident of the state will be taken up for hearing by the Supreme Court after three months, in January-end next year. The government had cited the recent appointment of Dineshwar Sharma as its interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir, saying the top court's he...

Dineshwar Sharma, the Centre's special representative for talks on Kashmir, said today that his focus in the new role would be to prevent the Valley's youth from falling prey to false online propaganda.

Former Union Home Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said the appointment of an interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir was a "diversionary" tactic and felt the "azadi" demand meant people want autonomy which should be seriously examined.

Dineshwar Sharma, the Administrator Of Lakshadweep and former interlocutor of the Centre for Jammu and Kashmir, has died. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to condole his death and said Mr Sharma made "long lasting contributions to India's policing and security apparatus".

A day after the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir was abolished, newly-appointed Nagaland governor and centre's interlocutor for the Naga peace talks, RN Ravi, on Tuesday issued a statement assuring that the centre has no plans to scrap similar provisions which the northeastern state enjoys under Article 371A of the constitution.

Two former interlocutors of Jammu and Kashmir today questioned the Centre's move to revoke Article 370 without holding consultations with all stakeholders.

As she pitched for a ceasefire in the Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's initiative 18 years ago to back her case. Hundreds of kilometres away in Delhi, the centre's top security officers too cited former PM Vajpayee short-lived initiative in 2000 to make the opposite point. They also ...

The centre's interlocutor to Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, visited north Kashmir's Baramulla district today and met a cross section of people, officials said in Srinagar.

A prominent Kashmiri separatist group, Muslim Conference appears to have split right through the middle after its top leader Abdul Ghani Bhat was reported to have quietly met Dineshwar Sharma, the central government's interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir. Hurriyat leaders had earlier decided not to engage with the interlocutor.

Anti-terrorist operations will be further intensified in Jammu and Kashmir with security forces being instructed to eliminate those who continue to indulge in violence in the state, officials said.

Representatives of several Kashmiri Pandit organisations today met Dineshwar Sharma, the Centre's special representative for Kashmir, and sought the setting up of an institutional mechanism for the welfare of the displaced community

Over 30 delegations from various organisations and political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have called on Dineshwar Sharma, the special representative for Kashmir appointed by the central government, officials said today

Dineshwar Sharma, the soft-spoken former intelligence chief, reached Srinagar today, starting his first visit to the state after being named as the centre's interlocutor last month. The 63-year-old retired police officer, who is seen as the face of the centre's outreach to people in the Kashmir valley, called it a serious effort to "understand thei...

The government's special representative for Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, is ready to start his 'Mission Kashmir' on Monday. "I sincerely hope that I would be able to engage people there in dialogue," the former Intelligence Bureau director told NDTV

Centre's special representative for Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma says he does not have a magic wand, but wants to be judged by his actions when he starts the process of talks in the Valley tomorrow. "I do not have a magic wand but my efforts have to be judged with sincerity and not through the prism of the past," Mr Sharma, 61, said.

A case over whether Jammu and Kashmir can keep its right to decide who qualifies as a permanent resident of the state will be taken up for hearing by the Supreme Court after three months, in January-end next year. The government had cited the recent appointment of Dineshwar Sharma as its interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir, saying the top court's he...

Dineshwar Sharma, the Centre's special representative for talks on Kashmir, said today that his focus in the new role would be to prevent the Valley's youth from falling prey to false online propaganda.

Former Union Home Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said the appointment of an interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir was a "diversionary" tactic and felt the "azadi" demand meant people want autonomy which should be seriously examined.