A.B. Bardhan, former General Secretary, CPI, in a public meeting organised by the Centre for Policy Analysis, fears of the entire Kashmir becoming a police state if the J&K government passes the proposed Police Bill

The execution of Afzal Guru by the Indian state as well as the manner in which it was done, must rank as one of its most shameful acts. That death penalty should be carried out in this day and age, that too without letting his family get a last chance to see him, shows the Indian state in very poor light indeed.

The Vision Document of AAP* brings no surprises. It puts down in black and white what its main protagonists have been saying for the last two years.

The Line of Control for the media on both sides is this romantic, dangerous, exciting territory that brings to play by its very mention nationalist jingoism, macho patriotism as we scribes –Indian and Pakistani--struggle to give it a form and substance.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah says he wants the Armed Forces Powers Act revoked in some parts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Prof. Gul Mohammad Wani of Kashmir University and Shujaat Bukhari, senior journalist based in Srinagar talk about the response of the Indian state over the past year following widespread protests in the Kashmir valley featuring youth pelting stones at security establishments. They identify a major trust deficit among Kashmiris about the Indian state and suggest that the Indian state should work towards overcoming the deep alienation by addressing issues related to human rights violations. The promising headway in working toward a political solution in the mid 2000s by engaging with Pakistan and other political actors in Kashmir should be used as a reference point as work is done to come to a "final political solution in Kashmir".

The Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission has found 2730 unidentified dead bodies in mass graves in North Kashmir. Seema Mustafa speaks to Newsclick about silence in India on the issue.