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Former IB director Dineshwar Sharma, who the Centre appointed as its representative for a sustained dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir, said his priority would be to restore peace in the state In what is being seen as a shift from its previous policy on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the Modi government on Monday announced it would start a "sustained dialogue" process with all stakeholders, including separatists, and appointed former Intelligence Bureau (IB) director Dineshwar Sharma as its special representative. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the move was to carry forward the "the conviction and consistency" in the government's Kashmir policy. "We have decided that a sustained dialogue process should begin in Jammu and Kashmir." Here are the top ten developments regarding the Centre's renewed efforts for peace in Kashmir 1) Sharma to have complete freedom in holding talks: Dineshwar Sharma would hold talks with all section...

The options: attacks by ground forces on Pak posts, strikes by aircraft, missiles or artillery guns The army has begun weighing its options to retaliate against Pakistani forces on the Line of Control (LoC), after their troops, employing jihadi extremists, killed and beheaded two Indian soldiers near Poonch on Monday, top generals said. Business Standard learns the incident took place when an Indian patrol of 8-10 soldiers was checking the border fence, a perilous task involving physically moving along the fence, very close to the LoC, to check that it has not been cut or its electronic sensors damaged. Read this: Beheading of soldiers: Outraged India, demands action against Pak soldiers  According to the modus operandi of Pakistani troops on forward LoC posts, the exposed patrol first came under intense fire from automatic weapons, which Pakistani soldiers had stealthily deployed in temporary positions, just across the LoC. With two Indian jawans injured in...