“The fear of triple talaq kept haunting Muslim women in our country, which is why we took the step to criminalise instant talaq,” PM Modi said in his Independence speech.

"Those who back Article 370, the nation asks them, if it was so essential and life-changing, if you had conviction, then for 70 years, why did it remain temporary, why did they not use their large mandates to make it permanent," PM Modi said, apparently targeting the Congress.

Two years have passed to the incident and the men who were seen assaulting him on the video have been acquitted by a court in Rajasthan on the benefit of doubt.

"Dear Maalik ji, I saw your feeble reply to my tweet. I accept your invitation to visit Jammu & Kashmir and meet the people, with no conditions attached. When can I come?" Rahul Gandhi tweeted this morning.

Shah Faesal has been quite vocal against Centre's move over Article 370 on social media. On Monday, he had tweeted that Centre’s move to take away Jammu and Kashmir’s special status had finished space for mainstream politics in the region.

"Restrictions imposed in Jammu have been completely removed. They will continue in some places of Kashmir for sometime," said Munir Khan, one of the senior-most officers of Jammu and Kashmir Police, at a press conference in Srinagar.

Petitioner Manjeet Singh Chugh also claimed that the mistake shows irresponsible behavior of the police department and also the important advisory was not checked by the senior officials.

The state's law department has written a letter to officials asking them about the status of seven cases filed against Sangeet Som between 2003 and 2017; three out of seven cases are related to Muzaffarnagar Riots in which over 60 people had lost their lives.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday filed nomination in state capital Jaipur for by-polls to a Rajya Sabha seat from Rajasthan as a Congress candidate.

"We won't need an aircraft but please ensure us the freedom to travel and meet the people, mainstream leaders and our soldiers stationed over there," replied the former Congress president.