Srinagar, Feb. 25 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday urged students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in Iran to follow the Union government's advisory and return home while commercial travel remains operational.

It may be recalled that in its latest advisory, the Embassy of India asked its citizens to "leave Iran by available means of transport, including commercial flights."

The advisory comes in the wake of Saturday's protests in Iran following 40-day memorials for people killed in January during anti-government rallies.

Abdullah asked the students not to ignore this advisory from the government of India, because, "it otherwise becomes an issue for us," Abdullah told reporters on the sidelines of an official function at Gander...