Responding to the controversy over the railways' proposal to deboard Delhi-bound passengers from Kashmir at Katra for changing trains, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that such a move will defeat the very purpose of the line and render the investment of thousands of crores pointless.
It is expected that Vande Bharat might start running between New Delhi and Srinagar by 26 January.
Jammu and Kashmir leaders say that Kashmir’s rail link with the rest of the country will stimulate economic growth and tourism as a separate railway division at Jammu was virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
The original application was registered suo motu by the green tribunal on the basis of the news item titled "Saving Kashmir Brown Bears is a Race Against Time Wildlife SOS and J&K Wildlife Protection Dept. take challenge" appearing in a media outlet in July 2024.
Highlighting the importance of the abrogation of Article 370, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that it is after its revocation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership that a new era of development began in the Kashmir valley which was hampered due to terrorism.
On Nehru’s suggestion he went to Pakistan and after extensive discussions succeeded in persuading President Ayub Khan to visit New Delhi for talks for a permanent settlement of the Kashmir issue.
One of these was Sheikh Abdullah’s radical land reforms programme, particularly the enactment of the Big Landed Estates Abolition Act (1950).
These task forces, to be headed by scientists from SKUAST, Kashmir and Jammu along with other members from the Animal Husbandry Departments, will monitor the spread of the disease in real time and suggest strategies for its control.
It is important to note that the ‘internal autonomy’ granted to the State under Article 370 of the Constitution was quite different from the autonomy enjoyed by other provinces.
The trio has been arrested under the provisions of UAPA and Arms Act. Three pistols with five magazines, 58 rounds and eight grenades have been recovered from their possession.
