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.
The gunfight took place on Thursday after a joint team of the police and the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists.
The protest was spearheaded by the Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha over the Chief Minister's recent remarks in the Assembly on 'The Kashmir Files' movie that were deemed as "against the Kashmiri Pandit" community among the saffron clans.
Much water has flowed down the Indus over the last 75 years. As seven decades of conflicts and wars could not bring about a reasonable solution, naturally, desperation would be large writ on the faces of the Kashmiri people. But the reality of the situation needs to be understood and accepted by the people and the politicians of both countries
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha condemned the killing and said "those behind the despicable attack will not go unpunished".
A Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed while his brother was injured when terrorists on Saturday evening barged into their house in Kashmir's Budgam district and shot at them from close range.
