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BJP's 'Israeli policy' in Kashmir

What is good for the BJP may not necessarily be good for the Indian nation

Updated On : 02 Dec 2019 | 8:27 AM IST

Centre sanctions Rs 325 crore for new medical college in Kashmir's Handwara

The Centre has given its approval for a new government medical college, which will be attached with the district and referral hospital Handwara in north Kashmir, an official spokesman said on Sunday. The college in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district will be set up at a cost of Rs 325 crore under a centrally-sponsored scheme, he said. "The J&K government has received the sanction letter in this regard from the Union health and family welfare ministry," the spokesman said quoting a statement issued here by the administration of new medical colleges. Out of the total amount, Rs 115 crore will be spent on construction of administrative and academic blocks, Rs 80 crore on hostels and residential accommodation for students and faculty and Rs 60 crore for upgrading the existing teaching faculty at the district hospital, he said. The spokesman said, "Rs 70 crore will be used to procure machinery and equipment for the government medical college and its associated hospital." The ministry

Updated On : 01 Dec 2019 | 9:57 PM IST

Govt committed to applying all central laws to J&K, Ladakh: Jitendra Singh

The "prophets of doom" predicting "volcanos" in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 have "fallen silent" and the Centre is committed to implement all central laws in the Union territories of J&K and Ladakh, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday. Urging people to cooperate with the government in the implementation of the Central laws, Singh sought to assure them that all central laws are "citizen friendly" and meant to "benefit the last man in the queue" and "liberate the lower strata of society from the exploitation by the vested interests". "Let each one of us understand and keep reminding ourselves and those around us that the Article 370 is gone and gone forever. It is not going to come back. Even the prophets of doom who were talking of eruption of volcanos and occurrence of earthquakes have fallen silent," Singh said inaugurating a two-day regional conference here. The conference 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' with focus on 'jal shakti' and disaster ..

Updated On : 30 Nov 2019 | 5:32 PM IST

Article 370 erased under false promise of new beginning: Sonia Gandhi

Gandhi said the BJP's pre-poll alliance did not hold because "of its own arrogance and over-confidence."

Updated On : 29 Nov 2019 | 12:16 AM IST

5,000 preventive arrests in J&K since Article 370 move; 609 still in jail

"Out of these, 609 people are presently under detention and out of which approximately 218 are stone pelters"

Updated On : 27 Nov 2019 | 4:32 PM IST

SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging restrictions in Jammu & Kashmir

Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for Kashmir Times Editor Anuradha Bhasin, termed the curbs 'unconstitutional' and said the restrictions have to pass the test of proportionality

Updated On : 27 Nov 2019 | 12:36 PM IST

Railways restores train services in Kashmir Valley after security audits

Train services in the valley were suspended on August 3, ahead of the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370

Updated On : 26 Nov 2019 | 9:25 PM IST

Militants hurl grenades at Army camp in Pulwama; no casualties reported

The militants fired UBGL grenades at the camp

Updated On : 26 Nov 2019 | 7:28 PM IST

Why govt allowing EU MPs to visit J&K, but preventing Indian leaders: Cong

The Congress on Monday questioned the government for allowing a European Union delegation to visit Jammu and Kashmir while preventing Indian leaders from going to the state, and claimed that it was an insult to India's Parliament and democracy. Senior party leader Jairam Ramesh asked as to why the "chest-beating champion of nationalism", in an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has allowed European leaders to visit Jammu and Kashmir. "When Indian political leaders have been prevented from meeting the people of J&K, what possessed the great chest-beating champion of nationalism to allow European politicians to visit J&K. This is an outright insult to India's own Parliament and our democracy," he tweeted. A delegation of 25 Parliamentarians of the European Union are set to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to assess the ground situation there after abrogation of Article 370. They seek to talk to locals in Jammu and Kashmir and ask them about their ...