While the NMC has officially cited technical and infrastructural shortcomings, a separate controversy had been simmering at SMVDIME over admission to Muslim students ...

The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has issued new rules for pilgrims visiting the holy shrine, effective immediately. Under the new regulations, every pilgrim must obtain an RFID travel card ...

The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has imposed strict time limits on devotees undertaking the annual Vaishno Devi Yatra, with immediate effect to manage the crowd and ensure pilgrim safety.

A court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra on Saturday dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against officials of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board over the death of 35 pilgrims in a ...

Northern Railway announces special New Delhi-Vaishno Devi Katra train - Check route, timings. (Image: AI-Generated) Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced on Thursday that a special train service ...

A controversy over the admission of 44 Muslim students to the first batch of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) triggered a protest by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi ...

The Shiv Sena (UBT) Jammu and Kashmir unit has suggested seat swapping (adjusting students between government medical colleges) to put an end to the controversy over the admission list of medical ...

Protests have been witnessed across the Jammu region against the admission of Muslim students to the medical college run by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. In October, 42 of 50 seats at Shri ...

SRINAGAR: The ruling National Conference has hit back at groups opposing the admission of Muslim students to the Vaishno Devi Medical College, asserting that the J&K government provides crores of ...

The ruling National Conference (NC) party on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) hardened its position on the controversy surrounding the admissions to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra. It said ...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has defended the admission of Muslim students to Mata Vaishno Devi Medical College and said merit, not religion, must be followed by the college. The BJP ...

A political row has erupted in Jammu and Kashmir after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha accepted a memorandum submitted by the Bharatiya Janata Party seeking to scrap the admission list at the Shri ...