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|December 15, 2025
Kashmiri merit students taking most seats in Vaishno Devi board's new medical college sparks debate
CHIEF MINISTER OMAR ABDULLAH may have restored the durbar move the entire government migrating seasonally like a pastoral herd, out of a freezing Srinagar, into warmer Jammu. But the temperature gap is high for other reasons too. The Red Fort blast of November 10 shook up not just Delhi, it's ricocheting on Jammu-Kashmir ties too-in a way that may have national, constitutional implications.
The flashpoint: a significant intake of Kashmiri students at the brand-new Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) in Katra. Tension has peaked due to two reasons.
The alleged suicide bomber was a doctor from Pulwama, and all his accomplices shared his profession as well as ethnicity. Two, the college is run by the Vaishno Devi shrine board.
This story is from the December 15, 2025 edition of India Today.
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