The tussle comes days after the institute, funded by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), announced the first admission list featuring 42 Muslim students for its 50 MBBS seats A political ...

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 ...

SRINAGAR: The controversy over MBBS admissions at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district intensified on Wednesday, with the Vaishno ...

A delegation of BJP legislators late Saturday called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, seeking a review of the first admission list of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence ...

SRINAGAR: BJP, VHP and Bajrang Dal have objected to admissions of Muslim students, mostly from Kashmir, to Mata Vaishno Devi Medical College in Katra after freshers from the community formed the bulk ...

A police report submitted to a judicial magistrate's court found no evidence of negligence by Shrine Board officials in the deaths of over 30 pilgrims during an August landslide. The action taken ...

Srinagar: A major political storm has erupted in Jammu and Kashmir after right-wing Hindu organisations demanded the cancellation of admissions granted to 42 meritorious Muslim students in the MBBS ...

BJP leaders, led by Leader of Opposition (LoP) Sunil Shama, recently met Lt Governor Manoj Sinha asking him to revoke the admission list. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has defended ...

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 ...

The Living Legend of the Vaishno Devi Temple: History, Myths and the Magic of Faith: By Shreya Doris Chattree The journey to the Vaishno Devi Temple begins long before a pilgrim steps onto the path at ...

Days after communal tensions flared in Jammu after several Hindutva organisations objected to Muslim representation in the first academic and staffing cycle of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of ...

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 ...