Jammu, Jan. 19 -- The Centre's campaign that begins in J&K Union Territory, by the first batch of Ministers in some districts of Jammu province, may be viewed as government's effort to pacify the simmering anger among the people of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir but it would at least expedite the developmental initiatives in the newly created UT.

Deputing three dozen union ministers five months after the drastic changes in the status of Jammu and Kashmir, slowly but certainly the Centre seems to be trying hard to restore normalcy in the Valley. Stirred by a little nudge from the Supreme Court, the government has already begun on test basis restoring internet in designated hubs in the Valley before it can be restored fully or partially in the ...