A five-day film festival -- Jammu & Kashmir International Film Festival (JKIFF) -- will be held in October in the valley, courtesy filmmakers concerned about the latency of cinema culture in the region.


Jammu & Kashmir film fest to be held in October


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Nearly 1,500 trucks carrying essential supplies to Kashmir were Tuesday stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway as sections of the road were washed away in the flash floods, cutting off the Valley from the rest of the country.


1,500 trucks stuck on way to Kashmir


As many as 227 people from Kerala, who had gone for a vacation in Jammu and Kashmir, are now stranded in flood-ravaged Srinagar, officials said here Monday.


227 from Kerala stranded in Srinagar


The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) Monday took stock of the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir as over 20,000 persons were rescued from different parts of the state.


Over 20,000 evacuated in Jammu and Kashmir


The Indian military Monday scaled up its massive operation to rescue thousands marooned in Jammu and Kashmir's worst floods in 50 years that has claimed over 160 lives so far.


Military rescues Kashmiris, flood fury kills 160 (Roundup)


When it began raining a week ago in the Kashmir Valley, most people welcomed the showers, hoping it will give us a rich agricultural harvest. The nature's wrath has now turned into an unmitigated disaster.


Srinagar now resembles an expanded Dal Lake (First Person)


Assam Police Monday launched two helpline numbers to assist people from the state whose relatives are stranded in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir.


Assam's helpline for those stranded in Kashmir


Relief work has picked up in the past two days in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir and rescue work will not stop till every trapped person is evacuated, the army commander in the state said Monday.


Relief work has picked up in Kashmir, says army


As floods -- worst in the last 60 years -- ravage Jammu and Kashmir, the social media is abuzz with heart-touching messages about the depredations wrought and immediate needs of those affected.


Social media connects India to needs of flood-hit Kashmir


India Monday did not rule out a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session later this month, with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj saying the government will respond according to the situation that develops.


India does not rule out Modi-Sharif meeting in New York


Relief work has picked up in the last two days in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir with the rain having stopped, the army commander in the state said Monday.


Relief work has picked up in Kashmir: Army


Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday announced a contribution of Rs.5 crore to the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir.


Tamil Nadu contributes Rs.5 crore to flood-hit Kashmir


Flood waters Monday inundated most of Srinagar's residential and commercial areas as people scrambled to save whatever they could from the muddy, swirling waters.


Srinagar flooded, internet connectivity snaps


Flood waters Monday inundated most of the residential and commercial areas in Srinagar, as people scrambled to save whatever they could from the muddy, swirling water.


Flood waters inundate most of Srinagar


Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday visited flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir to review the situation and announced special assistance of Rs.1,000 crore while Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asked people not to panic and assured help will reach them soon.


Kashmir's disaster is India's disaster, Rs.1,000 crore aid: Modi (Intro Roundup)


Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday offered Indian assistance to Pakistan for flood relief operations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, but Islamabad said its relief and rescue operations were proceeding effectively.


Kashmir floods: Modi offers help to Pakistan, Islamabad says relief on


Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday reviewed the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir and announced a special assistance of Rs.1,000 crore. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asked people not to panic, asserting that help will reach them soon.


PM announces Rs.1,000 crore aid for flood-hit Kashmir (Roundup)


Children's safety should be the top priority for the Jammu and Kashmir government during the flood rescue operations, an NGO said Sunday.


'Children's safety should be priority in Jammu and Kashmir'


Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Sunday undertook an aerial survey of flood-hit areas in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and appreciated the rescue and relief operations, said  official sources in Islamabad Sunday.


Our flood relief proceeding well, says Pakistan to Modi offer


Radio transmission in the Kashmir Valley was cut off after flood waters inundated the transmitter installations of state-run Radio Kashmir here, officials said.


Radio broadcast cut off in Kashmir


Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday announced a special assistance of Rs.1,000 crore for flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir besides a Rs.2 lakh compensation from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the kin of each dead and Rs.50,000 each for the seriously injured.

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