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Movie buffs celebrate silver screen's return to Kashmir after 3 decades

The inauguration was followed by a screening of the Aamir Khan-starrer Laal Singh Chadhha, viewed by an audience that included media persons, officials, guests and local residents.

DPIIT planning multi-media campaign to promote over 400 GI products

The commerce and industry ministry is planning a multi-media campaign to promote over 400 GI (Geographical Indication) products such as Darjeeling Tea, Chanderi Fabric, Mysore Silk, and Kashmir Walnut Wood Carving. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) intends to empanel one or more audio-visual agencies to carry out various multi-media campaigns, production of advertising and promotional materials on a regular ongoing basis," said the department's notice inviting request for proposal. The agency will also support the department in scaling up the GI campaign through manifold interventions, considered important for building a strong GI ecosystem, it said. DPIIT, under the ministry, is looking to empanel reputed audio-visual agencies for GI promotion campaign. Work for the empanelled agency or agencies would include production of films, documentaries, sponsored AV (audio-visual) programmes, AV spots, and production of short videos. The notice said lack

Kashmir's first multiplex screens Lal Singh Chaddha on opening day

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday inaugurated the valley's first multiplex in Sonawar area of the city, ending the three-decade wait of the movie buffs to watch their favourite stars on the big screen. "Inaugurated INOX multiplex theatre in Srinagar. Congratulations to the people, Sh. Vijay Dhar & INOX Group. A major socio-economic revolution is sweeping through J&K in the last 3 years, Sinha tweeted soon after inaugurating the multiplex. He said, It is a reflection of a new dawn of hope, dreams, confidence and aspirations of people." The mulitplex management held a special screening of Aamir Khan-starrer 'Lal Singh Chaddha' after the inauguration ceremony. The regular shows will start from September 30 with the screening of Vikram Vedha, starring Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan. The first multiplex in Kashmir will have three movie theatres with a total capacity of 520 seats. The premises will also have a food court aimed at promoting the local ...

House full as cinemas open in Shopian and Pulwama in South Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday inaugurated multipurpose cinema halls in South Kashmir's Pulwama and Shopian districts

Very few Kashmiri Pandits returning to Valley: Congress leader Karan Singh

Constant sense of fear and apprehension among Kashmiri Pandits is why very few of them are willing to return to their homeland in the Valley, veteran politician Karan Singh has said. Singh, who was speaking at the release of a book, "When the Heart Speaks", memoirs of well-known cardiologist Dr Upendra Kaul, said most of the Kashmiri Pandits who could afford to go out have gone and "settled for good" -- be it abroad or different parts of the country. However, Kashmir will always remain "incomplete" without Kashmiri Pandits, Singh said. "Kashmir is beautiful and beguiling and the tragedy that has taken over the Valley since 1947 is heartbreaking," Singh, whose father Maharaja Hari Singh was the last Dogra ruler of Kashmir, said. He commended Dr Kaul and other Kashmiri Pandits like him who have returned and built their homes in the Valley but added that "such examples are very rare". "Very few Kashmiri Pandits are doing that because there is always a sense of fear and a sense of ...

Seven Important Mandals Of Pune To Celebrate Ganesh Festival In Kashmir In 2023

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'J&K hasn't adjusted to the radical surgery inflicted on it since Aug 2019'

'So Ladakh too is politically paralysed and in limbo, as Rafale jets roar above Leh and Israeli arms dealers prowl the town', said Sumantra Bose

Come September, cinema returns to Kashmir after 32 years of intermission

INOX to open a three-screen multiplex in Srinagar, its first

Kashmiri Pandit murder: Muslims stage protest against terrorists in Shopian

Terror attack on Sunil Kumar Bhat and his cousin Pertimber Nath IN Kashmir's Shopian district triggered outrage in their village. Sunil succumbed to his injuries while Pertimber suffered injuries

Kerala MLA Jaleel withdraws controversial 'Azad Kashmir' remark on PoK

A day after CPI-M backed independent MLA and former Kerala Minister KT Jaleel courted controversy by calling Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) "Azad Kashmir", he withdrew his remarks on Saturday

Kashmir's 1st multiplex to bring cinema halls back to valley after decades

Kashmir will get its first multiplex cinema in September which will screen latest Bollywood and Hollywood movies for the entertainment-starved locals.

Attack on Army camp in Rajouri: 2 terrorists killed, 5 soldiers injured

Two terrorists were killed and five soldiers injured in a gunfight when a suspected suicide group tried to enter an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district early on Thursday, officials said

That Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our minds is a big, positive change

Three years since the changes in Article 370, some things have improved, while some have gotten worse

Sunjwan terror attack: NIA conducts raids at multiple locations in Kashmir

The NIA conducted searches at three locations in the Kashmir valley in connection with a terrorist attack in Jammu's Sunjwan area in April

G20 has a Russia-Ukraine problem as India takes up presidency next year

The war has cleaved the group, stalling much of the preparatory work on more substantive issues

It hurts to be intolerant

India's engagement with the world is now coloured by what it is doing internally

Kashmir, past continuous

Modi government's Kashmir policy has been a success in changing the status of the state and redefining what remains negotiable

Separatist leader Yasin Malik convicted by NIA Court in terror funding case

Yasin Malik has been convicted in terror funding case by NIA Court. The court will hear arguments on the quantum of the sentence on May 25

Former J-K CM Farooq Abdullah demands ban on 'The Kashmir Files'

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah called for a ban on Vivek Agnihotri-directed film 'The Kashmir Files', alleging that it has created an atmosphere of "hatred in the country"

Govt notifies new J&K electoral map: 47 seats for Kashmir, Jammu gets 43

The Kashmiri migrants' delegations said before the Commission that they were persecuted and forced to live in exile as refugees in their own country for the last three decades