District Srinagar wing of JKNC holds felicitation-cum-office joining ceremony
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 29 (STC): A felicitation-cum-office joining ceremony of the newly appointed office-bearers of J&K National Conference (JKNC), District Srinagar, was held at the Party Headquarters, Nawai Subah, here today. This narked the formal beginning of their responsibilities within the newly constituted District Committee, reads the party statement.The programme was presided over by…
Tantra Silence Retreat Controversy: PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti urges CM Omar to stop spiritual experiments in Gurez
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 19 (STC): People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti flagged a poster advertising a Tantra Silence retreat in Gurez Valley and urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Jammu and Kashmir Police to intervene immediately. She warned that the border region was no playground for experiments in the name of spirituality or…
Lalleshwari Cultural Cum Heritage Centre a platform for cultural preservation, academic research, promotion of J&K’s heritage: LG Sinha
STC NEWS DESKJAMMU, SEPTEMBER 19 (STC): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha laid the foundation stone of the Mata Lalleshwari Cultural Cum Heritage Centre at Mata Bhaderkali Asthapan in Thalwal here today. The centre, sanctioned under the Capex budget at an estimated cost of Rs 4.5 crore, is envisioned as a platform for cultural…
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: A Family That Is Increasingly Asking Its Muslims to Prove They Belong
Sofi Arafat “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, the whole world is one family. Few civilisational ideas are as magnificent, generous and deeply rooted in the Indian philosophical tradition. Yet, in contemporary India, one is tempted to ask an awkward question: who exactly gets invited to the family gathering? Apparently, everyone, except the Muslim, who is increasingly expected to…
KWFF Founder Director slams J&K Government for spending taxpayers’ money on IFFJK instead of strengthening existing film festival platform
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 19 (STC): Earlier this month, the Government of Jammu & Kashmir organised a film festival, projecting it as the first international film festival of J&K. Even as any sincere effort to promote cinema in Kashmir is appreciable, it is important to set the record straight – this was ‘NOT’ the first…
