Sandalwood in Kashmiri Cinema

A concrete policy document to revive and establish the Kashmiri Cinema purely on professional lines should be drafted so that it becomes one of the key contributors to Kashmir’s economy. Sajjad BazazKashmiri Cinema, precisely the film industry of Kashmir, exists only by name, though it had a sterling beginning in 1964 when first-ever Kashmiri feature…

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Far from being terrorist, successive governments engaged me for Kashmir Talks: Yasin Malik to Delhi HC

STC NEWS MONITORING DESKNEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 19 (STC): Jailed Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik has claimed before the Delhi High Court that far from being a terrorist, he was repeatedly engaged by six successive Indian governments from VP Singh to Manmohan Singh to participate in peace initiatives on Kashmir, reports Asian…

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Ban on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s Awami Action Committee among two organsations upheld by tribunals

STC NEWS MONITORING DESKNEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 19 (STC): Ban imposed by the Centre on the Awami Action Committee headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the Shia leader Masroor Abbas Ansari-led Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen Tribunals has been upheld by the two Delhi High Court tribunals.The tribunals, headed by the same judge — Justice Sachin…

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