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Srinagar, Sep 10: When the first International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir (IFFJK) opened at SKICC on September 7, it was, as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah described it, an idea being tested, an invitation, an experiment and, above all, a hope. Four days later, as the curtains came down on Thursday, that experiment had found both an audience and a purpose. The numbers tell one part of the story. Over 1,100 film entries from more than 80 countries, 135 films screened across Srinagar, Jammu an

Srinagar, Sep 08: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will convene its first paperless sessionfromSeptember21, with the Assembly Secretariat issuinga provisional calendar for the autumnsitting that will seethe House take up Government Business, Private Members Bills and Private Members Resolutions. The session will begin with Obituary References and Government Business, followed by Government Business on September 22. September 23 will be observed as a holidayon account of the birthday of

Srinagar, Sep 08: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday chaired a meeting at the Civil Secretariat to review the progress of languishing projects under the Revenue Department across Jammu and Kashmir, with particular focus on expediting the completion of mini-secretariat buildings and addressing bottlenecks delaying execution of these projects. CM took serious view of the delay in completion of ongoing buildings and delay in project planning, obtaining approvals and execution of new buildings.