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International Artists Day.  Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha felicitated Mushtaaque Ali Ahmad Khan with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his dedication to keeping theater alive in Kashmir. Zubair Qureshi / On the occasion of International Artists Day, Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday inaugurated the three-week long Jashan Kashmir Cultural Festival in Srinagar. Mushtaaque Ali Ahmed Khan is active as a cultural activist besides being an actor, producer and director of theatre. He has organized four successful editions of Kashmir Film Festival in Kashmir Valley. The event was organized by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art Culture and Languages ​​Srinagar in collaboration with Shah Qalandar Folk Theater and All J&K Folk Artists Association. This cultural program, which lasts for three weeks, also includes the support of the Divisional Commissioner's office. On this occasion, Mushtaaque Ali Ahmad Khan, a well-known actor, director and cultural activist of the
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New hope for Paharis in J&K

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By: #Zubair Qureshi Srinagar, Oct 25  The recent historic decision of the Jammu and Kashmir administration to include 15 new castes in the SC category and the Pahari speaking people as an group has been received warmly. This historic initiative will get rid of the treatment meted out to the people belonging to these castes and they will also get the right to equality in the society, the communities have said. As per the notification issued by the Jammu and Kashmir administration recently, 15 castes have been included in the Scheduled Castes category. Among these castes, the names of Wage, Bhatti, Puniwala, Chang, Jat community, Sochi community, Christian Berardari, Teli (Hindu and existing Muslim), West Pakistani immigrants, Gurkha, Parna and Sini community, etc., are worth mentioning. In the notification, potters, shoe repairers, barbers, washermen, cobblers and dhooms (excluding Schedule Trab) have been changed. The social caste list has been revised on the recommendations of the Jam
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