Pulwama, Aug. 31 -- Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council Secretary Nuzhat Gul on Sunday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for acknowledging the Union Territory's initiative to engage youth through national-level sporting events.

Reacting to the Prime Minister's remarks in the 125th edition of Mann Ki Baat, Gul said, "I want to thank the Prime Minister. Whenever we have made efforts to organise youth engagements and national-level events, be it five editions of Khelo India Winter Sports or the first edition of water sports in J&K, the PM took time to praise the efforts."

Earlier in his address, PM Modi lauded J-K for hosting the country's first Khelo India Water Sports Festival at Dal Lake in Srinagar, as well as Pulwama's ...