Srinagar, April 9 -- In a significant development,Farzana Mumtaz, Editor-in-Chief of Weekly News Kashmir, bagged the prestigious Dayawati Modi Stree Shakti Award known also as Dayawati Modi Stree Shakti Samman .

The award was given during the three day historical and first of its kind Women Conclave in Kashmir organised by Stree Shakti under leadership of Rekha Mody .

The Dayawati Modi Stree Shakti Samman, instituted in 1998 by Stree Shakti, is an award by women, for women, and in memory of an extraordinary woman. It's awarded to a woman who dared to dream and had the ability to translate her dream into reality.

Dayawati Modi Stree Shakti Samman, instituted in 1998, had Alka Saraogi, an eminent author and Hindi writer, as the winner of...