Srinagar, Dec. 5 -- A Kashmiri fitness guru has earned a rare honor after he was nominated as one of the jury members of the prestigious Mr. and Ms. India event.

Ishtiyaq Ahmad Khan was among the 20-member jury to select Mr. and Ms. India in Odisha.

Organized by the World Fitness Federation (WFF), the two-day event saw more than 300 bodybuilders vying for a coveted title.

This is for the first time that any fitness guru from Jammu and Kashmir has judged the participants from across India on such a bigger platform.

"I have been serving as president of the World Fitness Federation for many years in Jammu and Kashmir. This year, I was among 20memberjury to judge the national event. I am the first athlete from the fitness fraternity of Ja...