JALANDHAR: Delhi Universitystudent Gurmehar Kaur on Tuesday joined a youth organisation ‘Future Talent Society’ as vice-president. She said that freedom of expression in the country has been under threat in the recent times. Read More
Five killed in farmers’ stir in MP; mobile Internet suspended: Five persons were killed today as the farmers’ agitation turned violent in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, prompting the authorities to clamp curfew in the trouble-hit area. Some eyewitnesses alleged that the victims suffered bullet wounds, but Mandsaur district authorities denied that police fired on…
Questions Surround Kashmir Ban on Religious, Cooking, Entertainment Channels: Close on the heels of the recent but now lifted month-long social media ban in Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir government in May also banned at least 34 allegedly unauthorised TV channels, including some religious and entertainment channels from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, for their “potential…
4G Internet likely to be restored in Kashmir: After the government restored 2G internet services, High speed internet likely to be restored late evening on Friday. Blanket ban on internet was imposed by authorities on 27th May after Hizb Commander Sabzar was killed in an encounter. The Government of Jammu and Kashmir had snapped the…
This American Venture Capitalist Says India is Second Largest Internet Consumer After China: Mobile Internet is witnessing an unparalleled growth in India as more and more people are expressing keenness to consume the internet every year. Surprisingly, it’s not the social networking apps like Whatsapp and Facebook that are dominating the mobile internet space. The…
Internet ban in Kashmir- Who is behind it?: An RTI query by Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) revealed that the internet ban in Kashmir was not ordered by official authorities. The home department and the divisional commissioner’s offices which are responsible for law and order hadn’t ordered the clampdown. Kashmir had suffered for…
Paresh Rawal unapologetic on Arundhati Roy tweet says it is ‘freedom of expression’: Actor-politician Paresh Rawal says he has no regrets about his tweet on Arundhati Roy as the author has been badmouthing the Army, which well never hit back at her. The BJP MP had received a lot of flak on social media for…
Internet Ban: No option but to adhere to the government order, say cellular operators: Even as the mobile internet ban continues in Kashmir affecting day-to-day life, an amalgamation of GSM telecom operators who are also operating in J&K said on Thursday that they are bound to follow such government implemented bans. Read More
Boycott MakeMyTrip: Social media mob attacks company after co-founder’s beef ban tweets, uninstalls app: A set of tweets kicked off a row and has already created a lot of noise. Keyur Joshi, the co-founder of MakeMyTrip.com, found himself in a mess yesterday. In 2015, #BoycottSanpdeal trended after Aamir Khan‘s comment about surging intolerance in India.…
No Aadhaar? No Mid-Day Meal For You, Says HRD Ministry: New Delhi: School students across India will now be required to register or have an Aadhaar number if they want to avail of the central government’s mid-day meal scheme, according to a new government notification issued last week. The notification, issued by the human resource development ministry…