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…
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…
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
Within a Day of Being Lifted, Social Media Banned Again in Kashmir: Barely a day after the Jammu and Kashmir government lifted its month-long social media ban in the Valley, social media has been banned again. This comes hours after Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, and another terrorist were gunned down in Kashmir on…
The Internet Ban In Kashmir Is A Clear Violation Of Human Rights And No One Seems To Care: Kashmir continues to bathe in the blood of its own people, falling prey to ‘stray bullets’ and ‘non lethal pellets’ fired from the guns of the Indian armed forces. Since July 2016, Kashmir has lost over 100…
Mobile Internet Restored After 2 Week: sHowever, social media sites, including Facebook, Whatsapp and twitter remained blocked as per directions of the state government. The state Home Department, which is headed by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Wednesday, directed all cellular companies to block 22 social networking sites, observing they were being misused by ‘anti-national’…
Kashmiris find VPN way out of social media ban: Kashmir was back on social networks before the state government removed controls, courtesy Virtual Private Networks or VPNs. A user facing Internet censorship can use VPNs to create a secure connection to a more permissive country and browse the Internet as if he was situated in that…
Social media ban: Some Kashmiris baffled, others suggest ways to defy it: Mehraj Din, a PhD scholar of Islamic Studies at Kashmir University, is in a fix after the state government suspended the use of 22 social media and messaging platforms for a month. Selected for a prestigious summer programme in Ihsan Academy at Istanbul…