April 18, 2017 | Kashmir POST

To clamps down on rumour-mongers across Kashmir Valley govt may suspend Facebook & WhatsApp

April 18, 2017 Editor

Having banned 4G and 3G services in the Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir government is now likely to ban Facebook and WhatsApp in the coming days, purportedly to stop videos and pictures of alleged atrocities by security forces from going viral. The state government had suspended 3G and 4G mobile internet services across Kashmir on Monday, although fixed line internet facilities were not taken back. This is the third time the state government has stopped internet services in the last two weeks. Authorities had even snapped broadband internet last week…

Kashmir on the Boil; Rajnath, Ajit Doval take stock; Omar wants President’s rule

April 18, 2017 Editor

The Centre reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, considering various options including initiating peace talks to bring back normalcy in the restive Valley. The meeting, chaired by Union home minister Rajnath Singh and attended by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, among others, took stock of the prevailing situation in the state, which saw violence during the April 9 bypoll to Srinagar Lok Sabha seat. The top brass was given a detailed presentation on the critical situation Kashmir was facing and the steps taken to restore normalcy,…

Since PDP-BJP took over, RSS makes strong inroads in JK

April 18, 2017 Editor

Sangh Shakhas Increase By 20%; 45 Swayamsevaks Recruited Daily Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the parent organization of BJP, has made strong inroads in Jammu and Kashmir since the formation of BJP Government at the center and its coalition government in the state with Sangh Shakhas in the state increasing by 20%. From 372 Shakhas before the formation of BJP Government at the center, the RSS, at present, is running a total of 465 Shakhas across the state, a whopping increase by 20%, reliable sources informed Kashmir Post. The RSS Shakhas…

‘Net service suspended 29 times between 2012 to April 2017 in Kashmir’

April 18, 2017 Editor

Where the internet gag is troubling the net users every time it is put in Kashmir, it causes financial losses to the telecom service providers operating in this region. According to service providers they suffered over Rs 180 crore loss in three-month complete communication gag during 2016 unrest in Kashmir. “Now today’s order by the government suspending 3G and 4G services on mobile internet is again going to hit our business,” representatives of various companies told Kashmir Post. “It is unfortunate that despite J&K having achieved a mobile subscriber base…

After Pellets & Pava shells now Plastic bullets for crowd control

April 18, 2017 Editor

So far, security forces are using PAVA shells and pellet guns. PAVA (Pelargonic Acid Vanillylamide) is a chilli-based ammunition, which is less lethal and immobilises the target temporarily. Non-penetrative plastic bullets are likely to be used in Jammu and Kashmir for crowd control or stone-pelting to reduce collateral damage during counterinsurgency operations, official sources said here on Tuesday. However, the pellet guns will continue to be used as the last resort in the “non-lethal category.” Thousands of plastic bullets were produced and sent to the Kashmir Valley for use by…

‘Students targeted to create fear psychosis’ : Resistance Group

April 18, 2017 Editor

Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq denounced what he termed as “use of savage force” against students, terming it as ‘worst form of state terrorism.’ Various pro-freedom parties have condemned forces’ action on protesting students in various districts of Kashmir saying “student community was being targeted to create psychosis and break their resolve for right to self-determination.” Expressing concern over increasing use of “repressive measures” by the armed forces against civilians and student community, the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani, in a statement today, said, “Kashmiri people are…

Massive Student protests rock Kashmir, Mobile Internet snapped

April 18, 2017 Editor

Scores of students injured in clashes with police and paramilitary forces Mobile Internet off again as protests grip Valley Cops exercised maximum restraint: Police Massive protests rocked Kashmir on Monday as students across the valley took to streets in an unprecedented show of solidarity with the students of Pulwama degree college who were wounded in clashes with government forces few days back. Scores of students were injured during Monday’s clashes as police and paramilitary forces used batons and fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters after demonstrations…