Throughput of 5.7Gbps, Ultra-low latency and more; Ericsson’s first 5G demo in India

The live demo highlighted how 5G can leverage wireless network resources using higher frequency bands on a small cell architecture. Communications technology firm Ericsson on Friday showcased the first-ever live 5G end-to-end demonstration in India. The demo is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to build a robust 5G ecosystem in the country. Communications technology firm Ericsson on Friday showcased the first-ever live 5G end-to-end demonstration in India. The demo is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to build a robust 5G ecosystem in the country. The demonstration using Ericsson’s…

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Govt policies strengthening separatism: Panun Kashmir

Panun Kashmir, a frontal organisation of displaced Pandits, has alleged that the policies of the PDP-BJP coalition government were strengthening separatism in J&K while the recent dialogue process initiated by the Centre had sidelined nationalist segments. Addressing a press conference Panun Kashmir chairman Ajay Chrungoo and convener Agnishekhar claimed that the dialogue process started by the Centre-appointed special representative, Dineshwar Sharma, will eventually promote the interests of radical fundamentalism. “If the dialogue process is based on same promises and political motivations as guided by the previous team of interlocutors led…

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Pir Panjal Range receives heavy snowfall forcing roads to close

It’s snow time in Kashmir It’s snow time in Kashmir. The Pir Panjal Range, part of the Inner Himalayas, experienced heavy snowfall on Saturday morning, with temperatures dipping to below zero levels. As a result of the heavy snowfall, Mughal road closed down. On Friday, the parts of Gulmarg in north Kashmir along with Leh and Kargil towns in Ladakh region recorded the season’s coldest night. Leh town was the coldest in the state with the mercury there settling at minus 6.9 degrees Celsius. Gulmarg and Kargil recorded a low…

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Muslim men are ‘Terrorists’ tell hindu girls, and other ‘Lessons’ from an RSS-backed ‘Hindu’ Fair

Jaipur’s district education office made it compulsory for lakhs of children from government schools to attend the event where Hindutva outfits spread propaganda about ‘love jihad’ and gau raksha. Jaipur: On paper, the five-day fair organised by the Hindu Spiritual and Service Foundation (HSSF) which got underway here on Thursday aims to “philosophically explain and practically expound how Hindu spirituality and traditional Hindu lifestyle provide a solution to contemporary challenges – family and human values, women’s honour, patriotism, environment, ecology and pollution”. Judging by some of the “solutions” on offer, however, the event seems to…

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Marriages in Kashmir

Traditional sonorous symphony of Wanwun has been replaced by nuisance of mumbo jumbo musical bands and tosh singers Marriage as a concept signifies connection, harmony and mutual co-existence. Though, it is a spiritual union of two souls but in the larger perspective, its celebration as an event involves the whole society which determines its real cultural value. In Kashmir, marriage celebration had always been a focal point with regard to its importance for and relation to the society. Its celebration was one of the important instruments which ensured the stability,…

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Mother’s love brought Majid back, We respected his mother’s call, says Lashkar

He went on his own, returned on his own: IGP He’s a brave boy, who choose to shun militancy: GoC Victor Force We respected his mother’s call, says Lashkar A week after joining Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit, an ace footballer from south Kashmir’s Anantnag district renounced militancy late Thursday evening on his mother’s call of returning home, a video of which went viral on social media. Addressing a joint news conference with Inspector General of Police Kashmir, Munir Ahmad Khan, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Army’s Victor Force, Major General…

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Curbs / Restrictions in parts of Srinagar, Train services suspended, Post Zakura attack

Authorities imposed restrictions in Srinagar on Saturday to prevent protests in the wake of a militant’s killing the previous day, police said. “District Magistrate Srinagar has imposed restrictions under section 144 CrPc in Parimpora, Safa Kadal, M.R.Gunj, Nowhatta, Khanyar, Rainawari, Maisuma and Kralkhud areas,” the police said. All schools and colleges in the city were closed for the day. Classes at the Kashmir University were suspended. Train services were also suspended. On Friday, Mugees Ahmad Mir from Parimpora was killed in a gunfight between the police and militants in the…

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Ladakh celebrates its glorious history with cultural festival

The second annual Ladakh dpal-nams Tuston-2017 (Ladakhi Pride Festival) was dedicated in the honour of the first Ladakhi political and social leader, late Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, on his birth centenary. The festival was celebrated on November 16 at Leh with an aim to showcase the historical pride of Ladakh to the young generation. The festival was organised by the local government and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC). Pertinently, late Kushok Bakula Rinpoche was a renowned political leader who worked as an MLA and MP. He also worked as…

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Meeting Kashmiri Students top of Dineshwar Sharma’s agenda, unions wary

Dineshwar Sharma, a former Intelligence Bureau chief, is likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir for the second time in the next couple of weeks since he was appointed the special representative to state. The government’s pointsmen in Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, is likely to meet the Valley’s students as part of his mission to start peace talks in the state ravaged by decades-long insurgency, a senior home ministry official told KP on Friday. Sharma, a former Intelligence Bureau chief, is likely to visit the state in the next couple of weeks…

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What made the David Beckham of Sadiquabad join the Lashkar-e-Taiba?

The family of the 20-year-old footballer have taken to social media to plead for his return. Until a few weeks ago, the David Beckham of Sadiquabad was dribbling a football. But last Friday, a picture of him wielding a gun went viral on social media. Twenty-year-old Majid Khan went missing from his home in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on November 9 to join the Lashkar-e-Taiba. According to a picture doing the rounds on social media, he now has a new code name: Abu Ishmayel. With his Beckham hairstyle and his…

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