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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…

‘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…

Google gets in Kashmir

March 18, 2017 Editor

With J&K exhibiting one of the highest cell phone penetration rates in India, data dependence is luring searching giant Google into the state, very soon : Reports J&K has finally crossed the psychological barrier. By the end of January, it now boats of having 11272751 cell phone users. In a population of around 12.5 million, a teledensity of more than 91 percent means there is only nine percent of the population still lacking access to a mobile phone. Part of it lives in the border areas of the state where…

Hizbul’s twitter handler posts pro-India tweets, blasts Kashmir separatist leaders

March 11, 2017March 11, 2017 Editor

The Twitter handle of banned militant organisation Hizbul Mujahideen began posting pro-India tweets that denounced Kashmir’s separatist leadership on Friday morning, astounding many across the Valley. While this development led observers to believe that hackers had taken control of the militant organisation’s handle, the Hizbul leadership has not issued any clarification in this regard. The tweets under contention were critical of several important resistance leaders, including Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front head Yasin Malik and Hurriyat Conference chairperson Syed Ali Shah Geelani. “Syed Ali Shah Geelani is a puppet of…

‘On-line War’ begun between Kashmiri’s & Indian Patriots on FaceBook, Twitter

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 Editor

Uri Attack movement of Pride or Shame for India? A questions for the Intellectuals of India & Indian Media who have left no stone unturned to manipulate things. Many Indians have already started an “On-line War” against Kashmiris after the militant attack on the Indian Army in Uri. As soon as news of the attack broke, a large number of Indian netizens hit the popular sites of Twitter and Facebook with abuse and mockery of Kashmiris and justified the killings of protesters in the past two-and-a-half months of the anti-India uprising in Kashmir.…

BSNL plans free voice, cheaper package than Jio

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 Editor

State-run BSNL will be the first to cut tariffs to better Reliance Jio ‘s offer, a top official said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a price war in the country’s crowded mobile telecom market. The public sector player is planning to follow Jio in offering free voice calling on its network, and at plans that will be cheaper than the new entrant’s. And unlike Jio’s offer that is available for only 4G subscribers, the BSNL plan will be open to 2G and 3G users, which constitute the majority of…

Error or terror: Deleting Posts, Banning Accounts, is Facebook acting as a Censor Board on Kashmir?

August 2, 2016 Editor

Kashmir-related posts have no place on Facebook it seems. Accounts are being banned and posts are being deleted, if Kashmir is discussed. Freedom of expression takes a hit in Kashmir. For over a month now, people of Kashmir have been without mobile communication services and internet access. The death of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani in Kashmir sparked massive unrest in the state and now even censorship seems to be knocking on the Valley’s doors. For three straight days, even daily newspapers were stopped from being circulated and now, even…

Net-savvy hit the streets in hunt for Wi-Fi

July 30, 2016 Editor

People seen with smartphones hooked to Wi-Fi hotspots in alleys Apart from the protesters, a new breed of people busy with cellphones in their hands can be seen on street corners, alley’s or shopping malls of the curfew-bound Srinagar city. With mobile Internet services remaining banned in the region for the past 21 days following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8, these people with smartphones look for the Wi-Fi hotspots to hook onto Internet and social networking sites. It is because of the snapping of…