Kashmir struggles to cope with communication curbs
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir struggles to cope with communication curbs

Live Mint  

Kashmir entered the eighth day of a total communication lockdown on Tuesday, with thousands unable to access basic emergency services, run their businesses or reach out to their families. Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital wore a deserted look over the last few days, despite the fact that all essential services are running—at least in theory. Yesterday, the parents of a girl who had hurt herself critically came walking all the way because there was no way to reach the hospital,” said Dr. Shabbir Ahmad at SMHS hospital. We have medicines to last us one week and after that we have to see what to do because we can’t contact our seller either,” said Shamima Khan, a nurse.

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Restrictions, communication shutdown continue in Kashmir
3 years, 4 months ago

Restrictions, communication shutdown continue in Kashmir

The Hindu  

Restrictions on peoples movement and communication blackout continued in the Kashmir Valley on Friday after the death of separatist leader Syed Shah Geelani on Wednesday and his burial in the early hours of Thursday. Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said Internet services on mobile phones would remain suspended till Sunday afternoon in Kashmir. Director General of Police Dilbag Singh …

Podcast; Voices from the Lockdown: Until Centre engages with youths of Kashmir, things are bound to go out of control
4 years, 1 month ago

Podcast; Voices from the Lockdown: Until Centre engages with youths of Kashmir, things are bound to go out of control

Firstpost  

In this episode, we will continue our conversation with Kaiser where he speaks about how the youth of Anantnag and Shopian are going through an identity crisis because of the abrogation of Article 370. This new Firstpost podcast entitled Voices from the Lockdown —which drops at 8 am every day — seeks to explore the ground realities in Kashmir, Ladakh …

No, This Lockdown Isn’t Like Kashmir’s, Stop Being Disrespectful
4 years, 9 months ago

No, This Lockdown Isn’t Like Kashmir’s, Stop Being Disrespectful

The Quint  

A country that cries watching Bigg Boss celebrities be separated from their family forgot to understand what it means to not be able to make a call home, a home knee deep in violence and political tension. Where family members did not know when their relatives passed away, and often no way of ever knowing what’s happening in the next …

Lockdown is new normal in Jammu & Kashmir
4 years, 10 months ago

Lockdown is new normal in Jammu & Kashmir

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Two hundred days of the lockdown in Kashmir have been most difficult and those who are away from home are hurt that it is now a ‘new normal’ that is different from the rest of India. “There is still no internet in Kashmir which shows that nothing is normal there,” Hadif Nisar of the University of Hyderabad said. Students …

India to restore text messaging services in Kashmir
5 years ago

India to restore text messaging services in Kashmir

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir will restore text messaging services in the disputed region on Wednesday, almost five months after India’s government downgraded its semi-autonomy and imposed a strict security and communications lockdown, an official said Tuesday. Authorities fear that insurgents and separatists demanding independence from Indian rule will use the internet to provoke protests in the region …

Tight curbs on Internet in J&K offices
5 years, 1 month ago

Tight curbs on Internet in J&K offices

The Hindu  

The Centre’s decision to abrogate Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on August 5 led to an unannounced shutdown in the valley even as authorities imposed severe restrictions, including on communication, which were later gradually eased out. However, pre-paid mobile phones and all internet services continue to remain suspended since August 5. The government has set up a ‘Media Facilitation Centre’ …

Podcast; Voices from the lockdown: Over two months on, public transport remains off roads; people still lack access to vital services
5 years, 2 months ago

Podcast; Voices from the lockdown: Over two months on, public transport remains off roads; people still lack access to vital services

Firstpost  

One of the biggest reasons that normalcy still evades Kashmir is because public transportation remains completely off the roads It has been more than two months since the Government of India repealed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on 5 August and a week has passed since postpaid mobile services were restored in the state. Despite government efforts to exhort people …

Podcast; Voices from the lockdown: Kashmiri diaspora weighs in on Centre's 'preventive measures' as blockade enters 78th day
5 years, 2 months ago

Podcast; Voices from the lockdown: Kashmiri diaspora weighs in on Centre's 'preventive measures' as blockade enters 78th day

Firstpost  

The Centre-imposed restriction on communications and public movement in Jammu and Kashmir entered the 78th day on Monday. In the weeks after 5 August, amid a total communication clampdown in the restive region, the groups which were prominently speaking against the lockdown and the revocation of Article 370 and Article 35A were Kashmiris living outside Kashmir and India. The Kashmiri …

India restores post-paid cellphone services in Kashmir
5 years, 2 months ago

India restores post-paid cellphone services in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Postpaid cellphone services were restored in India-administered Kashmir on Monday, more than two months after India’s government downgraded the region’s semi-autonomy and imposed a security and communications lockdown. Landline phones were restored in the region last month, but the ban on more than 2 million prepaid mobile connections and internet services will continue. Tensions in Kashmir, which …

Malala Yousafzai urges UN to help Kashmiri children go back to school, work towards peace in the Valley
5 years, 3 months ago

Malala Yousafzai urges UN to help Kashmiri children go back to school, work towards peace in the Valley

Firstpost  

Normal life has remained affected in Kashmir since 5 August, when the special status for Jammu and Kashmir was scrapped and restrictions were imposed London: Nobel Peace Prize winner and Pakistani education rights activist Malala Yousafzai has urged the United Nations to work towards peace in Kashmir and help children go back to school amid the tense situation in the …

Restrictions re-imposed in parts of Kashmir ahead of Friday prayers, normal life remains crippled for 33rd day
5 years, 4 months ago

Restrictions re-imposed in parts of Kashmir ahead of Friday prayers, normal life remains crippled for 33rd day

India Today  

It is the fifth Friday since the lockdown in Kashmir was imposed when the residents of the Valley will not be allowed to offer their prayers at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar. Strict restrictions on the movement of people, which was imposed across the Valley in view of apprehensions of law and order problems after congregational prayers, were lifted from …

30 days later, Kashmir remains closed and watchful
5 years, 4 months ago

30 days later, Kashmir remains closed and watchful

The Hindu  

The situation remains fluid in the Kashmir Valley a month since the revocation of the State’s special status on Tuesday. The attendance in essential government services like the Srinagar Municipal Corporation, the Public Heath Engineering and the Power Development Department “is yet to cross 50%”, according to official figures. J&K government spokesman Rohit Kansal said, “The attendance is a gradual …

Kashmir: Restrictions in 11 more police stations eased, 29 more landline connections restored
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir: Restrictions in 11 more police stations eased, 29 more landline connections restored

India TV News  

The central government on Saturday eased the restrictions in 11 more police stations areas. It is to be noted that the Army chief General Bipin Rawat is on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to review the operational preparedness of the formations deployed along the Line of Control. The officials said landline telephone services have been restored in most …

Communication blackout continues for 26th consecutive day in Kashmir; fresh restrictions imposed ahead of Friday prayers
5 years, 4 months ago

Communication blackout continues for 26th consecutive day in Kashmir; fresh restrictions imposed ahead of Friday prayers

Firstpost  

Fresh restrictions were imposed in the city and other parts of the Kashmir Valley as a preventive measure ahead of Friday congregational prayers, officials said Srinagar: Fresh restrictions were imposed on the city and other parts of the Kashmir Valley as a preventive measure ahead of Friday congregational prayers, officials said. Normal life remained disrupted across the Kashmir Valley for …

Life interrupted as Kashmir goes offline
5 years, 4 months ago

Life interrupted as Kashmir goes offline

India Today  

As Kashmir entered the 24th day of internet blockade, people dependent on e-transactions are flying to other parts of India to access the Net. According to internet tracker internetshutdown.in in 2018 there were 65 shutdowns; this is the 51st internet shutdown is Kashmir this year; in the past eight years there were 176 Net shutdowns. Tahir Nazir, who lives in …

Restrictions eased as Kashmir enters Day 22 of lockdown
5 years, 4 months ago

Restrictions eased as Kashmir enters Day 22 of lockdown

India TV News  

There has been a steady increase in the number of private vehicles plying in Jammu & Kashmir capital with public transport off the roads in the state, where the government imposed security lockdown entered its 22nd day on Monday. The movement of private transport is more in upscale areas like Humhama, Hyderpora, Jawahar Nagar, Sanat Nagar, Rajbagh and Residency Road, …

Restrictions on movement lifted in most areas of Kashmir as no 'untoward incidents' on Friday; mobile, internet services remain suspended
5 years, 4 months ago

Restrictions on movement lifted in most areas of Kashmir as no 'untoward incidents' on Friday; mobile, internet services remain suspended

Firstpost  

Officials said people in Kashmir were allowed to move freely on Saturday even as deployment of security forces continued on the ground. Srinagar: Restrictions were lifted in most areas of Kashmir on Saturday, a day after strict curbs on the movement of people were imposed in the Valley in view of the Friday prayers and the proposed march of separatists …

Day after India 'eases' restrictions in Kashmir, internet services snapped again in Jammu districts to curb 'rumour mongering'
5 years, 4 months ago

Day after India 'eases' restrictions in Kashmir, internet services snapped again in Jammu districts to curb 'rumour mongering'

Firstpost  

As the Narendra Modi-led government is attempting to bring back normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir after it announced that the restrictions put in place to ensure peace in the restive state would be “gradually” lifted, “region by region”, the government has once again snapped mobile internet services in the Jammu region. As the Narendra Modi-led government is attempting to bring …

Restrictions on movement of people in Kashmir eased; landline services in 17 exchanges restored in Valley
5 years, 4 months ago

Restrictions on movement of people in Kashmir eased; landline services in 17 exchanges restored in Valley

Firstpost  

According to the state administration, telephone services were made operational in several areas across Jammu and Kashmir. Restrictions on the movement of people in the Kashmir Valley were eased on Saturday, with landline services restored in some areas of the city, even as stringent security arrangements continued to be in place, officials said. They said the restrictions have been relaxed …

Kashmir LIVE: 8 People Injured in Areas Where Relaxation Was Not Given, Says J&K Principal Secy
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir LIVE: 8 People Injured in Areas Where Relaxation Was Not Given, Says J&K Principal Secy

News 18  

Kashmir LIVE: More than 50,000 landline phones have been made operational today after services in 17 telephone exchanges of the Kashmir Valley were restored on the 13th day of lockdown, news agency PTI quoted officials as saying. Preventive detentions are being continuously reviewed and appropriate decisions will be made based on law and order assessments,” Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary …

Curbs in Kashmir to be lifted in phases, landline services to resume by Sunday
5 years, 4 months ago

Curbs in Kashmir to be lifted in phases, landline services to resume by Sunday

Live Mint  

New Delhi: More than 10 days after a complete lockdown in Kashmir, communication will be restored in the Valley with landline services set to resume by Sunday. Subrahmanyam added, while Srinagar would be mostly functional by Saturday, landline services would be restored by Sunday, with BSNL set to resume operations in a phased manner across all its exchanges. With political …

Amid communication blackout in J&K, Srinagar residents queue up at deputy commissioner's office to call loved ones; most conversations end in tears
5 years, 4 months ago

Amid communication blackout in J&K, Srinagar residents queue up at deputy commissioner's office to call loved ones; most conversations end in tears

Firstpost  

Speaking about the communications blackout in Kashmir, a government official said, ‘If the trade-off is between inconvenience and loss of life, what should we choose?’ Srinagar: Two hours in the queue and just about two minutes on the phone. That’s the new equation many Kashmiris are dealing with as they line up outside the deputy commissioner’s office in Srinagar, waiting …

Restrictions to be eased for Friday prayers in Kashmir, security forces on high alert
5 years, 5 months ago

Restrictions to be eased for Friday prayers in Kashmir, security forces on high alert

India TV News  

Restrictions will be put on ease on Kashmir to allow people to offer Friday prayers in local mosques, there will, however, be no Friday congregation at the historic Jama Masjid here. Officials said that security forces were put on high alert across the Valley in an apparent move to prevent possible protests. Ahead of the prayers, security forces have been …

No phone calls, no groceries: Kashmir on edge under lockdown
5 years, 5 months ago

No phone calls, no groceries: Kashmir on edge under lockdown

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Tens of thousands of government forces in riot gear patrol Indian-controlled Kashmir. Rabiya, who was left with blurred vision, said that after hearing the government’s announcement that Kashmir’s special status had been stripped, she thought to buy vegetables, anticipating a long curfew period in Srinagar. “We’ve no contact,” the middle-aged woman said before she could give her …

Kashmir crisis: You can read this article. An internet blackout means no-one in Indian-controlled Kashmir can
5 years, 5 months ago

Kashmir crisis: You can read this article. An internet blackout means no-one in Indian-controlled Kashmir can

CNN  

CNN — One of the world’s most sensitive regions is in the midst of a crisis and could be on the verge of conflict, but the world may not find out what’s happening there until it’s too late. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that he was “concerned over reports of restrictions on the Indian-side of Kashmir, which …

Panic in Kashmir after India asks tourists and pilgrims to leave
5 years, 5 months ago

Panic in Kashmir after India asks tourists and pilgrims to leave

Al Jazeera  

Unprecedented order forces stockpiling of supplies as fears over removal of special law for Muslim-majority region grow. The order, issued on Friday by the Jammu and Kashmir state’s government, said that because of “intelligence inputs of terror threats” against the “Amarnath Yatra” and “the prevailing security situation”, pilgrims and tourists should leave the region “immediately”. Fears over Article 35A In …

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