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Separatists hit out at Govt over internet ban....

Ali Zaffar

( kashmir )

Separatist leaders in Kashmir continue to remain under house arrest. While veteran separatist leader and Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani completed 150 days under house detention, the Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman said it has been sixth consecutive year that “I was not allowed to address Eid gathering at historic Eidgah in Srinagar.” According to Hurriyat Conference (G) spokesman Ayaz Akbar, Geelani completed 150 days under house detention. “He was only once allowed to venture...

Internet services fully restored after 82 hours in Kashmir...

Kash ali mir

(Srinagar)

Internet services in Jammu and Kashmir were fully restored on Monday morning three days after the state government ordered the termination of data services fearing trouble during Eid-ul-Azha. While landline broadband services in the state resumed at 8 PM yesterday, mobile data services were restored at 10 AM today. “The ban on Internet has been revoked in the state and all service providers have been asked to resume their data services,” a police officer said here. The ban was to remain...

ACCESS DENIED| Kashmir sans Internet on Eid days....

Muzaha mir

(Srinagar)

The blanket ban on internet services in Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir on the sacred occasion of Eid-ul-Adha has come in for severe criticism from people who slammed the Peoples Democratic Party-led government for “pushing Kashmiris to the wall with such extreme steps.” The ban on all internet services, including Broadband, was initially fixed for 41-hours beginning 5 am on Friday, but was extended till 10 am on Monday, making it a 77-hour ban. The ban, according to people of Kashmir, is “a...