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India restores postpaid cellphone services in Kashmir
NEW DELHI: India restored postpaid cellphone services yesterday on all networks in the Kashmir Valley, 72 days after scrapping the state’s special status, Anadolu Agency reported. According to government figures, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has around four million postpaid mobile
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Modi assures Kashmir lockdown will normalise in four months
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said it would take four months for Jammu and Kashmir to return to normal after his government stripped the state of its special status in August and imposed harsh restrictions. At a
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The transported: Kashmiri prisoners sent far from home
SRINAGAR: One is a 19-year-old construction worker charged with aiding militants against Indian troops, the other is one of Kashmir’s most prominent lawyers, accused of being “an incorrigible secessionist”. Despite their different backgrounds, Uzair Maqbool Malik and Nazir Ahmad Ronga
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Journalists protest media curbs in Jammu, Kashmir
SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND KASHMIR): At least 11 media associations in Jammu and Kashmir — including Kashmir Press Club — protested in Srinagar yesterday as communication blockade in the region entered 60th day, Anadolu Agency reported. “By holding the joint sit-in
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Kashmir’s crippled courts leave detainees in a lurch
Thousands of people have been detained in Indian-administered Kashmir following a government move to strip the region of its special status. Worried family members have been flocking to the courts – but to little avail, reports BBC Hindi’s Vineet Khare.
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Don’t turn Kashmir into a huge prison! Stop the repression now!
Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) is deeply concerned over the recent unilateral decision by the Government of India to repeal large parts of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution (which granted special status to the State of Jammu
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Kashmir remains tense despite partial easing of restrictions
SRINAGAR: India further eased movement restrictions in Kashmir’s main city Srinagar yesterday, even as large swathes of the historically-restive old quarter remained locked down to curb protests over New Delhi’s move to strip the region of its autonomy. Small groups
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