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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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India to Malaysia: We’re buddies…remember that!
The Indian government yesterday urged Malaysia to stop making uninformed statements on Jammu and Kashmir, and remember the good ties both nations enjoy. In a report by The Economic Times, India’s External Affairs Ministry reminded Malaysia that Jammu and Kashmir
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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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Kashmiri doctor arrested after warning blackout could cause deaths
A Kashmiri doctor who warned the three-week curfew and communications blackout in the state would lead to critical medication shortages and deaths has been arrested. Omar Salim, a urologist at the Government Medical College in the state capital of Srinagar,
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Rahul Gandhi slams Pakistan over violence in Kashmir
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has come out to clarify that although the grand old party disagrees with the Modi government on a number of matters, there is no two ways about the fact that Kashmir is an internal matter for
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Pakistan may close airspace to India
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering to close Pakistan’s airspace to India and blocking its eastern neighbour’s land trade route to Afghanistan, Pakistan’s science and technology minister in Islamabad said yesterday. Pakistan reopened its airspace to India in mid-July,
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India’s top opposition leaders plan to visit Kashmir despite unrest
NEW DELHI: India’s top opposition leaders including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi went ahead with their plans to visit the Kashmir valley in defiance of requests from local authorities not to do so. The local administration of Jammu and Kashmir
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Kashmir protesters defy restrictions, clash with security forces
SRINAGAR: Security forces used tear gas against stone-throwing local residents in Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar yesterday, after a third straight week of protests in the restive Soura district despite the imposition of tight restrictions. Paramilitary police tried to
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Incarcerated Kashmir separatists urge protests over loss of autonomy
SRINAGAR: Separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir have urged people to defy a ban and join a mass march after Friday prayers this week, the first such call since the federal government revoked the region’s autonomy, stirring anger in the region
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