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HC dismisses plea to set aside order blocking messaging app in J&K over threat to national security
It was stated that Briar operates on a technology in which a person can directly send a message to …
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4G to return to Jammu and Kashmir on a trial basis after over a year — Supreme Court calls it 'fairly good start'
Attorney General K.K. Venugopal appearing for the Centre before a bench headed by Justice N.V. R…
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Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh saw most Internet shutdowns after Jammu and Kashmir in the last 10 years
In this post, we look at the states and union territories in India that have seen the most int…
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Internet access in Jammu and Kashmir isn’t about the ‘right to freedom’ — it’s about the ‘right to life’, according to lawyers
Access to 4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir was shot down by the Supreme Court on Monday. Instead, t…
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268 million people had their internet shut off by government-imposed blackouts in 2020, up 49% from 2019
Per a report from digital security and rights group Top10VPN, 93 major internet shutdowns took plac…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The new ‘normal’ in Kashmir has cost nearly half a million jobs — bundhs and internet blackout are breaking businesses
The Narendra Modi government in New Delhi has repeatedly insisted that the situation in Kashmir has…
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India's Supreme Court won't allow 4G in Jammu and Kashmir— despite petitioners' plea that it's essential for healthcare, education and business during the coronavirus lockdown
The Supreme Court has shot down the request to activate 4G internet service in Jammu and Kashmir to…
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India's blackout and extreme crackdown in Kashmir could ignite a violent uprising
Associated Press An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near a temporary checkpoint during …
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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No 4G internet in J&K for now, will review situation after two months, India's Home Ministry tells Supreme Court
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has informed the Supreme Court that the special committee …
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Internet blocked in J&K till March 4 as official say private networks are being misused
Internet restrictions in Jammu & Kashmir will remain operative till March 4 as the J&K administrati…
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It’s been 5 days since Article 370 was scrapped but Kashmiris continue to live in the dark
For the last five days, Indians have been arguing, joking and debating the abrogation of Article 37…
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India officially eliminated Kashmir's flag and constitution as its internet blackout goes into 13th week
The announcement was coupled with a total communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir, with intern…
Alexandra Ma
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Kashmir's 5-month internet blackout is the longest ever imposed in a democracy - and it's stifling local workers
"The Kashmiris have always felt that they have a distinctive identity, especially the Muslims in th…
Havovi Cooper
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India's top court has declared the record-breaking 159-day-long Kashmir internet blackout illegal
The court also ordered the Indian government to make public all orders on internet shutdowns, which…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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From the internet shutdowns in Jammu and Kashmir to the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case — these are some of the orders and stated positions of the next Chief Justice of India NV Ramana
Justice NV Ramana is slated to lead India’s judiciary from April 24. President Ram Nath Kovind has …
Prabhjote Gill
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Internet shutdowns in India have skyrocketed — but now the Indian government wants that to stop
The Indian government’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued a notice to its state gov…
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The phone and internet blackout in Kashmir is so total that locals reportedly don't know India rewrote their constitution
Some have been able to bypass the internet ban: India's state-owned BSNL telcom provider sold satel…
Alexandra Ma
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All that's happened in Kashmir over the last 72 hours – from movement of troops to suspension of internet to political leaders under house arrest
However, there has been no clear evidence to suggest any of the above. Let us look at al…
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PM Modi's bid for a blackout could trip power grids — Here's what happened the last two times India had a massive power outage
This Sunday on April 5 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the country’s 1.3 billion peo…