Social Media In Kashmir

There is no restriction on accessing any website, including social media sites, in Jammu and Kashmir, the Lok Sabha was informed on Sunday.

Photos of Akriti Sood, wife of Major Anuj Sood who was killed in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara over the weekend, mourning her husband, drew an overwhelmingly emotional response on social media on Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked another journalist for allegedly objectionable social media posts; this is the third booked in the last 48 hours

A Jammu and Kashmir policeman in Sopore on Friday was removed from services and charged under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) after a video went viral on social media showing him using abusive language calling people to stay indoors.

A couple from Kashmir, accused of links with the ISIS unit from Afghanistan's Khorasan province, has been detained by the police from south Delhi, police sources said. Sources said they were planning a suicide attack in Delhi.

A new photo of former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has surfaced on social media on Thursday.

Broadband internet services in the Kashmir Valley will be restored in full and access to social media websites will be permitted from this evening, a senior BSNL official said

After seven months, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) residents can now access social media websites on 2G mobile internet, sources said.

Cisco has denied the media reports that it is helping the Jammu and Kashmir administration build a firewall to block social media access in the Valley through fixed-line Internet connections.

A Hubli court in Karnataka has sent three students from Jammu and Kashmir, who were booked under sedition charges for raising pro-Pakistan slogan in a video shared on social media, to police custody till February 28.

Kashmir police has filed a first information report (FIR) against social media users employing proxy servers and VPN to access social media services under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Three students from Jammu and Kashmir who were detained in Karnataka on Monday have been sent to judicial custody till March 2. The students were detained after they were seen allegedly shouting pro-Pakistan slogans on social media posts on the first anniversary of the suicide bombing in Pulwama last year that killed 40 soldiers.

A green party flag, being a "Daddy's girl, and tweets on social media -- these were some of the points on basis of which the tough Public Security Act was brought in motion against Mehbooba Mufti, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir who has been in detention since August.

Notwithstanding a complete ban on social media in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP on Tuesday took a dig at former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has been under house arrest for nearly six months, over his appearance in a viral photograph.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to restore broadband and mobile Internet connectivity across the union territory starting Saturday, but with restrictions. Internet access will be limited only to "whitelisted" websites, and social media platforms will remain out of bounds for its residents.

There is no restriction on accessing any website, including social media sites, in Jammu and Kashmir, the Lok Sabha was informed on Sunday.

Photos of Akriti Sood, wife of Major Anuj Sood who was killed in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara over the weekend, mourning her husband, drew an overwhelmingly emotional response on social media on Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked another journalist for allegedly objectionable social media posts; this is the third booked in the last 48 hours

A Jammu and Kashmir policeman in Sopore on Friday was removed from services and charged under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) after a video went viral on social media showing him using abusive language calling people to stay indoors.

A couple from Kashmir, accused of links with the ISIS unit from Afghanistan's Khorasan province, has been detained by the police from south Delhi, police sources said. Sources said they were planning a suicide attack in Delhi.

A new photo of former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has surfaced on social media on Thursday.

Broadband internet services in the Kashmir Valley will be restored in full and access to social media websites will be permitted from this evening, a senior BSNL official said

After seven months, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) residents can now access social media websites on 2G mobile internet, sources said.

Cisco has denied the media reports that it is helping the Jammu and Kashmir administration build a firewall to block social media access in the Valley through fixed-line Internet connections.

A Hubli court in Karnataka has sent three students from Jammu and Kashmir, who were booked under sedition charges for raising pro-Pakistan slogan in a video shared on social media, to police custody till February 28.

Kashmir police has filed a first information report (FIR) against social media users employing proxy servers and VPN to access social media services under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Three students from Jammu and Kashmir who were detained in Karnataka on Monday have been sent to judicial custody till March 2. The students were detained after they were seen allegedly shouting pro-Pakistan slogans on social media posts on the first anniversary of the suicide bombing in Pulwama last year that killed 40 soldiers.

A green party flag, being a "Daddy's girl, and tweets on social media -- these were some of the points on basis of which the tough Public Security Act was brought in motion against Mehbooba Mufti, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir who has been in detention since August.

Notwithstanding a complete ban on social media in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP on Tuesday took a dig at former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has been under house arrest for nearly six months, over his appearance in a viral photograph.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to restore broadband and mobile Internet connectivity across the union territory starting Saturday, but with restrictions. Internet access will be limited only to "whitelisted" websites, and social media platforms will remain out of bounds for its residents.