News Topic:Mobile Internet

In view of the fourth death anniversary of slain Hizb militant Burhan Wani, authorities suspended mobile Internet facility in parts of Kashmir as a precautionary measure.

Teachers, students and traders among many other professionals in south Kashmir's Pulwama visit 'Manzimnad' - an orchard area in Pulwama's Rahmoo village - for accessing mobile internet which continues to be snapped frequently here.

A massive cordon and search operation (CASO) has been launched by Jammu & Kashmir Police and paramilitary forces in Zoonimar, Srinagar following inputs about presence of militants in the area.

Militants on Sunday managed to escape after engaging government forces in a brief gunfight in Poshkreeri area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district.

Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday extended ban on 4G Internet in Jammu and Kashmir till June 17, claiming that the reports received by it suggest spurt in infiltration by militants during the coming weeks.

As many as 48 rights groups from different parts of the world, including US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW), have written to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to press the Government of India to restore internet access in Kashmir.

The mobile Internet services, shut in Srinagar from the last four consecutive days, is being restored very shortly, a senior police officer said on Friday evening.

The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday extended ban on high-speed internet till May 27 even as 2G service shall remain suspended in Pulwama and Shopian district for now.