Naveed Iqbal

In February, Omar Abdullah was charged under the Public Safety Act along with former Chief Minister and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti who remains under detention.

As the 14-hour 'Janata curfew' kicked in from 7 am, people across India stayed indoors, streets bore a deserted look, all shops and establishments and hotels had their shutters down and a large number of vehicles were off the roads.

A communication blackout was clamped down on Jammu & Kashmir on August 4.

Azad said once the leaders had been released, elections should be conducted, and people given the power to choose their government. “Political process is a fundamental right in a democracy."

Farooq Abdullah has been set free after 221 days. He was under preventive detention first, and charged under the Public Safety Act in September. His detention was last extended on March 11 for three months.

In a memorandum submitted to the minister, the parents have urged the Union government to evacuate students enrolled at different universities in and around Tehran at the earliest.

Until now, Internet access on mobile and fixed line services was limited to 1674 websites “whitelisted” by the administration, up from the initial 153 websites-limit.

The order, that was issued without the requisite whitelist of websites, stated that internet access shall be available across the UT of J&K with speed restricted to 2G and "these services shall not be made available on pre-paid sim cards".

The use of VPN is violation of the government order allowing access to only whitelisted sites... However, we are focused on misuse rather than use of VPN, says DGP Dilbag Singh.

Probably playing around with phone, didn’t realise what he pressed; it’s a mistake, says boy’s mother.

Dossier quotes from his social media posts

In an order issued Friday, the state government accorded sanction to send 54 bureaucrats to Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad starting February 17 till March 3.

Services were snapped on August 4 night, hours before the abrogation of Article 370. Broadband connectivity to essential services was restored on January 15.

After taking stock of the district’s development scenario, Prasad urged officials to “create opportunities” for creative people and the youth, as J&K is craving development.

Reddy and many other Union ministers are in Jammu and Kashmir, launching projects and addressing the people as part of the Centre’s outreach programme in the Union Territory.

Mukhtar Naqvi interacted with almost a dozen delegations after addressing an audience of about 350 people at the Block Development Office in Harwan, on the outskirts of Srinagar.

In the social sciences textbook for class VII, pictures of J&K Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu and Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur have been included while explaining the administrative structure in the UT.

Among the 153 websites on the whitelist are four email services, including Gmail and Outlook, 15 banking websites, including RBI, J&K Bank, PayPal and Western Union, three employment websites, 38 educational websites, including websites of five J&K-based universities and Wikipedia.

The week-long visit beginning this Saturday, January 18, will see ministers heading out to different districts in both Jammu and Kashmir.