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Friday, June 7, 2019

Kashmir-Social media and shut down internet

Jammu and Kashmir People's Leauge Chairman told Writer-South Asia: "Since we try to highlight the political reality of Kashmir and talk about the people's expectations and desires, we are tackled our activities." Unless we hold the meetings, we should not allow meetings at any time closed rooms. This series has increased since 2008.

The poltical  parties and their leaders of India's national political stream are also using social media and internet to enhance their contacts with the people.

National Conference leader and former Chief Minister Umar Abdullah, are the most active  politicians who are counted on Twitter. The number of their Twitter followers is more than 30 million. Another former Chief Minister and President of the People's Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, has also been particularly active on Twitter since last few months to stay in contact with the influence of his constituency and reach the most possible supporters.

However, social activist and analyst Saifula Farooq sees pro-India's  and activities on social media from two different angles. He said, "If mainstream political parties and their leaders say that they are in touch with people through Twitter and other social media platforms, they are also confessing that they are far from the people. As far as separatists are concerned, social media usage is a compulsion for them, because they are not being given to meet the public. "

Ordinary people using social media also use it to express their political ideology and express their views in Indian-administered Kashmir. They put photos, videos, and more on these platforms on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other platforms of social media.

In the year 2018, the Internet closed 32 times and 127 times partially. The total number of internet users in the entire state is Rs. 20 million. Of these, 70 million belong to the troubled valley of Kashmir, where it is now a routine to turn off Internet services.

However, the repeated ban on Internet usage has negatively impacted the local economy. Users are incomplete and especially traders and students are worried about this situation. In a careful measure, the Internet shutdown has to suffer from the loss of the daily one million rupees.

A survey of Delhi's Think tank 'International Council for Research on International Economic Relations has said that due to repeated suspension of Internet services, the Indian-administered Kashmir economy has been severely hit. Only 2012 and 2017, the vale of  Kashmir had to suffer a loss of Rs 4000 crores.

Monday, June 3, 2019

Kathua rape, murder: Court to announce verdict on June 10

The much-awaited verdict in rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua is being pronounced by a court in Punjab’s Pathankot on June 10, reports said on Monday.


Both Defence and the prosecution have completed the arguments and the court will be announcing the verdict next Monday.
The day-to-day in-camera trial began in the first week of June last year at the district and session court in Pathankot after the Supreme Court directed that the case be shifted out of J&K after lawyers in Kathua had prevented crime branch officials from filing the charge sheet in the case.
The trial was assigned to the district and sessions court in Pathankot by the Supreme Court after the victim’s family approached with a plea to transfer the case from Kathua.
The eight-year-old girl, belonging to a nomadic tribe, was allegedly kidnapped on January 10, 2018 and her body was found on January 17 last year. It is alleged that she was gang-raped and later murdered. The crime branch has arrested eight people, including a juvenile in the case.
The charge sheet has been filed against Sanji Ram and his juvenile nephew, his son Vishal, special police officers Deepak Khajuria and Surender Verma and friend Parvesh Kumar alias Mannu.
The charge sheet also names head constable Tilak Raj and sub-inspector Anand Dutta — who allegedly took Rs 4 lakh from Sanji Ram and destroyed crucial evidence.
All the accused, barring the juvenile, have been shifted to Gurdaspur jail following an intervention by the Supreme Court which also restricted the appearance of the defence lawyers and limited it to one or maximum of two per accused.
The district and sessions court in Pathankot framed charges of rape and murder against the seven accused in the case on June 8 last year.
Sanji Ram, considered the main accused, is alleged to have hatched the conspiracy with the other accused for kidnapping the girl as part of a strategy to remove the minority nomadic community from the area
The case also became a bone of contention between then ruling alliance partners PDP and BJP. The BJP had to sack two of its ministers, Chowdhury Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga, for participating in a rally of Hindu Ekta Manch in support of those arrested by the crime branch in the case. (GNS)

Judgement in Kathua gang-rape and murder case on 10 June

A court in Pathankot in Punjab will deliver its verdict in the last year’s Kathua gangrape and murder case. The gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl inside a Hindu temple in Jammu had sent shock-waves across the globe. What had brought more shame to India globally was the way two BJP ministers had taken part in a protest to defend the rapists and murderers of the little girl.