Tag: Restrictions

Overwhelming distress

This week, several countries around the world, and principally in Europe tightened restrictions amid fears that the virus incidence curve which appeared to have flattened was rising again.

August 8, 2020

Jharkhand allows more relaxations, economic activities in lockdown 4.0

The state government has allowed godowns, warehouses, shops selling hardware, construction-related items, stationery, retail outlets of telecom companies and service centres of mobiles to open, an official order said.

May 19, 2020

CM floats extension of restrictions till May end, announces relaxations

Experts are saying that this will improve in the last week of May but may again deteriorate in the rainy months of July and August.

April 30, 2020

J-K curbs depend on Pak behaviour; ‘apple trucks’, ‘bangles’ heard in intercepted messages: NSA

Doval justified the restrictions on mobile phone and Internet services, saying they can easily be used by Pakistan and terrorists for subversive activities.

September 7, 2019

SC allows daughter Iltija to meet Mehbooba Mufti, who is under detention since Aug 5

The Supreme Court, in its hearing on Thursday, also directed that ailing J-K CPI(M) leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami be shifted from Srinagar to AIIMS in Delhi for better treatment.

September 5, 2019

Necessary to stop talks between terrorists: Jaishankar justifies curb on phone services in Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir was put under virtual curfew since 5 August when the Modi government scrapped the Article 370 and split the state into two union territories.

September 3, 2019

Mobile phone services snapped since Aug 5 resumes in five Jammu districts

Jammu and Kashmir was put under virtual curfew on 5 August when the Modi government scrapped the Article 370 and split the state into two union territories.

August 29, 2019

Rahul Gandhi, oppn leaders to visit Kashmir today; govt asks them to stay away

This will be Rahul Gandhi's first visit to Srinagar since the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

August 24, 2019

Schools reopen in Kashmir; teachers report to work but students stay away as Valley remains tense

Jammu and Kashmir was put under virtual curfew on 5 August when the Modi government scrapped the Article 370 and split the state into two union territories.

August 19, 2019

Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent separatist-called protests

Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Sunday to prevent separatist-called protests against the mass detention of over 150 Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) cadres.

February 24, 2019

Internet suspended, restrictions imposed as Separatists call for strike in Srinagar

Besides the suspension of the internet services, network speed has been reduced in four districts of south Kashmir.

June 2, 2018

Kulgam encounter: Restriction imposed in parts of Srinagar

Authorities on Thursday imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar  -the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir — and in Kulgam district as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order in view of the strike called by separatists to protest the killing of four civilians near an encounter site on Wednesday. Restrictions have been imposed...

April 12, 2018

Restrictions imposed in Srinagar following shutdown call by separatists

The police said restrictions were imposed in Srinagar's old city and also in the uptown areas falling under the jurisdiction of Maisuma and Kralkhud police stations.

April 12, 2018

Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent protests

Geelani and Mirwaiz continue to remain under house arrest while Malik has been lodged at the Srinagar Central Jail.

April 6, 2018

Jammu and Kashmir: Restrictions imposed in parts of Srinagar

Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar on Monday to maintain law and order in the wake of the killing of three militants earlier in the day, police said.The militants including one from Srinagar were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Anantnag district.Apprehending protests, the authorities imposed restrictions in areas under the...

March 12, 2018

Trump floats new gun measures as gun owners talk ‘betrayal’

When President Donald Trump raised the idea of banning “bump stocks” and curbing young people’s access to gun, gun owners and advocates who helped his political rise talked about disloyalty and desertion. Trump’s flirtation with modest gun control measures drew swift condemnation from gun groups, hunters and sportsmen who banked on the president to be...

February 25, 2018

Not imposed any restriction on pilgrims travelling to Pak: MEA

India has said that it did not imposed any restrictions on pilgrims travelling to Pakistan amid heightened tensions between the two nations following a string of terror attacks in the Kashmir Valley. “Of course not,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said on Friday when asked if India had imposed any restriction on pilgrims. The...

February 17, 2018