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Massive public pressure forces Govt to restore channels 8/4/2008 2:59:17 PM • JK, Take 1 Channels blocked in morning by Police • Thousands defied curfew to support channels • Police fired at mob injuring many including cops • Senior journalist Ashwani Kumar seriously injured • Entire attention of town shifted ob blockage of channels • May people, organizations terms move as ‘emergency’ • Channels restored in evening after huge public pressure Jammu, Aug 3: Earning widespread public condemnation, in an unprecedented early morning swoop the Police on orders of district administration “sealed off” the offices of two local cable television networks and prohibited the transmission of all television channels available in Jammu. However, the orders were rescinded late in the evening after massive protests from the public. Thousands of people defied curfew restrictions and gathered at Digiana, outside the office of JK Channel following which the district administration withdrew its order of morning which had prohibited telecast by these channels. The District Magistrate, Jammu, Dr Mandeep K Bhandari, said that he has rescinded this evening his ea...   READ MORE

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Shut down extended till Aug 8 Curfew severely defied, 23 injured 8/4/2008 2:58:16 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu, Aug 3: On twelfth straight day of ongoing agitation for Shri Amarnath Shrine land, people in strong numbers once again vehemently defied curfew restrictions and took out protests and demonstration in different parts of Jammu city and several other areas of the region. Reports of violation of prohibitory restrictions and protests and demonstrations have also been received from Samba, Udhampur and Rajouri districts. Curfew continued without any relaxation in four districts and Army took out peace march across the towns to instill confidence among the people. Meanwhile, the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti has extended the shut down call by another p...   READ MORE   Our patience had exhausted: CS 8/4/2008 2:57:37 PM Jammu, Aug 3: Found on the sorry side of fence, the government today sought to clarify that no ban of any sort has been imposed on the media in Jammu except prohibition of telecast of provocative material by two cable television networks. The order of prohibition on transmission by two local cable network channels in Jammu issued by the District Magistrate was warranted by provocative and inflammatory content telecast by these during the past several days despite being advised by the administration not to do so, said the government. The Chief Secretary, Mr. S. S. Kapur said at a press conference here today that the two channel operators were twice called by the administration and ...   READ MORE   Vohra returns, reviews stocks in Valley 8/4/2008 2:57:06 PM Jammu, Aug 3: With no results after four days of his hectic efforts in Jammu, the Governor NN Vohra today returned to Srinagar where he reviewed supply and stock positions in Kashmir Valley. An official spokesman said that the Governor, Mr N N Vohra, has been personally monitoring the movement of supplies to the Kashmir valley and the overall situation in Jammu region. He has given strict instructions to the Administration to ensure uninterrupted flow of supplies across the Banihal. He has also reiterated his appeal to the people of Jammu to maintain calm. Mr Vohra was informed late last night that the National Highway had been fully restored from Banihal to Lakhanpur. The Govern...   READ MORE   wrong signals from Kashmir provoke Jammuites 8/4/2008 12:32:34 PM Gareeb Dass Jammu,August 3:-Anybody in Kashmir,whether politicians or separatists,seem to be engaged in trying to provoke the Jammuites instead of making an attempt at defusing the volatile situation that has emerged after the region was rocked by violence and public demonstration over the revocation of the land order.A senior and a shrewd politician of the stature of Mufti Mohd.Sayeed has,in his appeal to Atal Behari Vajpayee and L.K.Advani for defusing the crisis in Jammu,has not desisted in giving a sting at the tail of his statement. when he said,while referring to the threat of economic blockade issued by the agitators in Jammu, that "in the contemporary world we know only about the h...   READ MORE

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