Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir
A gunfight broke out between the militants and the security forces at a village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district shortly after dawn on Wednesday. According to local news gathering agency GNS, the gunfight broke out in Tazipora Mohammadpora village after the forces launched a search operation in the area following a tip-off about the presence of militants there. Mobile Internet was snapped in Kulgam as precautionary measure soon after the firefight began, it quoted an official as having said.
- Total Duration 1 day, 11 hours
India
- Population
- 1,438,069,596
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
A gunfight broke out between the militants and the security forces at a village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district shortly after dawn on Wednesday. According to local news gathering agency GNS, the gunfight broke out in Tazipora Mohammadpora village after the forces launched a search operation in the area following a tip-off about the presence of militants there. Mobile Internet was snapped in Kulgam as precautionary measure soon after the firefight began, it quoted an official as having said.
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#BREAKING: Encounter underway between security forces and terrorists in Tazipora village of Kulgam of South Kashmir. One Terrorist killed. Identity is being ascertained. Ops continue. — Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) May 29, 2019
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