Bowing to the public pressure, the state tourism department has revoked its order to shut down the separate social media accounts of Jammu. The Twitter and Instagram handles have resumed its functioning to promote the religious and tourist places in 10 districts of the Jammu region. Following public outcry, there will be now three separate … Read more
The state tourism department is facing people’s ire over the decision to shutdown social media handles promoting tourist destinations in Jammu region. The decision of promotional wing of the tourism department to create a single social media account ‘J&K Tourism’ for all three regions of the state has not gone down well with residents. People … Read more
The nation has got a reason to celebrate. Revenge has been served to Pakistan swiftly than we could imagine. Although the loss is irreparable, yet the Pulwama attack has been avenged. Pakistan and its Airforce are being trolled on twitter by the entire nation. Here is how Jammu reacted to the Balakot operation on social … Read more
The assassination of the editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir Shujaat Bukhari once again brings under the spotlight how unsafe the state of Jammu and Kashmir (especially kaashmir) is for journalists. Over the decades, scores of mediapersons have been abducted, beaten and tortured for simply doing their job. But Bukhari was just one of the many journalists who were … Read more
Our Jammu matadors truly a jukebox of the best and the latest music. Similarly their drivers could be called as connoisseurs of music. But very few would concede that some of these drivers are artists too. Yes they may be!
We present to you Bunty the rapper. Bunty who is a matador driver, is a die hard fan of Bohemia, the iconic Punjabi rapper. There are several videos of him circulating on social media.
Here are some of them:
Click link to Watch 5 Viral and Funny Videos from Jammu in 2017
Vishal, who is only 22, and runs a canteen in a school is being passed off as one of the 8 accused in Kathua case. He is in a shock and is receiving hate messages from all over the country. Media and the “Samaritans” did numerous blunders in reporting the Kathua murder (alleged rape and … Read more
In wake of Kathua case, according to online media reports, Mobile internet service was suspended in Jammu region on Tuesday afternoon to prevent spreading of rumours and hate messages.It is also mentioned in the report that the official, who wished anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media, said that the decision … Read more
While a common man is dead scared of going out on roads lest IG Traffic Basant Rath might seize their vehicle, or challan at least, due to one reason or the other. Somebody, allegedly, did a fine job of tricking the policemen checking traffic offenders recently. In a viral video, policemen are seen stopping a … Read more
Terming the misuse of social media a “time bomb” and a challenge for security agencies, a senior Army commander said on Wednesday that local Kashmiri youths were being engaged via the medium from across the border on a minute-to-minute basis. General-Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lt Gen D Anbu said that this in addition to the coming … Read more
By now, most of netizens must be acquainted with Deepak Kalal. Deepak, who is popular because of his not-so-conventional persona, had been to our state recently. He spent quite some time exploring Kashmir and enjoying the beauty of the place. Not just the place, he was also impressed with the local population and their hospitality. … Read more
A picture of a document is being shared on whatsapp since a couple of days in J&K. After seeing the doc, many started celebrating. According to the document, the much-talked-about SRO-202 is going to be scrapped off by March 1, 2018. Here is that “document” JV would like to inform that the post is FAKE. … Read more
Concerned over excessive engagement of employees on social media and its serious ramifications, the Jammu & Kashmir Government has put several restrictions on its use by amending Jammu and Kashmir Government Employees Conduct Rules. Even detailed guidelines have been issued for strict compliance by all. After thorough deliberations on all the aspects of use of … Read more
This December, the Radio Kashmir Jammu turned 70 years old. Starting on December 1, 1947, it was set up to counter virulent anti-India propaganda by Pakistan being broadcast by Lahore and Peshawar radio stations. Here are some quick facts about the first radio station of the state: Jammu Radio Station of the RKJ was inaugurated … Read more
Social media is doing a wonderful job connecting people around the world. Jammu too is using the medium to voice its concerns and raise its voice. One such example surfaced recently where the official website of the prestigious IIM Jammu was presenting a picture of Kashmir instead of Jammu. As posted by the facebook page … Read more
Owner of a small eatery from Khateeka Talab Jammu became famous overnight. People started gathering at his place from early Sunday morning. His neighbours and friends were curious to see if he is one of the six slain terrorists killed in Hajin encounter.
A couple of Hindi newspapers of national repute had allegedly picked Abdul Majid’s picture and showed him as nephew of Lashkar commander Zakir-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.
Majid, who is married and have two children, sells barbecue at Khati Ka Talab in Jammu and is also associated with a religious group preaching Islam.
Here is Majid talking to a reporter:
While such an irresponsible action of the newspapers is downright unacceptable yet it also important to not label it as Islamophobic. It can be concluded from most of the comments on the source video, and even from Majid’s own words, that he was targetted because of his ‘Muslim appearance’. This too is a far fetched conclusion as there have been similar incidents in the past where media houses in order to come out with exclusives share some wrong information.
Almost two years back, in November 2015, seven people had died in a chopper crash. Among the dead was pilot Sumita Vijayan of Hyderabad. Newspapers then, quickly downloaded Sumita Vijayan’s pictures from Facebook and published them. It was soon revealed that the Sumita in pictures is some other woman from Thrissur, Kerala and that she was still alive.
Therefore, there should be no attempt to present it as a case of Islamophobia, but just another unforgivable blunder by media. AND as for Mr Majid, he is free to carry his visage anywhere in India; all thanks to the Constitution of India!
A particular news about some youth joining the Indian Army has been making news since yesterday. The news, most probably an agency copy, has been published rampantly by various news portals; specifically the ones based in J&K. The news was about 185 youth joining Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment of Indian Army. Above given … Read more
The story of sixteen-year-old Harshit Sharma being offered a Rs 12-lakh-per-month job by Google went viral after the public relations department of Chandigarh released a statement, congratulating the boy for his “achievement”. Just after the first news about the boy came out, through whatsapp or what; our online news portals rushed to publish the news. … Read more