Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 September 2012 13:15 )
India’s Mobile Phone News Agency
Saturday, 01 September 2012 11:06
Shuriah Niazi
Download In India’s remote tribal regions, indigenous people have very limited access to mainstream news – and their problems get little media coverage.
Internet, television and newspapers have low penetration, and local community radio is strictly regulated: it can’t carry news.
But many villagers have mobile phones.
And now tribal citizens are using these phones to report local issues – and to deliver local news.
This is the work of CGNet Swara – India’s first mobile phone and online news service.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 September 2012 13:21 )
Thousands to Flee Indian Cities Over Fear of Assam’s Violence
Saturday, 25 August 2012 09:15
Bismillah Geelani
Download Thousands of people have fled from Bangalore to other Indian cities - they’re mostly Northeastern Indian minority residents of Bangalore.
They fear for more violence following last month’s riots in India’s northeastern state of Assam.
At least 80 people were killed and nearly 400 thousand displaced after the clashes.
Indian officials said the exodus was triggered by threatening messages sent by mobile phones and over the internet – they were allegedly originated in Pakistan. Pakistan has asked India to provide evidence for its claims.
As Bismillah Geelani reports the after affects of the riots is now felt across the country.