Information About Incident 57236-113205-286760 in Patan India

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Tripura Info reports that bulk of the rumours that triggered panic among people of northeastern (NE) States in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra were sourced from Pakistan, Union Home secretary RK Singh said on August 18.

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Tripura Info reports that bulk of the rumours that triggered panic among people of northeastern (NE) States in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra were sourced from Pakistan, Union Home secretary RK Singh said on August 18. A total of 76 websites were identified where morphed images were uploaded and bulks of these were uploaded in Pakistan, Singh said. He said all these websites have since been blocked. As a step towards rumours being spread, Government has imposed a 15-day ban on bulk SMSes and MMSes.

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57236-113205-286760 8/20/2012 India Bulk of rumours that triggered fear among NE people were sourced from Pakistan, says Union Home Secretary R.K Singh

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