MEDIA NOT ALLOWED

Srinagar, Nov 3: The organizers of the event 'g|kashmir' Thursday prevented reporters from interacting with the Google team at SKICC here.
 Scribes who reached the venue were surprised to know the Google Team’s press conference had been called off.
 Sources said, the news conference was cancelled as members of Google Team expressed dismay over its local partner Mercy Corps not taking them into confidence before making the announcement. 
  “Mercy Corps and Google will address a press conference at 10.am,” read the invitation of the event named 'g|kashmir' being hosted at the SKICC, here.
 The organizers also barred cameramen belonging to different national and international channels, from covering the event. Despite repeated attempts Head of Mercy Corps, Kashmir Usman Ahmad couldn’t be contacted.

Lastupdate on : Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Fri, 4 Nov 2011 00:00:00 IST



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