http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Srinagar/Mars-attack-rumours-keep-Kashmir-sleepless/Article1-972049.aspx
Hindustan Times
12
December 2012
HT
Correspondent, Hindustan Times
Srinagar, December 12, 2012
12/12/12
spawned a dozen hoaxes, but the one that was most hilarious kept people in the
Valley up all night and the state government busy firefighting through the day.
The message, purportedly from NASA and the BBC, advised people to switch off
their cellphones from 12.30 to 3.30 am on Tuesday as “cosmos rays are entering
the Earth from Mars”. The message even warned people to keep away the
cellphones from their body because “cosmos” rays are dangerous. [...]
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mars-as-foreign-hand-kashmir-spends-night-in-fear-of-cosmic-rays-via-phone/1044613/
The
Indian Express
13
December 2012
Mir
Ehsan : Srinagar
Late
on Tuesday night, residents across Kashmir
scrambled to switch off their mobile phones. The reason was not pesky calls but
another ‘incoming’ hazard: a rumour that harmful “cosmic rays” were going to
enter Earth via the phones from Mars, and set off blasts.
The
government finally had to step in and make announcements on radio and
television, threatening to book people spreading the rumour, to quell the
panic. [...]