Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet
Jammu and Kashmir
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir ordered local Internet service providers to suspend mobile Internet services in District Kishtwah from 13 April 2025, 16:00 local time until 14 April 23:59.
- Total Duration 4 days, 7 hours
India
- Population
- 1,438,069,596
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
The orders were issued to maintain 'public order'. These orders were extended twice until 15 April 2025, 23:59, then 17 April 2025, 23:59. There are no verified media reports on the shutdown or its reason. Kishtwah is the largest and least populous district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a territory that has a long history of Internet shutdowns.
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