Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Baramulla and North Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir, where polling is underway for Baramulla Lok Sabha seat. However, broadband service was working in north Kashmir though the speed has been reduced considerably. Official sources told UNI that the authorities have asked all cellular companies to suspend mobile internet services across Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, spread over three north Kashmir districts, as a precautionary measure to prevent rumour mongering.
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India
- Population
- 1,438,069,596
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
Kashmir, where polling is underway for Baramulla Lok Sabha seat. However, broadband service was working in north Kashmir though the speed has been reduced considerably. Official sources told UNI that the authorities have asked all cellular companies to suspend mobile internet services across Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, spread over three north Kashmir districts, as a precautionary measure to prevent rumour mongering.
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