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India Restores Some Internet in Kashmir After Nearly Six Months

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI - Nearly six months after India imposed a communications
   blackout in Indian Kashmir, internet services were partially restored
   on Saturday, but the region's seven million residents will still have
   no access to social media.

   The move came two weeks after the Supreme Court ordered the government
   to review the ban ruling that its indefinite shutdown was illegal and
   calling freedom of internet access a fundamental right.

   The shutdown of the internet in Kashmir was part of strict curbs
   imposed in August when India scrapped the semi-autonomous status of its
   only Muslim-majority region. While phone services were restored after
   about two months, Kashmir continued to remain offline, severely
   disrupting daily life and business activities in the region.
   

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