SRINAGAR, India: Indian authorities on March 5 temporarily revoked a ban on social media sites and restored full Internet access in disputed Kashmir for two weeks, seven months after they stripped the restive region of its statehood and semi-autonomy and enforced a total communications blackout.
Internet access over mobile devices, however, will remain restricted to slow speed.
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