India restores full Internet access in Kashmir for two weeks

A file photo of Kashmiri journalists browsing the Internet on their mobile phones inside the media center set up by government authorities in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Indian authorities on March 4 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. — AP

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.