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India restores full internet access in Kashmir for 2 weeks

by Associated Press
| March 4, 2020 8:30 AM

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities on Wednesday 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.

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