Mobile internet ban lifted in Assam

Guwahati: Mobile internet services resumed in Assam on Friday, ten days after it was snapped in the wake of violent protests over the new citizenship law.

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A senior official of private telecom operator Airtel said the ban was lifted from 9 am on Friday.

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"As we did not received any fresh order to continue with the blackout, we have lifted the ban from 9 am," he said.

The state government had said that mobile internet services in the state would be restored from Friday though the Gauhati High Court had ordered restoration of the service by 5 pm on Thursday.

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Broadband services have already resumed in Assam. (PTI)

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