After being suspended for almost two years, high speed 4G internet services have been restored in the entire Jammu and Kashmir from Friday.

High speed 4G internet services are being restored across Jammu and Kashmir, a senior government official said on Friday, more than 18 months after they were snapped to prevent a backlash against the centre's move to revoke the former state's special status.
The 4G internet services were snapped to prevent a backlash against the government's move to revoke the former state's special status by abrogating Article 370.

Jammu and Kashmir was put under what became the world's longest-running internet shutdown in a democratic country on August 5, 2019, when the centre announced plans to scrap its decades-old autonomy listed in the constitution.

In days that followed, the state was split into two union territories - Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh - and several politicians, including three former Chief Ministers, were taken into detention to pre-empt a pushback.

Over the last year, broadband internet and slow mobile data were restored in phases since the Supreme Court told off the government earlier while hearing cases that called the curbs an assault on free speech and democratic rights