Recruitment exam: Assam briefly suspends mobile internet in 24 districts

Mobile internet connectivity was temporarily suspended for two hours in 24 of the total 35 districts in Assam on Sunday in the interest of holding “free, fair and transparent” recruitment exams for government jobs, according to a government order. It will be suspended for two more hours later in the day.

An order issued by the state’s home and political department invoked section 5(2) of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, with the Temporary Suspension of Telecom Service (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rule, 2017, to suspend mobile internet services from 10 am to 12 pm and from 2pm to 4 pm on August 21 and 28. However, broadband-based services would remain functional through the period, it said.