{"id":640309,"date":"2026-07-23T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=640309"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:40:00","slug":"india-blocks-mobile-internet-in-central-delhi-as-youth-protests-escalate-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=640309","title":{"rendered":"India Blocks Mobile Internet In Central Delhi As Youth Protests Escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"

India Blocks Mobile Internet In Central Delhi As Youth Protests Escalate<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Indian government has ordered telecom companies to disable \u200bmobile data services in central parts \u200cof the capital Delhi, in and around the site of youth protests seeking the resignation \u200bof the education minister, two sources \u200btold Reuters on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The companies have \u2060complied with the order, Reuters sources \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n

There was \u200cno \u2060mobile data connectivity in many parts of central Delhi on Thursday evening, Reuters journalists said.<\/p>\n

Vendors, shopkeepers and restaurants \u200bcomplained that \u200bthey were \u2060unable to accept digital payments.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s youth protesters have called for nationwide demonstrations on Friday even as Prime Minister Narendra \u200cModi\u2019s government urged them to join talks, while shutting metro stations and mobile internet services and curtailing business in central Delhi.<\/p>\n

The youth protesters, led by the self-named “Cockroach” Janta Party movement, have been \u200bcamping in central Delhi since \u200blast \u2060month and\u00a0are demanding the resignation of the education minister over leaks of medical school entrance test papers that affected some 2 million students in May and have been linked to several student suicides.<\/p>\n

The protests have swelled \u200binto the biggest youth challenge to Modi since he came to power in 2014. Opposition parties have echoed the youth movement’s demands and have disrupted the monsoon session \u200bof parliament that began this week.<\/p>\n

It marks the biggest political crisis of Modi’s third term, which began in 2024.<\/p>\n

The government made \u2060a fresh appeal on Thursday to the protesters to join talks to resolve the crisis but they responded by calling for nationwide peaceful protests on Friday in solidarity \u200bwith students who alleged police brutality during a march on parliament on Monday by tens of thousands of people.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people had returned to the Jantar Mantar protest \u200bsite by Thursday afternoon, carrying anti-government posters and chanting slogans amid heavy security deployment.<\/p>\n

Protests also spread to other cities, including Ranchi, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram and Kolkata, local media reported.<\/p>\n

Authorities in Delhi shut down 16 metro rail stations in and around the central parts of Delhi where the protesters have remained camped, inconveniencing thousands of commuters.<\/p>\n

The government also \u200bordered telecom firms to block mobile internet services in the area, sources told Reuters, a move that not only affected protesters but also stopped shops and restaurants from receiving \u200bdigital payments by phone.<\/p>\n

Separately, all offices and businesses in the Connaught Place area, the bustling central business district, were asked to shut early on Thursday by the New Delhi Traders \u200cAssociation, which \u2060cited an advisory from municipal authorities due to the security situation in the area.<\/p>\n

The measures are seen as an attempt by authorities to curb the protests and prevent any fresh outbreak of violence.<\/p>\n

More than 10,000 people had gathered on Wednesday night at the Jantar Mantar protest site. Some protesters attacked police with stones and plastic bottles, injuring a few officers, news agency ANI quoted Delhi Police as saying.<\/p>\n

In Monday’s clashes during the march on parliament, police used tear gas and canes to push back the protesters.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Thursday, Modi said that \u200bspecial courts would be set up \u2060to prosecute those behind exam paper leaks, his first public response to the crisis.<\/p>\n

“Nothing is more important than the welfare and future of our youth!” Modi posted on X.<\/p>\n

But CJP rejected the proposal, saying what courts do after paper leaks is just one \u200baspect of the problem.<\/p>\n

“But Modi-ji, tell us why are paper leaks happening in this country in the first place?” CJP \u200bspokesperson Ashutosh Ranka said, \u2060using the Hindi honorific.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 07\/23\/2026 – 16:40<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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