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India cuts mobile data in Delhi amid exam-leak protest

7/24/2026

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India’s government ordered telecom firms to disable mobile data in central Delhi on July 23 2026.
Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone-Idea complied with the order.
Reuters journalists saw much of central Delhi without mobile data Thursday evening, stopping vendors and restaurants from taking digital payments.
The “cockroach” movement, camped in central Delhi since last month, demands Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation after May exam paper leaks that affected about 2 million students.

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India’s government ordered telecom firms to disable mobile data in central Delhi on July 23 2026.
Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone-Idea complied with the order.
Reuters journalists saw much of central Delhi without mobile data Thursday evening, stopping vendors and restaurants from taking digital payments.
The “cockroach” movement, camped in central Delhi since last month, demands Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation after May exam paper leaks that affected about 2 million students.