Telegram Service Resumes in India After NEET Re-examination

New Delhi. With the re-examination of NEET (2026) completed in India, the communication app Telegram service has resumed. 

However, some users on social media are still claiming that their Telegram accounts are not working. 

In fact, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of India, under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, issued an order banning the Telegram platform across India until June 22. The government, through another separate order, had also directed to stop the facility to edit previously posted messages on this platform until June 30. 

The government stated that this step was necessary to maintain the fairness and credibility of the NEET re-examination held on June 21. Government officials claimed that Telegram channels were being used to leak confidential question papers of the examination, spread fake question papers, run fraud rackets, and send messages with misuse of the edit feature to alter them at the time of sending. 

On the other hand, Telegram expressed dissatisfaction with the government's move, commenting that 'completely blocking the app is neither just nor constitutional'. The company also claimed that it had removed more than 900 links containing illegal content related to the NEET examination. 

The company stated that AI, machine learning tools, and human monitoring were used to identify such violations. Although Telegram filed a petition in court challenging this ban by the Indian government, the Delhi High Court dismissed it.