Government blocks Telegram till June 22 under Section 69A, NTA thanks MeitY for 'stepping in quickly'; some features blocked till June 30
The government has temporarily blocked Telegram access until June 22 to combat cheating rackets defrauding students ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination. The National Testing Agency also mandated disabling Telegram's message-editing feature to prevent the creation of fake "paper leak" evidence,