New Delhi: Five days ahead of the high-stake NEET-UG 2026 re-examination, the Centre has barred all access to Telegram until June 22 and has disabled its message editing feature until June 30 citing a "public order" concern caused due to "organised use" of the platform to "defraud" candidates appearing for the June 21 exam.
Incidentally, the exam, originally held on May 3, was cancelled after the National Testing Authority (NTA) discovered that several questions were allegedly in circulation over Telegram, before the exam.
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NTA, on Tuesday, announced that MEITY had issued a direction under Section 69 A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 to bring in Telegram specific restrictions and the same was done as a measure of "last resort".
