Tag: Social Media
Photo: IANSTelegram restored on Play Store in India after week-long block
New Delhi: The messaging platform Telegram on Tuesday returned to the Google Play Store after the government temporarily blocked access to the platform across India as a precautionary measure because of the NEET UG 2026 re-examination. The government had ordered the temporary blocking of Telegram from June 16 to 22 following a request from the…
Photo: Twitter/@telegramTelegram CEO claims Reliance, WhatsApp’s role behind efforts to ban company’s app in India
New Delhi: Messaging app Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has alleged that Reliance Group, in which Meta has a partial stake, may have lobbied, along with its competitor WhatsApp, to impose a ban on the company’s app in India. He also accused Reliance of sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users outside India (including the…
