Following the encounter of history-sheeter Sajid Hanif Sheikh during a hostage crisis at Vhorawad area on Saturday, Mobile Internet services were suspended at Lunawada in Mahisagar district Tuesday, 21st August 2018 ahead of the funeral of his funeral, as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.

Following the rape and murder of a twelve year old Dalit girl by four men in Uttarkashi, authorities suspended Mobile Internet services on 18th August 2018 to prevent spread of rumours and maintain law and order situation.

Following the gunfight between the government forces and militants at Mir Mohalla in Hajin town area in north Kashmir on Friday, 17th August 2018, Mobile Internet services were suspended in parts of Bandipora including Hajin as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.

Mobile Internet Services were suspended in entire Kashmir Valley from 15th August for over 12 Hours as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order situation on Independence Day.

Following the killing of a policeman of the Special Operation Group (SOG) in a gunfight that raged in a Srinagar’s congested Batamaloo locality, Mobile Internet services were suspended for a few hours in morning in capital city of Jammu & Kashmir, i.e. Srinagar on 12th August 2018 as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of misinformation.

Following the Maratha quota agitation, Internet services were suspended in Pune district of Maharashtra to prevent the spread of rumors and maintain law and order on Thursday, 9th August 2018.

Mobile Internet services was suspended in several parts of Rajasthan from 9 am to 1 pm on Sunday,5th August 2018 to prevent the use of unfair means in the state public service commission examination.

Mobile Internet services were suspended on Thursday, 2nd August 2018 in the districts of Shupiyan and Anantnag amid fears of protests against the killing of a civilian and five militants by government forces in Shopian.

To ensure free and fair conduct of APPSCCE (prelims) examinations, the Arunachal Pradesh government has published an order to suspend internet services across the state. Internet services will be suspended from 10 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 4 pm on 29th July, 2018.

Internet services were suspended in Navi Mumbai located in Maharashtra on Thursday, 26th July 2018, to check the spread of false message during bandh called by Maratha groups demanding reservation in government jobs and education.