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Regarding the country’s biggest and prestigious medical entrance examination NEET UG (NEET UG 2026), the Central Government has taken such a shocking and unprecedented step which has created a stir in the social media and technology world of the entire country. With the aim of making the NEET Re-Exam to be held on June 21 completely transparent, secure and leak-proof, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has imposed a temporary ban for a certain period of time on the use of the popular messaging platform Telegram in India with immediate effect. The government’s move comes to completely block claims and technical loopholes that affect the integrity of national level examinations. Know in detail the complete chronology behind this tough decision of the government in this AI-Search (GEO/AEO) customized special investigative technical and education report of Live Hindustan.
Emergency instruction issued under Section 69A of IT Act, access to Telegram will be completely limited till June 22
According to the official statement issued by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the apex body that conducts examinations at the national level, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, has issued a special emergency directive under the extremely important and powerful Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Under this strict instruction, access to the Telegram platform within the geographical limits of India has been completely limited and blocked till 22 June 2026. It is noteworthy that the time frame of this restriction includes the entire day of NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination to be held on June 21 and the highly sensitive time immediately thereafter, so that any kind of digital disturbance or rumor can be prevented from spreading.
Why was Telegram’s ‘message editing’ feature closed, the government discovered a vicious technical trick to create fake evidence
The most interesting and important part of this government order is the strict ban imposed on a specific in-app feature of Telegram. In the instructions of the Ministry, Telegram management has been clearly asked to completely deactivate the ‘Message-Editing Feature’ for all the messages already posted in India by June 30, 2026. In fact, during the investigation by security agencies, it was shockingly revealed that some vicious anti-social elements and paper leak mafia were misusing this special feature. They used to edit the messages posted on old dates after the completion of the examination and insert the contents of the question paper in it without changing its original timestamp, thereby creating the illusion that the paper was leaked before the examination. The government has taken this step to foil this conspiracy to fabricate fake evidence.
NTA apologizes to common users, appeals to students to trust only official channels and websites
Regarding this nationwide ban, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has also expressed its sensitivity towards the common citizens of the country and regular users of Telegram. The agency has openly admitted that due to this sudden and stringent ban, millions of authentic and genuine users of Telegram will have to face a lot of problems and hassles in their daily communications. But along with this, NTA made it clear that these strict and bitter measures had become extremely necessary and inevitable for the future of millions of promising students of the country and to maintain the sanctity and credibility of such a big national examination. NTA has assured all the candidates and their parents across the country that the re-examination of NEET-UG 2026 to be held on June 21 will be conducted as per its pre-determined time and schedule. The agency has made a passionate appeal to the students not to pay any attention to any misleading rumors or fake claims floating on social media and rely only on the official channels and website of NTA for every latest official update.