ANKARA

The Indian government on Friday restored mobile internet services in a small area in northwest of disputed Jammu and Kashmir after 145 days of communication blackout, media reports said.

Indian officials said the mobile internet services were restored in the northwestern Kargil district, home to around 16,000 people, of Ladakh Union Territory of the valley, official Press Trust of India news agency reported.

India had on Aug. 5 imposed severe communications blackout snapping phone and internet services before scrapping the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and 35A of the Indian constitution.