Dehradun, June 22 -- Following the tensions triggered by an alleged dispute at the Nagarasu Gurdwara in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, the district administration had suspended internet services on Saturday, which were restored after nearly 12 hours on Sunday.

This marks only the third such instance in the 26 years since the formation of Uttarakhand. During the first one-and-a-half decades after the state's creation, no situation arose that necessitated the suspension of internet services to maintain law and order.

Internet services had been temporarily suspended in certain parts of the state on administrative orders and recommendations from the Home Department due to apprehensions of law-and-order disturbances earlier. A large-sc...