Hyderabad, Oct. 17 -- Over 1 lakh lost/stolen mobile phones have been recovered in Telangana as of Thursday, October 16, through the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal, making it the best performing state in the country.

The CEIR portal, was first launched as a pilot in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi and the north eastern states on September 5, 2022, and was finally brought to Telangana in April 2023. Since then, a total of 1,00,020 mobile phones have been recovered in the state.

In case one loses their mobile phone, they are requested to report it on the CEIR portal using the phone's unique IMEI number, which will help to block it on all mobile networks in India.

After this, the phone can be traced by the p...