Internet services were suspended in several districts of Bihar including Arwal, Jamui, Bhojpur, Katihar, Sitamarhi and West Champaran on 1st October, 2017 to check spreading of rumours following instances of communal violence in the districts. The services were reported to have been restored in Bhojpur on 4th morning, in Jamui on 4th October midnight while in other districts on 5th October.

Mobile Internet services were suspended on 1st October 2017 in Chittaurgarh district of Rajasthan for 24 hours.

Mobile Internet services were suspended on 1st October 2017 in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan for 24 hours.

Internet services were suspended in Nawada district of Bihar on 28th September, 2017 till 5th November to prevent spread of any inflammatory message on social media after communal tension gripped some areas in the district when an idol of Goddess Durga was damaged in stone pelting by a group of anti-social elements.

Kashmir saw yet another shutdown as mobile Internet services were suspended in Baramulla district, including Sopore town, on 26th September, 2017 to prevent rumours after the killing of top militant commander Abdul Qayoom Najar.

Internet services were suspended as a preventive measure in Agartala city of Tripura on 21st September, 2017 following the killing of a journalist, who was covering a clash between two political parties in Mandwai of West Tripura. The services were reportedly restored on 25th September, 2017.

Mobile and broadband Internet services were suspended in Sikar district of Rajasthan on 11th September, 2017 to prevent law and order circumstances after the situation became intense with farmers setting off on a march to seize the collectorate following the ongoing farmers' protest in the State.

Mobile Internet services were suspended in Kulgam and Anantnag districts of Jammu and Kashmir on 11th September, 2017 to prevent spreading of rumours after two militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces.

Mobile Internet services were suspended by authorities in Sikar district of Rajasthan on Sunday, 10th September 2017, for 24 hours, as a precautionary measure to prevent communal violence.

Internet services were suspended on 9th September, 2017 in the Sopore town of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir as a preventive measure after a gunfight between militants and security forces broke out in the town.