New Delhi, May 9 -- News portal 'The Wire' released a statement 9 May, saying that the website has been blocked by Internet service providers across the country. The statement by 'The Wire' said the service providers cited orders from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the IT Act, 2000.

The website said in the statement that they stand against the 'censorship' and that they are taking necessary steps to challenge the move.

Calling the withholding of its account a clear violation of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press,' news portal termed it as arbitrary and inexplicable move adding that it will take all necessary steps to challenge the censorship.

"We protest this blatant censorship at a criti...