Hyderabad, May 11 -- News website The Wire announced that the ban on its portal was lifted after it removed a story about Rafel jets after contacting the Union ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The website was asked to remove a report it carried based on the coverage of United States based news channel CNN. On May 9, the Centre had blocked The Wire's website across India, citing technical limitations following a complaint regarding a report it published about the Rafael jet.

After the story was pulled down, Sidharth Varadarajan, editor of The Wire criticised the Centre's move terming it as "unconstitutional attack on the freedom of the press," adding that the platform would explore legal remedies.

After the website was blocked,...