India's Punjab province faces internet blackout during search for Sikh separatist.

Indian authorities have cut internet access for 27 million people in Punjab for a third day as police search for a Sikh separatist. The internet shutdown was extended under a law that allows the connection to be cut to "prevent any incitement to violence and any disturbance of peace and public order." The Khalistan movement is outlawed and considered a grave national security threat by the Indian government, but maintains a level of support among some Sikhs within the country and overseas. Internet shutdowns have become increasingly common in India, which has more than 800 million internet users.