Messaging service WhatsApp was being partially restored since it stopped working just after noon in India and other countries on Tuesday in what seemed to be its biggest global outage ever.

Restoration of services, users said, began by 2.15 pm, though many continued to complain that the glitch wasn't fixed and that they coul could not access the service on desktop.

Meta Platforms, which owns WhatsApp, earlier said it was working to restore services, reports PTI.

The services were down for over an hour now and Meta did not offer a timeline by when they would be restored.

"We're aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages and we're working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible," Meta company spokesperson had said in a statement.

The services across many parts of India were halted as thousands of users were unable to send or receive messages on the Meta-owned platform.

#Whatsappdown was trending on Twitter, and many users took to the microblogging platform to share funny memes on the issue.

Downdetector reported significant rise in complaints around WhatsApp outage; nearly 29,000 reports were flagged by users. Downdetector's heatmap showed WhatsApp users in major cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata were impacted by the disruption.