Second day of communication blackout in Kashmir as govt revokes Article 370

Although leaders had warned that the change would provoke unrest, the blackout and a heavy deployment of troops, including tens of thousands of additional soldiers, have helped rein in agitation

A communications blackout entered its second day on Tuesday in disputed Kashmir, after India snapped television, telephone and internet links to deter protests over its scrapping of special constitutional status for the Himalayan region.  

Moving to tighten its grip on India's only Muslim-majority region, the government dropped a constitutional provision for the state of Jammu and Kashmir, long a flashpoint in ties with neighbouring Pakistan, to make its own laws.

Monday's decision came hours after authorities in Kashmir, which is also claimed by Pakistan, clamped an unprecedented communications blackout on the region, and arrested its leaders, including two former state chief ministers.

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