SRINAGAR: A communication blackout entered its second day on Tuesday in the occupied Kashmir.
India has snapped television, telephone and internet links to deter protests over its scrapping of special constitutional status for the region.
In Srinagar, armed police were stationed every few hundred meters as a ban on gatherings of more than four people in public places continued on Tuesday. Educational institutions and most shops in residential neighborhoods were shut.
Some shopkeepers said they were running out of stock after days of panic buying.
“No provisions are left in my shop, and no fresh supplies are coming,” said grocery store owner Jehangir Ahmad.
