Curfew in Kashmir ahead of autonomy revocation anniversary

Authorities have imposed a curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir, a day ahead of the first anniversary of India's controversial decision to revoke the disputed region's semi-autonomy. Officials announced a two-day "full curfew" on Monday citing intelligence reports of looming protests in the Muslim-majority region of seven million people, where locals have called for the anniversary to be marked as a "black day". Police vehicles patrolled the main city of Srinagar after dark on Monday and again on Tuesday morning, with officers using megaphones to order residents to remain indoors. New razor-wire and steel barricades were placed on main roads on Srinagar, and on Tuesday thousands of government troops fanned across the city and surrounding villages.