{"id":181121,"date":"2025-08-12T11:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=181121"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:31:26","slug":"tightened-clampdown-imposed-in-kashmir-ahead-of-indias-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/08\/12\/tightened-clampdown-imposed-in-kashmir-ahead-of-indias-independence-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Tightened clampdown imposed in Kashmir ahead of India\u2019s Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-181125\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/08\/11-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2266\" height=\"1233\" \/>Srinagar: The Indian government has imposed a sweeping lockdown across occupied Jammu &amp; Kashmir ahead of its Independence Day on August 15.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, heavy deployment of Indian forces has transformed the territory into a tightly-controlled military zone, deploying multi-tiered checkpoints, area domination exercises, heightened frisking, and extensive vehicle inspections across 20 districts, especially near border zones. Advanced surveillance technologies\u2014including drones, high-resolution CCTV, and night-time security grids\u2014have been activated to monitor sensitive locations and enforce the clampdown.<\/p>\n<p>IGP Kashmir V.K. Birdi confirmed that comprehensive security and logistical arrangements are in place, with full-dress rehearsals conducted and senior officers coordinating tightly with paramilitary units to ensure &#8220;incident-free&#8221; celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Rights groups and local residents describe the measures as part of a broader stifling of dissent\u2014pointing out that although official events proceed under the veneer of peace, the heavy securitisation reflects deep insecurity in the occupied territory, where anti-India sentiments prevail on August 15 as a symbol of resistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: The Indian government has imposed a sweeping lockdown across occupied Jammu &amp; Kashmir ahead of its Independence Day on August 15. According to Kashmir Media Service, heavy deployment of Indian forces has transformed the territory into a tightly-controlled military zone, deploying multi-tiered checkpoints, area domination exercises, heightened frisking, and extensive vehicle inspections across 20 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":181125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-181121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restrictions","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}