{"id":192303,"date":"2026-01-10T15:49:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=192303"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:49:39","slug":"indian-forces-ramp-up-restrictions-across-iiojk-ahead-of-republic-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/01\/10\/indian-forces-ramp-up-restrictions-across-iiojk-ahead-of-republic-day-celebrations.html","title":{"rendered":"Indian forces ramp up restrictions across IIOJK ahead of Republic Day celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192308\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/11-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"219\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar: The BJP-led Indian government has intensified restrictions across Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) under the pretext of \u201cheightened security measures\u201d ahead of the Indian Republic Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, personnel from the Indian army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Special Operation Group of police have been deployed in large numbers across all district towns, villages and key areas, including the Srinagar-Jammu highway and along the Line of Control. Additionally, intensified night patrolling has been observed in Baramulla, Kupwara, Kulgam, Srinagar, Jammu, Rajouri, Poonch, Kathua, Samba and Kishtwar districts.<\/p>\n<p>Checking and frisking have been tightened along the Srinagar-Jammu highway and various other major roads throughout the territory.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth mentioning here that Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and around the world observe January 26, the Indian Republic Day, as Black Day, every year, in protest against India\u2019s continued refusal to grant the Kashmiri people their right to plebiscite under the supervision of the United Nations, a demand that has remained unfulfilled for decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: The BJP-led Indian government has intensified restrictions across Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) under the pretext of \u201cheightened security measures\u201d ahead of the Indian Republic Day celebrations. 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