Kashmir in communications blackout
Indian-administered Kashmir remains in a state of lockdown a day after it was stripped of a special status that gave it significant autonomy.
Telephone networks and the internet, which were cut off on Sunday evening, are yet to be restored even as tens of thousands of troops patrol the streets.
The revocation of special status was expected to trigger widespread protests, but there is no word on how people have reacted to the news.
Local leaders have also been detained.
The Himalayan region of Kashmir is claimed in its entirety by both India and Pakistan, but they each control only parts of it.
There is a long-running separatist insurgency on the Indian side, which has led to thousands of deaths.
Kashmiris in other parts of the country have said that they are unable to get through to their families and that they are worried and scared. One Delhi-based student told the Indian Express newspaper that he had even tried calling the local police station to ask about his family but to no avail.
In the days leading up to Home Minister Amit Shah's parliamentary announcement on Monday that Article 370 had been revoked, tensions were high in the Kashmir valley as tens of thousands of additional troops were deployed to what is already one of the world's most militarised zones.
Tourists were asked to leave, Hindu pilgrims making an annual religious trek were asked to return home, and schools and colleges were shut. Local media had reported a "terror threat" against religious pilgrims, but there was no suggestion that the federal government was planning to revoke Article 370.
Assuming the worst, concerned locals stockpiled food that would last for months, correspondents in the region said. In anticipation of the communication blackout that was to come, police personnel were issued with satellite phones.
On Sunday night, two former chief ministers were placed under house arrest and communications networks were blocked. Since then, the region has been under a virtual blackout with little information coming out.
Source: BBC