{"id":8765,"date":"2026-08-05T04:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2026-08-05T04:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:25:14","slug":"jk-on-high-alert-ahead-of-black-day-protests-by-parties-over-article-370-abrogation-anniversary-jammu-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=8765","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;K on high alert ahead of &#8216;Black Day&#8217; protests by parties over Article 370 abrogation anniversary | Jammu News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132888030,imgsize-117274,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/security-forces-have-increased-vigilance-across-jammu-region-ahead-of-planned-protests-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"J&amp;K on high alert ahead of 'Black Day' protests by parties over Article 370 abrogation anniversary\" title=\"Security forces have increased vigilance across Jammu region ahead of planned protests. (File photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Security forces have increased vigilance across Jammu region ahead of planned protests. (File photo)\">Security forces have increased vigilance across Jammu region ahead of planned protests. (File photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>JAMMU\/SRINAGAR: Security has been tightened across Jammu and Kashmir, with a heavy deployment of police, Army and CRPF personnel ahead of separate protests by the National Conference (NC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Congress to mark August 5 as &#8216;Black Day&#8217; &#8212; the seventh anniversary of the Centre&#8217;s decision to revoke Article 370 and bifurcate the erstwhile state into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Officials said vehicle checking, frisking and surveillance have been intensified at sensitive locations across the Jammu region, with special checkpoints on high alert along the Jammu-Srinagar and Jammu-Pathankot national highways.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Security has also been strengthened in border areas through increased patrolling, area domination exercises and additional deployments at vulnerable locations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>In Srinagar, security forces have been deployed in large numbers, particularly around the Lal Chowk city centre, while roads leading to the NC and PDP headquarters have been sealed as a precaution to prevent protests, officials said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>The National Conference will assemble outside its party headquarters in Jammu before staging a protest, while the Congress will demonstrate outside its Shaheedi Chowk headquarters, demanding restoration of Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s statehood along with constitutional safeguards for land, jobs and natural resources. The PDP will also hold a protest at its Gandhi Nagar headquarters.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>On Tuesday night, PDP chief and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti led a candlelight vigil and sit-in outside the party headquarters in Srinagar, renewing her demand for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s special status.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/jammu\/jammu-on-high-alert-as-nc-pdp-congress-to-observe-article-370-anniversary-as-black-day\/articleshow\/132887815.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security forces have increased vigilance across Jammu region ahead of planned protests. 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