{"id":13746,"date":"2026-03-03T20:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=13746"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:06:56","slug":"precautionary-restrictions-to-remain-in-force-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/precautionary-restrictions-to-remain-in-force-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Precautionary restrictions to remain in force today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Decision on increasing 2G to high-speed internet after review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar, Mar 03: Precautionary restrictions imposed in Kashmir on Monday will continue tomorrow, while the decision on increasing mobile internet services from 2G to high speed will be taken after review.<\/p>\n<p>A top official told the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the situation is under review but the curbs would remain in force on Wednesday to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n<p>He said that security personnel have been deployed in strength in sensitive areas, including parts of downtown Srinagar and Lal Chowk, to prevent any untoward incident. \u201cIn Srinagar, the law-and-order situation has remained under control,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Another official said the situation was under control; however, minor protests were reported from parts of Sopore, Baramulla, Budgam and Bandipora districts.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir in an order stated that prepaid mobile internet services across the Valley have been restricted to 2G speed, not exceeding 128 kbps, till 8 pm on March 4.<\/p>\n<p>An official order said the directions were issued under the Temporary Suspension of Telecommunication Services Rules, 2024, and Section 20 of the Telecommunication Act, 2023, after authorities assessed the prevailing situation.<\/p>\n<p>The order stated that precautionary restrictions were imposed across Kashmir on March 1. \u201cThe decision was taken in view of apprehensions that high-speed internet services could be misused, potentially affecting public order,\u201d it added. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decision on increasing 2G to high-speed internet after review Srinagar, Mar 03: Precautionary restrictions imposed in Kashmir on Monday will continue tomorrow, while the decision on increasing mobile internet services from 2G to high speed will be taken after review. A top official told the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the situation is under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13748,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13746\/revisions\/13748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}