People were only allowed to pray in smaller local mosques so that no big crowds could gather.
Indian troops clamped tight restrictions on mosques across Kashmir for Monday's Eid al-Adha festival over protest fears, as Beijing warned New Delhi its actions in the restive territory were causing"regional tensions".
Internet and phone communications have been cut and tens of thousands of troop reinforcements have flooded the main city of Srinagar and other towns and villages in the Kashmir Valley. On Monday, India's richest man Mukesh Ambani said at Reliance's annual general meeting in Mumbai that his firm would heed Modi's call for private investment in Kashmir with announcements to be made in the coming days, Indian media reported.India's Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar repeated his government's stance in Beijing on Monday, after meetings with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
In a series of tweets on Sunday, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan compared India's tactics in Kashmir to those of the Nazis.
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