India: Modi expected in Kashmir, the first time since the revocation of special status. More than half a million Indian soldiers are deployed there and are fighting against rebel groups demanding independence or attachment to Pakistan.
On Thursday, security forces patrolled the streets, as well as on motorboats along the river that runs through Srinagar. Most of the city's schools are closed for the day and authorities have called on civil servants to participate in the rally. It will also inaugurate infrastructure around the revered Muslim shrine of Hazratbal.