Kashmir: Indian police tighten curbs on media coverage of gun battles
Journalists have been advised to stay away from the site of shootouts in the name of safety and national security. But journalists have said the new rules are meant to prevent them from reporting live on the ground.
Kashmir police have said journalism was subject to reasonable curbs, so as not to endanger the lives of others or compromise national security
Indian authorities have asked journalists to refrain from live coverage of gun battles in Indian-administered Kashmir, a move seen by critics as a measure to further suppress freedom of the press in the restive Himalayan region.