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Kashmir Times
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Kashmir Times
Founder(s)Ved Bhasin
PublisherKashmir Times
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersSrinagar, J&K, India
Circulation2,000,000
Websitewww.kashmirtimes.com

Kashmir Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[1] It was first published in 1954 as a weekly. In 1964 it was converted as a daily. This newspaper is the oldest and largest circulated newspaper of Jammu and Kashmir and it has a total subscription of two million it is worldwide also known as "Key to Kashmir affairs.[2] Its founding editor, Ved Bhasin, reportedly upheld a belief in "secularism, justice and democracy" that made it popular in Kashmir division depite originating form Jammu.[3]

On 19 Oct 2020, the Srinagar Office of Kashmir Times was sealed by the Indian Government without any explanation.[4] After the 2021-2022 print edition, the publication moved entirely online.[3]

In November 2025, the State Investigation Agency of the Jammu & Kashmir Police raided the office of the Kashmir Times in Jammu for allegedly promoting anti-national activities. According to sources in the police, Ak-47 cartridges, pistol rounds and three grenade levers were recovered during the searches.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Kashmir Times ePaper info". Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "About Kashmir Times". Kashmir Times. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Staff, Scroll (22 November 2025). "Kashmir Times: A Jammu newspaper that stood up for the Valley". Scroll.in. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  4. ↑ ‘Vendetta’: Kashmir newspaper’s office sealed by India officials, Al Jazeera, 20 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Kashmir Times Office Raided In Jammu, AK-47 Cartridges Found: Police". NDTV. 20 November 2025.

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