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The State Investigation Agency carried out searches on Thursday, at the main office of Kashmir Times in Jammu as part of its ongoing investigation into accusations that the platform promoted separatist and extremist narratives.
According to the agency, arms, ammunition and documents considered incriminating, were recovered from the media organisation’s premises on Residency Road. The management of Kashmir Times condemned the operation and described it as an effort to curb independent reporting.
Political parties including the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party criticised the raid, alleging that it was designed to pressure the media. The agency maintained that the action was linked to an existing case filed against the digital platform for allegedly collaborating with separatist groups, inside and outside Jammu and Kashmir. The original case claims the outlet spread radical messaging, circulated fabricated content, encouraged youth radicalisation and attempted to disturb public order in ways that threatened national sovereignty.
The agency reported that one revolver, multiple empty cartridges of AK-series weapons, live rounds, fired bullets, grenade safety levers and suspected pistol ammunition were seized from the office.
The SIA said these findings suggested possible unlawful possession and potential connections with extremist elements and that the items would undergo further examination. A team of fourteen officials also searched the residence of Prabodh Jamwal, the owner of the publication, in Gandhi Nagar during the day-long operation.
The agency stated that the seized weapons, digital devices and documents would be subjected to technical and forensic analysis to trace their origins and determine whether they were linked to banned groups or individuals. The Kashmir Times management issued a strong rebuttal soon after, calling the allegations an orchestrated effort to silence them.
Editors Prabodh Jamwal and Anuradha Bhasin, speaking from abroad, argued that criticising the government should not be equated with being hostile to the state and reaffirmed their commitment to independent journalism.
They said the publication, founded in 1954, was being targeted because it refused to compromise its editorial independence.
Earlier this year the Jammu and Kashmir administration prohibited the circulation of Bhasin’s book titled “Dismantled State The Untold Story of Kashmir After 370,” a move widely questioned by political groups. The NC and PDP said the latest action against the newspaper fit a broader pattern of suppressing independent media voices. Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Singh Choudhary urged authorities to ensure that any punitive measure must be based on proven wrongdoing rather than an attempt to create pressure. He emphasised that investigative agencies should follow uniform standards and reiterated the need for a free and open environment for journalism, calling it essential to a functioning democracy.
PDP leader Iltija Mufti said Kashmir Times had consistently resisted pressure and intimidation, describing the raid as an example of heavy-handedness disguised as a national security measure. She questioned the repeated use of labels such as anti-national to silence dissenting voices. PDP youth president Aditya Gupta also criticised the operation, referring to the legacy of the newspaper’s founder. Although its print edition was halted in 2021–22 following what the management described as sustained targeting, Kashmir Times continues to publish digitally.
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Confirming the two fatalities PRO Defence Lt Col Devender Anand said, “On October 30, during an area domination patrol in Nowshera Sector of District Rajouri (J&K), a mine blast occurred wherein, two soldiers suffered critical injuries and later succumbed to their injuries. Another soldier who received injuries was evacuated and is under treatment.”
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The FIRs were filed based on videos, according to sources, but the police are still investigating. A source said: “Police are checking whether the videos are fabricated or real.”
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On February 14, 2019, a vehicle-borne suicide bomber assaulted a convoy of vehicles transporting security officers on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Lethpora. The incident resulted in the deaths of forty members of the CRPF.
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]]>Later in the evening, Shah, who is on a three-day visit, met with children at the J&K Youth Club. He told the youth that the repeal of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, signaled the end of terrorism, nepotism, and corruption in the Valley.
When Shah arrived in J&K, he immediately went to see the family of inspector Parvaiz Ahmad, who was shot and killed by terrorists near his home in Nowgam, on the outskirts of Srinagar, on June 22 while returning home after conducting evening prayers at a mosque.
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They stated that additional CRPF companies will be delivered in stages. Ten businesses will be dispatched to J&K in the first phase, followed by the remaining 15 in the second and third stages.
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Following the abolition of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and separation of the state into two Union Territories, Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, has signed the region’s first investment deal.
Dubai would create infrastructure such as industrial parks, IT towers, multi-purpose buildings, logistics centers, a medical college, and a specialty hospital, according to the government.
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]]>Mr. Tewari told ANI that the Indian Parliament unanimously recognized Jammu and Kashmir as an essential part of India in 1994 and that the only unfinished business of Partition was to recapture the areas seized unlawfully by Pakistan, such as Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the northern areas.
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]]>According to them, a recent investigation into the allocation of MBBS seats to Kashmiri students by Pakistani universities suggests that money collected from aspirants by some organizations affiliated with the Hurriyat Conference was utilized to fund terror organizations in the union territory.
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]]>An order was issued by SSP-CID (Special Branch) kashmir, directed all field units under it to ensure that a person’s involvement in law and order and stone pelting cases and other crime/s “Prejudicial to the security of the states” be specially looked into during the verification process. “The same must be corroborated from the local police station records,” the order read.
The SSP also said digital evidence like CCTV footage, photographs , videos and audio clips and quadcopter images available in the records of police, security forces and security agencies be also referred during the verification process.
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