In J&K, More International News on Front Pages Than News on Kashmir thewire.in

Newspapers in Kashmir have become nothing more than a compilation of press notes in the past 59 days since the Central government decided to put a complete communication blockade on the region.

“We know more about what is happening in the world than what is happening in Kashmir after reading the newspaper,” says Srinagar resident Aijaz Ahmed.

With internet cut off, all local media portals went ‘blank’ on August 5 and remain so till date. Kashmir Times executive editor Anuradha Bhasin, approached the Supreme Court regarding the media gag in Kashmir and said, according to an Indian Express report that she was not able to publish her newspaper from Srinagar as communication was “crippled” after the Centre’s decision to read down Article 370.