''Greater Kashmir'' is an English daily

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printed and published from

Srinagar Srinagar (English: , ) is the largest city and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its ...

, the summer capital of

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

. The newspaper initially began its edition in 1987 as a weekly newspaper and later, started its first daily publication in 1989. The ''Greater Kashmir'' has its largest base of circulation in Jammu and Kashmir, and is the most widely read English daily newspaper in the state. The Greater Kashmir group (GK Communications Pvt. Ltd) also publishes its sister projects in Urdu language – ''Nawa-e-jhelum'' and ''Kashmir Uzma'' – and the English-language magazine ''Kashmir Ink''. As of 2018, ''Greater Kashmir'' is being published from Srinagar and

Jammu Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of ...

at the price of Rs. 5 per copy. Its editor-in-chief is Fayaz Ahmad Kaloo. ''Greater Kashmir'' lately started ''Kashmir Ink'', a weekly magazine featuring Kashmir's artists, poets and also writing many soft stories. The newspaper also launched its Endeavor Page, in which several start-ups in

region are featured.

Advertisement controversy

In February 2019, the Governor's office indefinitely stopped giving government ads to this paper as well as to the '' Kashmir Reader''. The Kashmir Editors Guild decried this as an attempt to curb the

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. However the government ads were restored to ''Greater Kashmir'' later on.

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* 1987 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir Daily newspapers published in India English-language newspapers published in India Mass media in Jammu and Kashmir Newspapers established in 1987 {{India-newspaper-stub