No ban on publication of newspapers in Kashmir Valley

TIL Desk/National/ Kashmir-Jammu and Kashmir government has told the Centre that there is no ban on publication of newspapers in the Valley, amid the alleged clampdown on media in Kashmir. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti last night and sought details of the matter.

“Mehbooba Mufti spoke to Venkaiah Naidu last night with regard to the reports of a ban on newspapers in the state. The CM clarified to the Minister that there is no such ban on publication of newspapers in the Valley,” a senior I&B official told.

Local newspapers have failed to hit the stands for the last three days in curfew-bound Kashmir after the government’s alleged clampdown on media in the wake of widespread protests in the Valley. No local daily–English, Urdu or Kashmiri–was available.