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{{Short description|English-language newspaper published from Srinagar}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{Original research|date=October 2019}}
{{Self-published|date=October 2019}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| image = Greater kashmir 2014.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| name = Greater Kashmir
| logo = Greater Kashmir Logo.jpg
| motto =
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| chiefeditor = [[Fayaz Ahmad Kaloo]]
| foundation = 1987, 33 years ago
| founder =
| publisher = GK Communications Pvt. Ltd. (Rashid Makhdoomi)
| website = {{URL|greaterkashmir.com}}
| owners = GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.
| political = Independent
| language = English
| headquarters = [[Jammu and Kashmir (Union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], Srinagar
| publishing_country = India
| circulation = 1,000,000+ Per Day (Approx), Largest Circulated Newspaper in [[Jammu and Kashmir union territory]]
| sister newspapers = Kashmir Uzma
| oclc = 143593517
}}
'''''Greater Kashmir''''' is an English daily [[newspaper]] printed and published from [[Srinagar]], the summer capital of [[Jammu and Kashmir (Union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] .<ref>{{cite web|title=Greater Kashmir Epaper|url=http://www.epapers-hub.com/india/greaterkashmir.html|publisher=www.epapers-hub.com|access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> The newspaper initially began its edition in 1987 as a weekly newspaper and later, started its first daily publication in 1989.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Showkat|first=Nayeem|date=September 2017|title=Kashmir in Media: An Overview|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321061524_Kashmir_in_Media_An_Overview|journal=International Journal of Advanced Research and Development|volume=2|pages=741–750}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Mir 2019">{{cite web | last=Mir | first=Hilal | title=As fear of war grips Kashmir, its largest English daily will no longer get state ads | website=Scroll.in | date=3 March 2019 | url=https://scroll.in/article/915112/kashmirs-largest-english-daily-will-no-longer-get-state-ads-is-this-linked-to-jamaat-e-islami-ban | access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> The Greater Kashmir group (GK Communications Pvt. Ltd) also publishes its sister projects in Urdu language such as, ''Nawa-e-jhelum,''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/home-ministry-cracks-whip-on-kashmir-media-over-anti-india-news-143081-2011-10-11|title=Home ministry cracks whip on Kashmiri newspapers over 'anti-India' news|last=Pandey|first=Maneesh|date=11 October 2011|website=India Today|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> ''Kashmir Uzma'', and an English magazine, ''Kashmir Ink''.<ref name="Saha 2017">{{cite web | last=Saha | first=Abhishek | title=Burhan effect: Facebook blocks page of Kashmir magazine, deletes cover of issue | website=Hindustan Times | date=9 July 2017 | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/burhan-effect-facebook-blocks-page-of-kashmir-magazine-deletes-cover-of-issue/story-FWxU7PnATmZc52jClkkl0O.html | access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=J&K Govt 'Informally' Stops Ads To Leading Urdu Daily In Kashmir | website=outlookindia.com | date=4 April 2019 | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-after-two-prominent-english-newspapers-jk-govt-now-informally-stops-ads-to-leading-urdu-daily/328097 | access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref>

As of 2018, it is being published from Srinagar and [[Jammu]] at the price of Rs. 5 per copy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://epaper.greaterkashmir.com|title=Greater Kashmir Online Epaper}}</ref> 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 startups by youngsters of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] region are featured.

==Newspaper ban==
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 [[Freedom of the press|free press in India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jk-govt-stopped-advertisements-newspapers-kashmir-editors-guild-5597901/|title=J&K govt has stopped advertisements in two newspapers, alleges Kashmir Editors Guild|date=2019-02-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/article/news.aspx?story_id=313938|title=Government stops advertisements to GK, KR}}</ref> However the government ads were restored to the Greater Kashmir newspaper later on.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Normalcy in Kashmir? Government ad says it all|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/normalcy-in-kashmir-government-ad-says-it-all/cid/1711019|access-date=2021-08-15|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.greaterkashmir.com}} Online edition of ''Greater Kashmir''

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>Egeymi at 18:12, 7 September 2021