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{{short description|English language daily newspaper from Kashmir, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Kashmir Times
| logo = KashmirTimesLogo.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| image = KashmirTimesCover.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| caption =
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| owners = Kashmir Times
| founder = Ved Bhasin
| publisher = Kashmir Times
| editor =
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| associate_editor =
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| news_editor =
| campus_editor =
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| founded = 1954 (as weekly)<br/>1964 (converted to daily)
| political_position = National Conference
| language = English
| ceased_publication =
| relaunched =
| headquarters = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|J&K]], India
| sister_newspapers = Dainik Kashmir Times (Hindi edition) <br> Jammu Prabhat (Dogri daily)
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| website = {{URL|http://www.kashmirtimes.com/}}
| circulation = 2,000,000
}}
'''''Kashmir Times''''' is an Indian [[English language|English-language]] daily [[newspaper]] published from the Indian [[union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="Kashmir Times ePaper info">{{cite web|title=Kashmir Times ePaper info|url=http://www.epapercatalog.com/epaper/kashmir-times-epaper.php|accessdate=8 November 2012|archive-date=15 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215114319/http://www.epapercatalog.com/epaper/kashmir-times-epaper.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was first published in 1954 as a weekly. In 1964 it was converted as a daily. This newspaper is the oldest and largest circulated newspaper of Jammu and Kashmir and it has a total subscription of two million it is worldwide also known as "Key to Kashmir affairs.<ref name="About Kashmir Times">{{cite web|title=About Kashmir Times|url=http://www.kashmirtimes.com/aboutus.aspx|publisher=Kashmir Times|accessdate=8 November 2012|archive-date=8 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108114150/http://www.kashmirtimes.com/aboutus.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its founding editor, Ved Bhasin, reportedly upheld a belief in "secularism, justice and democracy" that made it popular in [[Kashmir division]] depite originating form [[Jammu division|Jammu]].<ref name="Scroll">{{cite web|first1=Scroll|last1=Staff|access-date=2025-11-22|title=Kashmir Times: A Jammu newspaper that stood up for the Valley|url=https://scroll.in/article/1088717/kashmir-times-a-jammu-newspaper-that-stood-up-for-the-valley|date=22 November 2025|website=Scroll.in}}</ref>

On 19 Oct 2020, the Srinagar Office of ''Kashmir Times'' was sealed by the Indian Government without any explanation.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/20/vendetta-kashmir-newspapers-office-sealed-by-india-officials ‘Vendetta’: Kashmir newspaper’s office sealed by India officials], Al Jazeera, 20 October 2020.</ref> After the 2021-2022 print edition, the publication moved entirely online.<ref name="Scroll"/>

In November 2025, the [[State Investigation Agency]] of the Jammu & Kashmir Police raided the office of the Kashmir Times in Jammu for allegedly promoting anti-national activities. According to sources in the police, Ak-47 cartridges, pistol rounds and three grenade levers were recovered during the searches.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kashmir Times Office Raided In Jammu, AK-47 Cartridges Found: Police |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kashmir-times-office-raided-in-jammu-ak-47-cartridges-pistol-rounds-found-police-anuradha-bhasin-9669292 |work=NDTV |date=20 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.kashmirtimes.com/}}
* [http://epaper.kashmirtimes.com/ ''Kashmir Times'' E-paper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418175229/http://epaper.kashmirtimes.com/ |date=18 April 2023 }}
* [http://www.newsepapers.com/indian/kashmir-times/ About ''Kashmir Times'']{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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[[Category:1950s establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]
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SharronKifer8 at 12:20, 10 January 2026