Kashmir Times, one of the oldest English dailies of Jammu and Kashmir, was on Thursday raided by the State Investigation Agency (SIA) over alleged anti-national activities.

During the raid that lasted for around 11 hours, the SIA sleuths seized numerous documents, hard drives, DVDs, and other storage devices.

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According to reports, an FIR has also been filed against Kashmir Times and its editor Anuradha Bhasin for allegedly threatening the integrity of the country and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Reacting sharply to the SIA raid, Kashmir Times editors Anuradha Bhasin and Prabodh Jamwal said that the accusations and the coordinated crackdown were another attempt to silence them.

“The reported raids on our office in Jammu, the baseless accusations of activities

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