According to officials, the NIA teams searched Moulvi Irfan Ahmad Wagay's home in Shopian. He is the mastermind behind the recruiting and radicalisation of the white-collar terror group.
Around 14 AK-47 cartridges, pistol rounds and three grenade safety levers were recovered during the searches at the newspaper’s office. The authorities have registered an FIR under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against Kashmir Times, its promoters and Executive Editor Anuradha Bhasin.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has confirmed it was a suicide bombing carried out using a vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (IED) driven by suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi.
On 13th November, The Wire published an article, "We Are Doomed, What More Can Be Said: Families of Kashmiri Doctors Linked to 'Terror Module' Case" wherein it presented the Red Fort blast terrorists as victims and the State as the antagonist for taking action against them.
During Pakistan’s match against Bangladesh, commentator Sana Mir referred to cricketer Natalia Parvaiz as being from ‘Azad Kashmir', a phrase echoing Pakistani propaganda and triggering outrage.
The movie, set in the 1950s, captures the journey of a Kashmiri Muslim female singer, Zeba Akhtar, in a deeply conservative society, without zooming in on the politics of Kashmir at that time.