| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rashid Makhdoomi |
| Publisher | Rashid Makhdoomi |
| Editor | Fayaz Kaloo |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Political alignment | Kashmiri nationalism |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Official website | GreaterKashmir.com |
Greater Kashmir is the leading Indian English language newspaper printed daily from Srinagar, the summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. The newspaper started publication in the 1987 as a weekly newspaper. Greater Kashmir was the first English language newspaper from the Kashmir Valley.
Greater kashmir follows an adulterated Kashmiri nationalism and criticizes both the Pakistani and Indian Governments as well as the J&K State Government and pro-Pakistan separatists. It has spoken out against atrocities by Indian security forces and Pakistani militants. The paper went through some very rough moments in the initial stages when it was banned by the authorities as well as by pro-Pakistan militants. The state government stopped issuing advertisements, and political parties used their own means of coercing and gagging it. The paper's staunch advovcation of Kashmiri nationalism obviously does not go down well with many powerful people in both India and Pakistan, and they are afraid because the paper's main readership consists of the urban educated middle-class Kashmiris.
The paper received many threats from ISI-supported militants as well as from the Indian Government but it survived the turbulent period. Greater Kashmir covering socio-religious, political, employment, health, business issues all in one.
The newspaper became a daily in 1993, and since then has emerged as the leading English language newspaper in the Jammu and Kashmir state. This position remains unchallenged till date in the entire J&K state.