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Local Newspapers Fail to Hit Stands in Banned “Zannat” for 3rd day

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[Srinagar,J&K]Local Newspapers fail to hit stands in Disturbed Kashmir for 3rd day
Local newspapers in curfew-bound Kashmir failed to hit the stands today for the third consecutive day after the government’s alleged “clampdown” on the media in the aftermath of widespread protests in the Valley.
No local daily English+Urdu+Kashmiri was available as the newspaper owners decided not to publish them after the “clampdown” by the government on Friday night.
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday allegedly closed down the offices of at least two printing presses after seizing plates of newspaper and printed copies in Rangreth Industrial Estate in the outskirts of the city
Local news agencies have stopped their news bulletins
Following the police action, a meeting of Kashmir-based newspaper editors, printers and publishers, was held on Saturday at Press Colony in which the issue was discussed.
The journalists also held a protest against the alleged “clampdown” and termed it as an “attack on the freedom of press”.
A statement of the newspaper editors, printers and publishers of Kashmir issued here said they strongly “condemned” the alleged government action.

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