Upset at the Kashmir coverage in international media, the government has reportedly contacted organisations like Al Jazeera and BBC to provide the raw footage of the protest at Soura. According to a report in the Economic Times the government has accused the news organisations of “fabricating” news of the protests.

Now with the government itself admitting that such a protest did take place - though it disputes the scale - it remains to be seen what will happen to this exercise and whether the channels would be willing to share their raw footage.

What is clear, however, is that the government wants to control the flow of information on what is happening in the Valley, especially when it comes to the international community. The official Twitter handle of the Indian mission at the United Nations in Geneva, tweeted a list of handles that should be followed for “authentic information from Kashmir”.