SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — A Kashmiri shawl seller was allegedly harassed and threatened with eviction in northern India’s Himachal Pradesh after he refused to chant a nationalist slogan, an incident that has renewed concerns over the safety of migrant traders from Jammu and Kashmir working outside the region. According to accounts shared by t...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Police in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir have seized the mobile phone of a senior journalist without presenting a warrant or case details, in an incident that has renewed concerns over press freedom and the safety of reporters working in the region. Jehangir Ali, a journalist affiliated with an independent new...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — A court in Indian-administered Kashmir has upheld the preventive detention of a young man accused of posting political opinions on Facebook, in a ruling that rights advocates say reflects the shrinking space for peaceful expression in a region under heavy militarized governance. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court dismi...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Kashmiri Muslim walnut trader was brutally assaulted in the northern Indian state of Punjab, in an incident that has intensified concerns over the rising vulnerability and targeted attacks faced by Muslims across India. The victim, Mohammad Yaseen, a resident of Kulgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, was beaten by s...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Authorities in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir have imposed a two-month ban on virtual private networks (VPNs), expanding what rights advocates describe as one of the world’s harshest regimes of digital censorship and surveillance. The order directs internet provid...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Police in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir conducted large-scale raids on mosques, madrasas and religious education centers across Srinagar on Thursday, deepening fears of an expanding campaign of surveillance and intimidation against Muslim institutions in the region. Officials say the operations were launched ...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Dozens of international human-rights organizations have issued a joint call for the “immediate and unconditional” release of Khurram Parvez, one of Kashmir’s most prominent rights defenders, as he completes four years of incarceration under India’s sweeping counter-terrorism law. Parvez, the Coordinator of the Jammu ...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — The raid on the Kashmir Times newsroom by the State Investigation Agency has triggered strong criticism from journalists, activists and global press-freedom advocates, who say the action underscores a tightening clampdown on independent media in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Officials have filed a case again...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir are preparing to host a three-day artisan festival in Srinagar this week, bringing together dozens of craft masters to highlight the region’s centuries-old artistic traditions at a time when local livelihoods remain vulnerable to political and economic disruptions. The event, billed a...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — A man in southern Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir is in critical condition after setting himself on fire, an act his family says was driven by panic and desperation after police detained his son and brother during an expanding crackdown linked to the Delhi Red Fort blast investigation. Hospital officials identi...
