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...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Plans to clear hundreds of acres of protected forest to build a new paramilitary base on the outskirts of Srinagar have triggered alarm in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, where scientists and residents warn the move could destroy one of the region’s last remaining green belts. According to petitions before Ind...
BANGKOK, Thailand (MNTV) — Hundreds of human-rights defenders from across the world have rallied behind jailed Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez, calling his imprisonment under India’s anti-terror law an assault on the right to document state abuses. The expression of solidarity came during the opening session of the 16th International Civil So...
Safeer Raza KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — Cities and towns across Pakistan’s province, Sindh, marked Kashmir Black Day on Monday with rallies, seminars, and public events in schools, colleges, and government offices to denounce India’s control of Jammu and Kashmir and express solidarity with the Kashmiri people’s demand for self-determination. Ar...
BENGALURU, India (MNTV) — Police in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru have registered a criminal case against a college student after a video showed him wearing a T-shirt depicting the map and flag of “Azad Kashmir,” a term used in Pakistan for the portion of Kashmir it administers. Authorities said the student, identified as […]...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV)— The regional wing of India’s Congress Party in Indian-administered Kashmir has announced a protest campaign demanding the restoration of statehood, five years after the region was stripped of autonomy and placed under direct rule from New Delhi. Tariq Hameed Karra, the Congress chief for Indian-administered Kashmir, s...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A group of retired senior officials and civil society members have written an open letter to the Chief Justice of India, B.R. Gavai, raising urgent concerns over the continued denial of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir — six years after the region’s constitutional autonomy was dismantled by the Narendra Modi-led [&hell...
Hindu nationalist Modi government includes Muslim faces in global delegations while denying them power and representation at home NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The Indian government recently unveiled seven all-party delegations tasked with lobbying foreign nations to “expose Pakistan-sponsored terrorism.” These delegations include 10 Muslim repres...
