NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A court in India has quashed a criminal case filed against a government school teacher for sharing a video of Urdu poetry on WhatsApp, in a ruling that has reignited debate over free expression, policing of Urdu cultural content, and the growing use of criminal law against online speech. The […]
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives is preparing to introduce legislation to regulate artificial intelligence, as part of a broader push to digitize government systems in a small island nation seeking to modernize its administrative and economic model. The proposed law, confirmed by President Mohamed Muizzu during a recent press briefing, is ...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Kyrgyzstan’s president has signed amendments to the Criminal Code aimed at clarifying the definition of torture and expanding criminal liability, officials said. The legislation, adopted by the Zhogorku Kenesh on Feb. 18, revises Article 137 to define torture as the infliction of physical or mental suffering to ext...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — The Islamabad High Court has ruled that all assets acquired during a marriage constitute matrimonial property and must be distributed equitably between spouses, regardless of whose name appears on ownership documents. In a landmark judgment, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani said courts must not favor a “money earner” o...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives Correctional Service has begun implementing community sentencing as an alternative to prison terms for people convicted of minor offenses, marking a shift toward restorative justice in the island nation’s criminal system. The move seeks to operationalize legal provisions introduced under the country’s 2014 ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — A Bangladeshi court has issued an arrest warrant for British Labour Member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq, a niece of ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a corruption case tied to a residential flat in Dhaka’s upscale Gulshan neighborhood. Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md. Sabbir Faiz issued the warrant We...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egyptian authorities have begun blocking access to online sports betting websites as part of a broader campaign to curb unlicensed gambling and tighten regulation of digital platforms. According to Yogo Net, the move was announced by Ahmed Badawy, head of Parliament’s Communications and Information Technology Committee, w...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Allahabad High Court has ruled that no government permission is required to hold prayer meetings inside private premises, reinforcing constitutional guarantees of religious freedom at a time when minority worship practices face heightened scrutiny in northern India. In an order dated Jan. 27, the court said in...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A special court in India has acquitted three Muslim men arrested under a sweeping anti-terror law in connection with the 2002 Akshardham Temple attack, reviving longstanding concerns over the use of counter-terror legislation against Muslim suspects despite weak or nonexistent evidence. The Special Prevention of Terro...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — Maldives has established a national anti-doping agency, a move seen as a key step toward strengthening integrity, transparency, and international credibility in the country’s sporting system. The Maldives National Anti-Doping Agency was created through a presidential decree issued by Mohamed Muizzu, fulfilling a legal r...
