Meghna Bali

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South Asia Bureau Chief and Correspondent at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

South Asia Bureau Chief and Correspondent, @abcnews. Indian Australian. [email protected]

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Articles

Travel influencer or spy? India arrests YouTuber over 'suspicious' trips to Pakistan

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali |Bhat Burhan

A popular Indian travel vlogger has been arrested on suspicion of passing information to an operative of Pakistan's spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Jyoti Malhotra, a 33-year-old travel influencer from the northern Indian state of Haryana, allegedly travelled to Pakistan multiple times, most recently in March 2025. Police claim she was in contact with a Pakistan High Commission official who was expelled from India earlier this month.
India Pakistan conflict grows - ABC listen

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali

Observers are worried India and Pakistan may soon be engaged in an all out war after India launched missile strikes on several locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. It says the attacks were targeting militants linked to last month's massacre of tourists in Kashmir. Samantha Donovan: Observers are worried India and Pakistan may soon be engaged in all-out war after India launched missile strikes on several locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.
The scale of India's response to the Kashmir attack caught many by surprise as global leaders call for calm

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali

Of all the flashpoints around the world, the Himalayan region of Kashmir is one that can often make world leaders very nervous. Over the past six decades, tensions between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have simmered and then cooled. But right now, they're at a roiling boil. Overnight, India launched a series of precision strikes on what it claims was "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.
India launches missile strike on Pakistan

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali

India has launched a missile strike on Pakistan in response to a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir. The Indian army has posted on social media 'Justice is Served' and 'Victory to India' after last month's attack in Kashmir killed 26 people. Pakistan's military's describing today's strike as 'heinous' and is threatening it won't go unpunished.
Tensions rise between India and Pakistan

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali

Tensions between India and Pakistan are rising following a deadly militant attack in Kashmir. There've been skirmishes along the Line of Control, diplomatic ties are fraying, and hundreds of citizens have been ordered to return to their home countries.
As India-Pakistan tensions rise, this boy has been separated from his mum

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali |Bhat Burhan

The distance between India and Pakistan is just a few steps at the Attari-Wagah border crossing. But for families like Sana's, it now feels like a world apart. Emotions ran high this week as a deadline passed for Pakistani citizens on short-term visas to leave India. It followed a deadly militant attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, that the Indian government has linked to Pakistan, an accusation Islamabad strongly denies.
Indian liquor ban fuels blackmarket grog

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali

The Indian state Bihar has a huge problem with illegal alcohol. Drinking has been banned in the state for nearly a decade but rather than stamp it out, it's simply fuelled a thriving black-market. The policy's facing fresh scrutiny now, with a wave of fatal toxic liquor deaths.
The deadly price of the world's biggest prohibition experiment

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali |Ellie Grounds

In the Indian state of Bihar, a black market for booze runs rampant, making millions — and killing people in the process. Deep inside the Rajauli forest in India, the air is thick with the sweet and sour punch of yeast. About a dozen policemen march in single file through the tangled undergrowth, dry leaves crunching under their boots in the blazing sun. Suddenly, two massive drums loom into view, 1,000 litres each, bubbling with an illicit brew.
The deadly price of the world's biggest prohibition experiment

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Meghna Bali

NowCNN — The year is 1947 and the world is continuing its long crawl out of the shadows of war. You’re excited. You’ve been in Australia for decades, made a small fortune and finally have some time to visit your relatives back in England. Australia’s national airline, Qantas, has just launched its first …
Indian migrants take risky path in hope of life in US but not all make it

Feb 25, 2025 | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali |Bhat Burhan

It only took Harjit Singh a few moments to realise his American dream had been shattered. After three months of navigating cartel-controlled highways, dense jungles, and treacherous mountain trails, he finally reached the US-Mexico border in late January. But instead of stepping into a new life, the 22-year-old was detained and deported to India. His journey has ended where it began, but he is now also tens of thousands of dollars in debt.