'This is politics by other means': S Jaishankar responds to BBC documentary row on PM Modi
Feb 22, 2023, at 02:40 am
New Delhi/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Tuesday said the timing of the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots is "not accidental" and called it "politics by another means".
Prominent House of Lords member Rami Ranger calls BBC documentary on PM Modi as 'unfortunate'
Feb 20, 2023, at 03:20 am
New Delhi: Lord Rami Ranger, a prominent member of the House of Lords of the UK Parliament has described the BBC documentary on Indian PM Narendra Modi as “unfortunate, ill-timed and ill-informed”.
BBC documentary on Narendra Modi is a 'propaganda': British MP
Feb 20, 2023, at 03:16 am
New Delhi: A British MP has called the British Broadcasting Corporation or BBC's documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots as "propaganda" and a "disgraceful piece of shoddy journalism".
BBC IT survey: Govt flags several discrepancies, inconsistencies in transfer pricing documentation
Feb 18, 2023, at 03:57 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After a three-day-long survey of the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai, the Income Tax Department has said several irregularities were found with regard to transfer pricing documentation.
Income tax 'survey' at BBC India offices in Delhi, Mumbai ends; statement likely tomorrow
Feb 17, 2023, at 05:04 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The income tax "survey" at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s Delhi and Mumbai offices ended on Thursday night after nearly three days of officials going through digital records, files and scanning laptops.
IT 'survey' of BBC office enters 3rd day, several employees haven't been home since Tuesday
Feb 16, 2023, at 09:25 pm
New Delhi: The IT ‘survey’ of the BBC office in Delhi on Thursday entered the third day and all staff required for the broadcasting services as well as several senior employees have been staying in the office since the operations began, media reports said.
IT 'survey' at BBC India office to continue overnight, phones seized, laptops scanned
Feb 15, 2023, at 03:56 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The search operations led by Income Tax officials in British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s Delhi and Mumbai offices Tuesday will continue overnight, as per reports, even as phones and laptops are getting seized.
'Govt brazenly hounding those who speak truth': Mehbooba Mufti on BBC raids
Feb 15, 2023, at 01:46 am
Srinagar/UNI: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said the government of India is "brazenly hounding" those who "speak the truth".
IT Dept officials conduct surveys at BBC India offices over allegations of tax irregularities
Feb 14, 2023, at 09:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Close on the heels of a ban on a BBC documentary on the role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gujarat riots, the national broadcaster of the UK is in news again in India on Tuesday. The Income Tax officials conducted surveys at the BBC's Delhi and Mumbai offices during the day and confiscated phones and laptops, media reports said.
BBC documentary on PM Modi: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre over ban
Feb 03, 2023, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the central government in response to the petitions which were filed challenging the ban on the controversial BBC documentary, which is based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
Parliament: Opposition to raise Adani, BBC documentary issues in Budget Session beginning today
Jan 31, 2023, at 04:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The opposition parties have demanded discussions on two burning issues- a report which has accused leading industrialist Gautam Adani of "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme" and the ban on BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi- in the winter session of Parliament beginning on Tuesday.
BBC documentary on Modi: Supreme Court hearing on pleas challenging ban next week
Jan 30, 2023, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court will next week hear the pleas challenging the ban on a controversial BBC documentary on India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
'Ban BBC' boards hang on the gate of BBC's office in Delhi
Jan 29, 2023, at 10:36 pm
New Delhi: The workers of the Hindu Sena have put up ‘Ban BBC’ boards on the gate of the news organisation BBC’s office in Delhi amid a row over its documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots, media reports said.
Jan 29, 2023, at 04:15 am
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Saturday questioned why the makers of the documentary on Gujarat riots weren’t making a series on British atrocities, media reports said.
Mumbai: Security beefed up after student outfit in TISS plan to screen BBC documentary on PM Modi
Jan 29, 2023, at 02:12 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Security outside Mumbai’s Tata Institute of Fundamental Sciences (TISS) was tightened ahead of the screening of a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the student members of the Progressive Students’ Forum (PSF), media reports said.
Amid row, Kerala Congress screens controversial BBC documentary on PM Modi in Thiruvananthapuram
Jan 27, 2023, at 02:47 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: The Congress unit in Kerala Thursday screened the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Thiruvananthapuram evading the Centre's nationwide ban claiming it to be false and motivated "propaganda".
AK Antony's son Anil Antony quits Congress after rift with party over BBC documentary on Modi
Jan 25, 2023, at 04:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Defence Minister AK Antony's son Anil Antony on Wednesday quit the Congress a day after criticising BBC's controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
Controversial BBC documentary on PM Modi screened in Kerala
Jan 25, 2023, at 05:56 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS/UNI: The controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "India: The Modi Question" was screened under police protection at several places in Kerala on Tuesday.
Stones thrown at JNU students watching BBC documentary on PM Modi inside campus
Jan 25, 2023, at 05:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Even as Jawaharlal Nehru University Tuesday snapped electricity and internet to stop students' plan to screen a banned BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, some watching them on laptops were hurled with stones this evening, media reports said.
Controversial BBC documentary on PM Modi screened at Hyderabad University
Jan 24, 2023, at 06:27 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: The controversial documentary by BBC on Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday screened by a group of students at the Hyderabad University, media reports said.
'Cancel it': JNU tells students planning to screen BBC documentary on PM Modi
Jan 24, 2023, at 05:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Monday asked a group of students to cancel the screening of the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Govt blocks Twitter, YouTube links sharing BBC documentary critical of PM Modi
Jan 22, 2023, at 03:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has blocked Twitter and YouTube links sharing a BBC Documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day after External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the two-part docu-series was a 'propaganda piece designed to push a particular discredited narrative'.