'We support importance of free press...': US reacts on India's move to ban BBC documentary critical of PM Modi
2 years, 1 month ago

'We support importance of free press...': US reacts on India's move to ban BBC documentary critical of PM Modi

India TV News  

BBC documentary row: Amid the ongoing row over the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the United States stated that it is essential to emphasise the significance of democratic concepts like freedom of expression and make it a point around the world as well as in India. It also termed India's decision to ban the BBC documentary as a "matter of press freedom." Addressing the regular press briefing on Wednesday, January 25, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price underscored that Washington supports free press around the world and it's high time to highlight democratic principles like freedom of expression. US calls on to highlight the importance of democratic principles "We support the importance of a free press around the world.

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Fact Check: No, PM Modi has not announced lockdown after HMPV cases in India, 2020 video goes viral
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Fact Check: No, PM Modi has not announced lockdown after HMPV cases in India, 2020 video goes viral

India TV News  

India TV Fact Check: A video clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going viral on social media with claims that he has announced a lockdown after HMPV cases were reported in India. A Facebook user named Kushwaha King shared a post on January 8 featuring a video clip of PM Modi, claiming that he announced a 21-day lockdown due …

Advisory against BBC documentary screening stifles dissent: JNUSU
3 months ago

Advisory against BBC documentary screening stifles dissent: JNUSU

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union, on Wednesday, condemned the university administration’s repeated attempts to curtail democratic spaces on campus by issuing an advisory against the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the All India Students’ Federation, a left-wing student organisation. JNUSU President Dhananjay stated, “This advisory is a blatant attack on the …

US Denies BJP’s ‘Deep State’ Accusation Of Creating Narratives To Destabilise India, Calls It ‘Disappointing’
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

US Denies BJP’s ‘Deep State’ Accusation Of Creating Narratives To Destabilise India, Calls It ‘Disappointing’

ABP News  

The United States on Saturday dismissed allegations by the Bharatiya Janata Party suggesting that organisations funded by the US State Department and elements of the American deep state were involved in destabilising India through targeted attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and business tycoon Gautam Adani. According to news agency PTI, a spokesperson from the US embassy in India described …

The Atlantic publishes hit job against PM Modi: Here’s how the propaganda piece cherry-picks facts to attack the Indian leader
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Atlantic publishes hit job against PM Modi: Here’s how the propaganda piece cherry-picks facts to attack the Indian leader

Op India  

“For India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, strength is everything.” A hit job on Indian PM Modi was published by American magazine The Atlantic on the 29th of November. The hit job titled “How a Strongman Made Himself Look Weak” claims that PM Modi responds to criticism within India by ‘co-opting’ the media and ‘repressing’ the religious minorities. Daniel Block, who …

SC Issues Notice to Centre to Produce Original Records on 2002 Gujarat Riots
5 months ago

SC Issues Notice to Centre to Produce Original Records on 2002 Gujarat Riots

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to produce the original records relating to its decision to block a 2023 BBC documentary series on the 2002 Gujarat riots within three weeks. The petition challenges the government's decision to ban the documentary, claiming that it is an infringement on freedom of speech and expression.

I was doing my job as a journalist in India. Modi's government didn’t like it
9 months, 1 week ago

I was doing my job as a journalist in India. Modi's government didn’t like it

ABC  

It was supposed to be an innocuous catch-up with representatives from Narendra Modi's party, the BJP, to touch base about the ABC's coverage plans for the Indian election. French journalist Vanessa Dougnac — believed to be India's longest-serving foreign correspondent — had to leave this year because her permanent residency was revoked Al Jazeera said its correspondent was not given …

India slams US report on ‘rights issue’ in Manipur, BBC raids: ‘Deeply biased, reflects very poor understanding’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

India slams US report on ‘rights issue’ in Manipur, BBC raids: ‘Deeply biased, reflects very poor understanding’

Live Mint  

India has slammed a report by the US State Department citing alleged incidents of human rights violations, including in Manipur, as "deeply biased," adding “it reflects a poor understanding of India." External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at his weekly media briefing that the report was deeply biased, adding "We attach no value to it and urge you to …

Hinduphobia in Western media: As India goes to poll to elect a new government, global news organisations turn to anti-Hindu prejudice
11 months ago

Hinduphobia in Western media: As India goes to poll to elect a new government, global news organisations turn to anti-Hindu prejudice

Op India  

As the grand festival of democracy, the general election commences in India on the 19th of April 2024, the Western media is covering India’s election news with the display of its usual Hinduphobic and anti-Modi rants. The foreign media reports played on the palpable insinuation that somehow Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi’s victory is inevitable and the democracy and the minorities, …

How dubious YouTube ‘news’ channels are boosting Modi in India’s election
11 months, 2 weeks ago

How dubious YouTube ‘news’ channels are boosting Modi in India’s election

Al Jazeera  

Mumbai, India – On one channel, a male journalist chastises an Indian Muslim man sympathetic with Palestinians, asking him: “Did you stand with Hindus when they suffered atrocities in Pakistan and Afghanistan?” On another channel, a journalist gleefully asks a Muslim resident of the city of Ayodhya whether Muslims were happy that a Ram temple had come up on the …

'Modi Govt Most Vilified': Top Minister On 'Freedom To Abuse' | Hardeep Puri Interview
1 year, 3 months ago

'Modi Govt Most Vilified': Top Minister On 'Freedom To Abuse' | Hardeep Puri Interview

Hindustan Times  

'Modi Govt Most Vilified': Top Minister On 'Freedom To Abuse' | Hardeep Puri Interview Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has trashed the charge that Narendra Modi's Government at centre is intolerant towards criticism and dissent and that it is cracking down on opposition, journalists and activists for taking on the government. He spoke to Hindustan Times' Kumkum Chadha and said …

Delhi HC issues fresh notice to BBC over its Gujarat riots documentary
1 year, 5 months ago

Delhi HC issues fresh notice to BBC over its Gujarat riots documentary

Live Mint  

A fresh notice was issued by the Delhi high court on Monday to the British Broadcasting Corporation on a plea seeking damages, claiming BBC’s documentary “India: The Modi Question” casts a slur on the country's reputation. On May 22, the Delhi high court had issued notices to the defendants on the plea which has said BBC is the national broadcaster …

Modi came to speak to media after his G20 summit. It was only a victory lap
1 year, 6 months ago

Modi came to speak to media after his G20 summit. It was only a victory lap

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Journalists shouted questions as simple as “Was the G20 …

Press freedom concerns as India editors’ body charged over Manipur report
1 year, 6 months ago

Press freedom concerns as India editors’ body charged over Manipur report

Al Jazeera  

Manipur police file cases against members of the Editors Guild of India, accusing them of promoting enmity between different groups. The cases, also known as first information reports, filed in two separate police stations on Sunday came a day after the country’s top editors body issued a report condemning the local media’s “one-sided” reporting of the months-long violence in the …

Indian police condemn BBC for article on press freedom in Kashmir
1 year, 6 months ago

Indian police condemn BBC for article on press freedom in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir threaten to initiate legal action against the British broadcaster for reporting on media crackdown in disputed region. Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have “strongly objected” to an article published by the BBC on press freedom in the Muslim-majority region and threatened to take legal action for “unfairly castigating” its work. “The article unfairly castigates efforts of J&K …

BBC, 2 others issued fresh summons over banned PM Modi documentary
1 year, 8 months ago

BBC, 2 others issued fresh summons over banned PM Modi documentary

Op India  

Delhi’s Rohini Court on Friday, 7 July issued fresh summons to the British Broadcasting Corporation, Wikimedia Foundation and U.S.-based digital library Internet Archive over the two-part documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The judge ruled, “It is clear that as per the rules formulated under the Hague Convention and by the Government of India, the summons/notices in foreign countries can …

'Unacceptable': White House condemns 'harassment' of reporter who questioned PM Modi on minority rights
1 year, 8 months ago

'Unacceptable': White House condemns 'harassment' of reporter who questioned PM Modi on minority rights

Firstpost  

The White House has condemned as “totally unacceptable” what the Wall Street Journal has called the “intense online harassment” of its reporter Sabrina Siddiqui, who had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi a question on minority rights in India during his joint press conference with President Joe Biden in the US last week. And it’s antithetical to the very principles of …

News Analysis: The inconvenient truth that haunted Indian Prime Minister Modi’s White House visit
1 year, 8 months ago

News Analysis: The inconvenient truth that haunted Indian Prime Minister Modi’s White House visit

LA Times  

President Biden welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House on Thursday despite the Hindu nationalist’s troubling record on religious and free speech rights. Last year, 10 human rights and democracy organizations called out Modi’s government for targeting journalists, saying it had “emboldened Hindu nationalists to threaten, harass, and abuse journalists critical of the Indian government, both online …

Modi meets the press at the White House — and takes rare questions
1 year, 9 months ago

Modi meets the press at the White House — and takes rare questions

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Administration officials told Modi's advisers that taking questions from the media was a standard …

India’s Modi meets the press at the White House — and takes rare questions
1 year, 9 months ago

India’s Modi meets the press at the White House — and takes rare questions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Narendra Modi did something very unusual on Thursday at the White House — he took questions from journalists. Administration officials told Modi’s advisers that taking questions from the media was a standard part of how White House state visits are conducted, the person said. Modi defended India by saying “democracy runs in our veins” and insisting that there …

Historic moment for India-US relations: It’s time Western media stopped behaving like Chinese Trojan horses
1 year, 9 months ago

Historic moment for India-US relations: It’s time Western media stopped behaving like Chinese Trojan horses

Firstpost  

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a state visit to the United States, the Western media seems to be on an anti-India overdrive. The article, titled ‘India’s Worsening Democracy Makes It an Unreliable Ally’, treads the similar anti-India path as it writes, quite predictably: “The treatment of Muslims, who form 14 per cent of India’s population, has worsened. Female …

PM Modi’s U.S. visit Day 3 updates | Biden, Modi address guests, raise ‘no alcohol’ toast at White House state dinner
1 year, 9 months ago

PM Modi’s U.S. visit Day 3 updates | Biden, Modi address guests, raise ‘no alcohol’ toast at White House state dinner

The Hindu  

In his address to the Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress, Prime Minister on Thursday sought action against state sponsors of terrorism, in a veiled attack on Pakistan. We must overcome all such forces sponsoring and exporting terror,” PM Modi said in his 60-minute address in English. Earlier on Thursday, India and the U.S. announced a number of agreements on …

PM Modi’s U.S. visit | Activists ask Biden to publicly rebuke Modi over human rights
1 year, 9 months ago

PM Modi’s U.S. visit | Activists ask Biden to publicly rebuke Modi over human rights

The Hindu  

Rights advocates in Washington demanded that President Joe Biden publicly call out what they described as India's deteriorating human rights record, saying the U.S. approach of raising the issue in private with Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a failure. Critics of the Modi government's human rights record have cited less press freedom, restrictions on minority religious rights and other …

India and U.S. share democratic values on democracy, diversity: PM Modi ahead of state visit
1 year, 9 months ago

India and U.S. share democratic values on democracy, diversity: PM Modi ahead of state visit

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington this week will reinforce shared democratic “values” between India and the United States, he said as he left for New York and Washington, and said that the “there is an unprecedented trust” between the two countries today. Officials said discussions were on about the site of an upcoming Memorial wall for fallen United …

Anti-India Islamist and leftist groups plan protests during PM Modi’s US visit
1 year, 9 months ago

Anti-India Islamist and leftist groups plan protests during PM Modi’s US visit

Op India  

Several Islamist and anti-India groups have planned protests during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming USA visit. According to reports, Indian American Muslim Council and other anti-India organisations have planned to protest and wave banners stating “Save India from Hindu Supremacy” and “Modi Not Welcome” during the action-packed state visit of PM Modi from June 20 to 23. To garner eyeballs, …

‘Bizarre’: TMC's Saket Gokhale after receiving RTI reply over ban on BBC documentary on PM Modi
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Bizarre’: TMC's Saket Gokhale after receiving RTI reply over ban on BBC documentary on PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress national spokesperson Saket Gokhale, who had filed a Right to Information application with the information and broadcast ministry seeking the “reason” behind the ban on BBC's controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi - 'India: The Modi Question', has claimed to have received the response. Trinamool Congress national spokesperson Saket Gokhale “In response, Ministry of I&B tells me …

CPJ urges US to press India’s Modi on media freedom during visit
1 year, 9 months ago

CPJ urges US to press India’s Modi on media freedom during visit

Al Jazeera  

The Committee to Protect Journalists says it expects the US to make India’s media crackdown ‘a core element of discussions’. A prominent press watchdog says the United States government should urge Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to end what it called a crackdown on media as it demanded the release of six journalists “arbitrarily detained in retaliation for their work”. …

Rights groups to screen BBC film on Modi before White House visit
1 year, 9 months ago

Rights groups to screen BBC film on Modi before White House visit

Al Jazeera  

Two human rights groups have invited policymakers, journalists and analysts to a screening in Washington of a BBC documentary on Narendra Modi that questions the Indian prime minister’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, ahead of his state visit to the White House. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have scheduled the private screening for June 20, two days ahead …

Australian MPs to mark Modi visit by screening critical BBC documentary in Parliament House
1 year, 10 months ago

Australian MPs to mark Modi visit by screening critical BBC documentary in Parliament House

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Australia’s parliament will hold a …

'Why you banned BBC documentary': TMC leader's RTI amid The Kerala Story row
1 year, 10 months ago

'Why you banned BBC documentary': TMC leader's RTI amid The Kerala Story row

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress national spokesperson Saket Gokhale filed a Right to Information application on Tuesday with the Information and Broadcast Ministry seeking the copies of files that are related to the ban on BBC's documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trinamool Congress national spokesperson Saket Gokhale Announcing his decision to file an RTI, Gokhale said that while the Modi government was …

HC summons BBC on NGO’s defamation plea over documentary
1 year, 10 months ago

HC summons BBC on NGO’s defamation plea over documentary

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the British Broadcasting Corporation over its documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’, after an NGO’s plea claimed that it damages the nation’s reputation as well as defames Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the judiciary. The petition by Justice on Trial, represented by advocate Harish Salve, submitted that the content of the …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To BBC On Defamation Plea Over Modi Documentary
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To BBC On Defamation Plea Over Modi Documentary

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the British Broadcasting Corporation on a plea by an NGO claiming its documentary "India: The Modi Question" casts a slur on the reputation of India and makes false and defamatory imputations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian judiciary. The plea said BBC is the national broadcaster of …

Delhi HC summons BBC over defamation suit stating its banned documentary cast slur on India’s reputation
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi HC summons BBC over defamation suit stating its banned documentary cast slur on India’s reputation

Op India  

On Monday, the Delhi High Court summoned the British Broadcasting Corporation in response to a defamation lawsuit lodged by an NGO that claimed that the BBC’s documentary, ‘India: The Modi Question’ defamed India, its judiciary, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to the complaint, BBC is the local operating office, and BBC has published the two-part documentary “India: The Modi …

BBC receives summons from Indian court over Modi defamation case
1 year, 10 months ago

BBC receives summons from Indian court over Modi defamation case

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The BBC has been issued …

Defamation suit over Modi documentary: Delhi High Court issues notice to BBC
1 year, 10 months ago

Defamation suit over Modi documentary: Delhi High Court issues notice to BBC

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to British Broadcasting Corporation in connection with a defamation suit a Gujarat-based non-governmental organisation has filed against the United Kingdom ’s national broadcaster over its documentary “India: The Modi Question”. The government has dismissed the documentary based on the 2002 Gujarat riots when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the state’s chief …

BBC gets India court summons in defamation case over Modi film
1 year, 10 months ago

BBC gets India court summons in defamation case over Modi film

Al Jazeera  

Summons come months after tax officials inspected BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai that followed the ban on the documentary. An Indian court has issued a summons to the BBC in a defamation case over its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to reports in the Indian media. The Delhi High Court on Monday issued the summons to …

Indian court summons BBC and Wikipedia over Modi documentary
1 year, 10 months ago

Indian court summons BBC and Wikipedia over Modi documentary

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A court in India’s capital …

India slips another 11 places down below Afghanistan to 161st on Press Freedom Index
1 year, 10 months ago

India slips another 11 places down below Afghanistan to 161st on Press Freedom Index

The Independent  

India has slipped 11 places on the annual World Press Freedom Index published by global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, which said the last 12 months had seen the “end of pluralism” in the country. “In India, media takeovers by oligarchs close to Prime Minister Modi have jeopardised pluralism.” The RSF said in its section on India that the world’s …

Delhi court issues summons to BBC, Wikipedia, Internet Archive in a suit over availability of BBC documentary on PM Modi
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi court issues summons to BBC, Wikipedia, Internet Archive in a suit over availability of BBC documentary on PM Modi

Op India  

A Delhi court on Wednesday issued summons to BBC, Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Archive after a defamation suit was filed by Jharkhand BJP leader Binay Kumar Singh over the BBC’s controversial documentary on PM Modi. Binay Kumar Singh, who is also an author, researcher and TV panellist, said in the suit that he had to suffer defamation due to the …

BBC docu on PM Modi: Delhi court summons UK broadcaster, Wikipedia
1 year, 10 months ago

BBC docu on PM Modi: Delhi court summons UK broadcaster, Wikipedia

Live Mint  

Delhi's Rohini court on Wednesday issued summons to British Broadcasting Corporation, Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Archive on a plea seeking a direction restraining the defendants from publishing the BBC documentary based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The petitioner Binay Kumar Singh has prayed to the court to pass an order restraining the defendants including their agents, etc from publishing the …

Documentary on Modi: Delhi court issues summons to BBC, Wikimedia, Internet Archive over controversial series
1 year, 10 months ago

Documentary on Modi: Delhi court issues summons to BBC, Wikimedia, Internet Archive over controversial series

India TV News  

BBC documentary row: In a latest update to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi documentary row over the Gujarat riots, a Delhi court on Wednesday issued summons to the British Broadcasting Corporation, Wikimedia Foundation, and the US-based digital library Internet Archive on a defamation suit filed by BJP leader Binay Kumar Singh. According to the information, the suit was filed by …

Modi Government’s Muzzling of Media Evokes Little Response Abroad
1 year, 11 months ago

Modi Government’s Muzzling of Media Evokes Little Response Abroad

The Diplomat  

On February 14, officials of India’s Income Tax Department carried out a “survey action” on the offices of the British Broadcasting Corporation in New Delhi and Mumbai. After three days of “surveying” the BBC offices – this was essentially a tax raid – the income tax department issued a press statement alleging that the BBC had evaded taxes on remittances …

India expands investigation into BBC as more charges brought and workers questioned
1 year, 11 months ago

India expands investigation into BBC as more charges brought and workers questioned

The Independent  

Authorities in India have brought a new case against the BBC for alleged violations of foreign exchange rules, months after multiple tac raids on the broadcaster’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai. The actions come after the BBC aired a documentary about the 2002 Gujarat religious riots, with new evidence suggesting Narendra Modi was “directly responsible” for the circumstances leading …

‘Unaware why Twitter India pulled posts on BBC docu…’, Elon Musk
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Unaware why Twitter India pulled posts on BBC docu…’, Elon Musk

Live Mint  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said that he was not aware of what exactly happened when the microblogging site took down content related to a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year. India ordered the blocking of a BBC documentary in January that questioned Modi's leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even sharing of …

Elon Musk Says He Was Unaware Of Twitter Removing Posts On BBC Prime Minister Narendra Modi Documentary Remove Tweet
1 year, 11 months ago

Elon Musk Says He Was Unaware Of Twitter Removing Posts On BBC Prime Minister Narendra Modi Documentary Remove Tweet

ABP News  

On Wednesday morning, Elon Musk participated in a Twitter Spaces conversation with BBC journalist James Clayton. During the conversation, Clayton asked the Twitter CEO about the microblogging platform's removal of posts related to a BBC documentary on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was later banned in India. Musk clarified that he was not aware of this particular case, but …

Twitter Blocked a Country
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter Blocked a Country

Slate  

On Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a virtual address at the second-ever Summit for Democracy, hailing his country as the “best example of democracy in the world.” As Modi’s words were beamed out to dozens of other nations, the Indian government was cracking down on its citizens’ digital rights—again. Indian authorities, who have still not caught Singh, have …

Anurag Thakur questions BBC\'s journalistic independence
2 years ago

Anurag Thakur questions BBC\'s journalistic independence

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday questioned the journalistic independence of the BBC after the media house suspended a former footballer and star anchor for his remarks on social media and reportedly took a documentary off air. Thakur took a swipe at the UK-based public broadcaster while sharing two news reports on the BBC suspending former …

Gujarat Assembly passes resolution against BBC documentary
2 years ago

Gujarat Assembly passes resolution against BBC documentary

Deccan Chronicle  

Gandhinagar : Gujarat Assembly on Friday passed a resolution requesting the Centre to take strict action against the BBC for tarnishing the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with its documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots. During a visit to India, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said that the issue of searches on BBC offices in India was raised with …

‘We have no agenda...publicly funded in UK’: BBC on PM Modi’s documentary
2 years ago

‘We have no agenda...publicly funded in UK’: BBC on PM Modi’s documentary

Live Mint  

The British Broadcasting Corporation 's deputy CEO has clarified why the media organisation decided to do a documentary on the Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In an interview with The Indian Express, BBC’s Deputy CEO and Director of News Jonathan Munro said, "If someone is in power for a lengthy period of time, by definition, they’re important global …

'Suppression of voice': Rahul Gandhi on BBC raids in India during London event
2 years ago

'Suppression of voice': Rahul Gandhi on BBC raids in India during London event

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called the recent raids conducted at BBC offices in India a 'suppression of voice' and slammed the Modi government saying that the BJP under its 'new idea of India' wants the country to be 'silent'. Speaking on the Centre's allegations of a 'colonial hangover', Rahul Gandhi said, "it's sort of similar to Mr Adani, it's …

UK foreign minister raises BBC India tax raids at G20 meeting
2 years ago

UK foreign minister raises BBC India tax raids at G20 meeting

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British foreign minister James Cleverly …

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