'Undeclared emergency': Congress on IT raids in BBC's offices in Delhi, Mumbai
India | February 14, 2023 13:48 ISTAlthough the income tax team maintained that it has come for verification of a few documents, Congress alleged political vendeta.
Although the income tax team maintained that it has come for verification of a few documents, Congress alleged political vendeta.
Income Tax Raid in BBC Office : The Delhi office of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which is in the HT House building on KG Marg was on Tuesday searched by the Income Tax department.
The action by the Income Tax department has come amid huge controversy surrounding a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
UK's National broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) aired a two-part series attacking PM Modi's tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister during the Gujarat riots of 2002. The documentary sparked outrage and was removed from select platforms.
BBC documentary row: The organizations included Indian Diaspora UK (IDUK), Friends of Indian Society International (FISI) UK, Insight UK and Hindu Forum of Britain (HFB) among others.
BBC documentary row: The university administration suspended the students for 14 days citing it as disciplinary action
The British Broadcasting Corporation's documentary, "India: The Modi Question" has raised a storm not just in India but also among the diaspora abroad.
In an article and cover story which will appear in the upcoming issue of the RSS' Panchjanya magazine, it accused the BBC of repeating an attempt to impose lies and propaganda after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The controversy around the banned BBC documentary -- "India: The Modi Question" is snowballing with every passing day. Eventually, the matter turned into BJP supporters vs opponents of the saffron party. Several anti-BJP groups have screened or planned to screen the banned documentary.
BBC documentary: On Tuesday night, pro-Left activists in Jawaharlal Nehru University tried to screen the documentary inside the campus, but the administration disconnected power and internet was snapped. There were reports of stone pelting, and SFI activists blamed ABVP, the RSS students' wing.
A senior official of the Jamia University said that the administration will not allow SFI to screen the BBC documentary and a strict vigil is being kept.
BBC documentary on the Gujarat riots 2002 triggered controversy in India. India called it a 'piece of propaganda. However, Congress criticised the government's alleged move to 'censor' the documentary.
BBC Documentary on PM Modi: Who made the plan to defame PM Modi through documentary? BBC has made a two-part documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For which the controversy is increasing now.
Two Taliban members- Hedayatullah Hedayat, the department for "access to information" of the Taliban (1,87,000 followers) and Abdul Haq Hammad, who is the head of the media watchdog at the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture (1,70,000 followers) purchased the Blue Tick badge for a short span.
The protesters will also hand over a memorandum to the BBC Director-General Tim Davie. They allege that the BBC has an inherent anti-Hindu bias in its coverage which has become worse over the last 18 years.
Earlier today the cricketer turned commentator has expressed his decision to step down as a commentator in the light of the ongoing allegations related to him making racist comments ahead of a Yorkshire game in 2009.
Chess player Koneru Humpy won the BBC India Sportswoman of the Year award for 2020.
India was outraged on Wednesday as a caller on a BBC show abused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his mother.
China has said that it will not allow the broadcast of BBC World News in Chinese mainland after the broadcaster did a slew of falsified reporting on issues including Xinjiang and China's handling of COVID-19, reported ANI quoting Chinese media.
Afzal has earlier worked on the popular American action series "NCIS: Los Angeles" and the fantasy horror series "The Twilight Zone: Season 2", besides the German film "Gift". He has also worked on the Hindi films "Prague" and "Monsoon Shootout", besides the Marathi film "Pune 52".
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