Tag: BBC documentary

Gujarat Assembly passes resolution against BBC documentary

The BBC had in January this year released the documentary film titled 'India: The Modi Question," which features the Gujarat riots of 2002.

March 11, 2023

Dhankar slams BBC documentary on Modi

The vice-president wondered if, in the name of expression, one could run down the Supreme Court and two decades of thorough investigation.

February 28, 2023

BBC documentary timing is not “accidental”, it is “politics by another means,” says Jaishankar

Terming the furore as "politics by another means," Jaishankar, in an interview with ANI, said, "Sometime politics of India doesn't even originate in its borders, it comes from outside."

February 21, 2023

I-T ‘survey’ at BBC offices continued for third consecutive day

BBC News said it was cooperating with the Income Tax Department, which is conducting a 'survey' at its offices in New Delhi and Mumbai.

February 16, 2023

SC issues notice to Centre on the ban on BBC documentary

The court, however, refused to stay the Centre's January 21 ban order on the BBC documentary. The Centre claimed that the documentary is “biased and agenda driven”, based on conjectures, perpetuating a colonial mindset.

February 3, 2023

SC issues notice to Centre on pleas against blocking of BBC documentary

The apex court said it can't pass interim directions without hearing what the government has to say. After hearing submissions, the bench issued notice in the matter.

February 3, 2023

SC agrees to hear plea against Centre’s decision to ban BBC documentary

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list on February 6 a Public Interest Litigation against the Centre’s decision to ban a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots in the country. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said it would list the matter for hearing on next Monday. Advocate ML Sharma, who...

January 30, 2023

I feel sorry for some of our own people: Kerala Governor

Why the BBC didn’t make a documentary on the British atrocities in India, asked Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan.

January 28, 2023

BBC Documentary Row: DU forms 7-member panel to probe ruckus outside Arts Faculty

This committee have been formed to enforce discipline and maintain law and order on campus. They will specifically investigate the incident that occurred outside the Faculty of Arts on January 27.

January 28, 2023

Tata Institute of Social Sciences warns students against screening BBC documentary on campus

The TISS Student union leader Pratik Permey said that the association has not planned any screening of the said documentary.

January 27, 2023

Sec 144 imposed at Delhi University, huge security ahead of NSUI screening BBC documentary

A large number of security personnel have also been deployed outside the Faculty of Arts.

January 27, 2023

“We support importance of free press around the world”: US on India banning BBC documentary on PM Modi

US State Department said that it is high time to highlight the importance of democratic principles like freedom of expression.

January 26, 2023

BBC documentary timed to discredit India: Kerala governor

Stating that the intent behind the release of the documentary was to "make India fall into pieces", Arif Mohammed Khan said that the British had predicted at the time of India's independence that it was not capable of preserving its freedom

January 25, 2023

BBC documentary screened at Hyderabad Central University

However, the Hyderabad Central University (HCU) unit of the Fraternity Movement, a student body, organised the special screening of the first episode of the documentary which was dismissed By the Central government as “propaganda”.

January 23, 2023

Former judges, bureaucrats hit out at BBC over documentary on Modi

A statement signed by 13 former judges, 133 ex-bureaucrats, including diplomats, and 156 veterans said, "Regardless of whom you, as an individual Indian, might have voted for, the Prime Minister of India is the Prime Minister of your country, our country. We cannot allow just about anyone to run amok with their deliberate bias, their vacuous reasoning....

January 21, 2023

Govt blocks YouTube videos, tweets sharing BBC documentary on PM Modi

Along with YouTube videos, the Centre has also directed Twitter to block over 50 tweets containing links to the concerned YouTube videos.

January 21, 2023