Police have detained many students in the Indian capital, New Delhi, over the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role during the deadly Gujarat sectarian riots in 2002. Police swarmed Delhi University after student groups supportive of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) objected to the screening, seizing laptops and imposing … Read more
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Elon Musk responded on Wednesday to a report that Twitter leaped to comply with the Indian government’s demands that it suppress a documentary critical of the country’s prime minister. “First I’ve heard,” Mr. Tweet, as Musk has now taken to calling himself on the platform, tweeted in response to a user calling him out on … Read more
Gautam Adani, Asia’s richest man, abruptly found himself at the center of a firestorm on Wednesday after prominent short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged his India-based business empire was built through fraud. Adani, 60, experienced a rise in personal wealth last year even as the global economy suffered a period of slowing growth. He is chairman of … Read more
Several media watchdogs have condemned the Indian government’s decision to ban a BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and have criticised the use of emergency powers to prevent clips from being accessed or shared online in India. An adviser in India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Saturday said that Twitter and YouTube … Read more
AK Antony’s son quits Cong a day after post on BBC film His decision followed his vocal criticism of the BBC documentary India: the Modi Question PTI, Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 25 2023, 09:53 ist updated: Jan 25 2023, 11:49 ist Veteran Congress leader and former Kerala Chief Minister A K Antony’s son, Anil, on Wednesday resigned … Read more
Lashing out at the Centre, Trinamool Congress MPs Mahua Moitra and Derek O’Brien on Sunday shared the link to the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and vowed to fight against “censorship”. The government had on Friday directed social media platforms Twitter and YouTube to block links to … Read more
The BBC documentary features the findings of a British inquiry into the 2002 deadly riots, which reveals PM Modi failed to stop the violence. India’s foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that questioned his leadership during the deadly 2002 Gujarat riots as “propaganda”. Modi was the chief minister … Read more
IN REMARKS that are being seen in Delhi as conciliatory, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for “serious and sincere talks” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on “burning issues like Kashmir”. He also said his country has learnt its lesson after three wars with India that “only brought more misery, poverty, and unemployment”, and … Read more
The opposition accused PM through baseless claims,” said Nirmala Sitharaman. New Delhi: The BJP has started a massive two-day strategy session with an eye to the coming elections in nine states this year, which will be seen as the semi-final to the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The session was attended by Prime Minister Narendra … Read more