BBC
- Offbeat
Remember kids crashing into man’s BBC interview? They’ve all grown up
On March 10, 2017, professor Robert Kelly and his family in Korea awarded the internet its favourite TV moment of all time. Robert Kelly, an associate professor of political science at South…
- World
BBC to bring back Gary Lineker; social media guidelines to be reviewed
After BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)’s sports coverage was disrupted for the second consecutive day on Sunday, its director-general Tim Davie said that its star sports presenter Gary Lineker will be back on…
- India
BBC sports coverage disrupted for second day over Gary Lineker Twitter row
London: The BBC’s sports coverage faced a second day of disruption on Sunday as several members of its staff refused to work in solidarity with star football host Gary Lineker, who was…
- India
Anurag Thakur questions BBC’s journalistic independence
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…
- India
BBC under fire over Attenborough episode, sports presenter Lineker’s Twitter row
London: The BBC on Saturday is dealing with a deepening row as it emerged that it decided not to broadcast an episode narrated by world-famous conservationist Sir David Attenborough for a new…
- India
Gujarat Assembly passes resolution against BBC for documentary on 2002 riots
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Assembly on Friday passed a resolution requesting the Centre to take strict action against BBC for tarnishing the image and popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with its documentary…
- India
UK Foreign Secretary raises IT searches at BBC offices with Jaishankar
New Delhi: UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Wednesday raised the issue of tax searches at BBC offices in India with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar. The issue was raised during their…
- India
BBC does not have an ‘agenda’, says chief to staff in India after I-T survey
London: The BBC is not driven by an “agenda” but by purpose and will not be put off reporting impartially and without fear or favour, the UK-headquartered media organisation’s chief has said days…
- India
Screening of BBC documentary on Modi at Visva Bharati stalled
Kolkata: An attempt to screen the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots on the campus of Visva Bharati university in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on…
- India
BBC cannot hide ‘economic offences’ under garb of freedom of expression: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP said on Wednesday the BBC or any other organisation cannot hide their “economic offences” under the garb of freedom of expression. The British broadcaster is under the Income-Tax…
- World
UK strongly backs BBC after IT ‘surveys’ at Delhi, Mumbai offices
The UK government strongly defended the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Tuesday during a Parliament debate, a week after Income Tax officials spent nearly 59 hours ‘surveying’ BBC offices in Delhi and…
- India
If BJP keeps bullying media, investors won’t come to India: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said foreign investors will not come to India as the BJP government’s ‘bulldozer policy’ and the recent I-T “raids” at the BBC offices have…
- India
BBC profits not commensurate with operations in India: Tax officials
New Delhi: The income and profits shown by various BBC group entities are “not commensurate” with the scale of their operations in India and tax has not been paid on certain remittances…
- India
Nitish criticises IT surveys on BBC, rejection of probe into Adani Group
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said the Income Tax department’s surveys on BBC premises in Delhi and Mumbai were a “clear cut” indication of the Narendra Modi government’s intolerance…
- India
UK MP Blackman slams BBC documentary on PM Modi as ‘propaganda’
New Delhi: Terming the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a ‘propaganda video’ and a ‘disgraceful piece of shoddy journalism,’ British MP Bob Blackman has said that it should never…
