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- India
BJP leaders praise BBC when it suits them: Owaisi on IT raids
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday attacked the central government over the I-T department’s survey operation at BBC offices, saying when it suited the BJP during the Emergency period (1975-77) their…
- India
Crackdown on child marriage in Assam creating havoc in private life: Gauhati HC
Guwahati: Observing that arresting a large number of people in the crackdown against child marriage created “havoc in the private life of people”, the Gauhati High Court has said there is no…
- India
On BBC searches, US invokes freedom of press
Washington: The US has reaffirmed its conviction that “free press strengthens democracy” as a general rule without seeking to impose its views directly on the searches of BBC offices by income tax…
- World
UK government ‘closely monitoring’ as BBC tax ‘enquiries’ continue in India
London: The UK government is “closely monitoring” the situation as the BBC said some of its staff have been asked to remain at their Delhi and Mumbai offices to cooperate with the…
- India
Income tax survey at BBC office to continue till Wednesday
New Delhi: The ‘survey’ being conducted by the Income Tax (I-T) Department at BBC’s Delhi and Mumbai offices since Tuesday morning are expected to continue through the night till Wednesday morning, sources…
- India
Operations at BBC offices ‘affront to freedom of expression'”: Global watchdogs
New York: Global media watchdogs and human rights bodies on Tuesday criticised the Indian government’s income tax survey operations at the BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, saying the action “smacks…
- India
IT officials ‘survey’ BBC Delhi, Mumbai offices; employees’ phones seized
In a sudden development, the Income Tax department is conducting a ‘survey’ operation in BBC’s Delhi office on Tuesday. According to reports, employees have been asked to leave the office and their…
- India
‘Nothing for BJP to be afraid of’: Amit Shah on oppn allegations over Adani row
Agartala: With the opposition targeting the BJP-led government over the Hindenburg-Adani row, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that it will not be appropriate for him to comment as the Supreme…
- World
Oil prices rise modestly as traders assess Russian output cut
New York: Oil prices eked out modest gains as market participants weighed Russia’s plan to cut its oil production. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for March delivery rose 42 cents, or 0.53…
- India
‘It is disturbing’: SC on Chief Justices of HCs not allowing virtual hearing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked all Chief Justices of high courts to take a favourable view on the infrastructure in place for virtual hearings and not insist on physical…
- Andhra Pradesh
Protests turn violent on Vijayawada-Hyderabad highway over categorisation of SCs
Vijayawada: A policeman was injured in stone pelting as a protest by Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) over the demand for categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) turned violent on Monday. MRPS workers…
- India
Minorities panel received maximum complaints from Muslims in last 5 yrs from UP
New Delhi: As incidents of violence against minority communities in the past few years across the country have seen a spike, what specifically raises eyebrows is the fact that a bulk of…
- Middle East
Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll surpasses 34,000 mark
The death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquake stands at 34,878 on the seventh day. The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority announced on Sunday, that the death toll was 29,605 and 1,…
- Telangana
Adani, BBC docu, 5 trillion: KCR fires at Modi led centre
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that while he won in the parliamentary elections of 2014, the country lost. He said that while ex-PM Manmohan…
- India
Child marriage: Assam civil society says arrests not only solution, need to address causes
Guwahati: The recent arrests of over 3,000 people allegedly involved in child marriages in Assam have created a divide in the civil society, with a section asserting that mere law enforcement cannot…
