New Delhi: The Income Tax department Friday issued a statement regarding the survey it had conducted at the Delhi and Mumbai offices of “a prominent...
International media like the New York Times, The Guardian & human rights bodies criticised the Centre’s move, calling it a ‘thin-skinned response to criticism’ and more.
Tax officers searched the BBC's bureaus in New Delhi & Mumbai for a second day Wednesday, NDTV reported, after BBC aired a documentary critical of PM Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price also highlighted the importance of freedom of expression & freedom of religion that 'contribute to strengthening democracies around the world.'
The media body demanded ‘great care and sensitivity’ in all such investigations, so as to not undermine the rights of journalists and media organisations.
The PIL was filed amid controversy surrounding a two-part BBC documentary titled, “India: The Modi Question”, which is related to the 2002 Gujarat riots.
We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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