'India: The Modi Question' documentary raises more questions than it answers. Its content, intent and timing suggests BBC is rushing on a path where angels would fear to tread.
Whether Dhirendra Shastri is a 'con man or a god man', he has definitely become an overnight TV and social media sensation through carpet coverage on India's news channels.
Ned Price, the US State Department spokesperson, underlined that it is a matter of utmost importance to highlight democratic principles like freedom of expression.
The screening of ‘India: The Modi Question’, scheduled for 6 pm on the campus, was called off in the face of a massive police build-up outside the institute.
Earlier in the day, four students from a left-wing student organisation were detained for allegedly creating a ruckus outside the campus over the screening of the documentary.
On Tuesday, Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union could not hold a proposed screening of the documentary, ‘India: The Modi Question’, because lights suddenly went off in the union office.
The university had issued a notice, asking the students not to watch the film. JNUSU released a statement questioning the validity of the notice and went ahead with its programme.
JNU students protested outside a police station in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi and later called it off after a complaint was filed, said JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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