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Mutiny at the BBC: Lineker row causes growing crisis at UK broadcaster

Lineker, BBC's highest-paid presenter & anchor of the football highlights show 'Match of the Day', was suspended from his role following his criticism of Britain's migration policy.

‘BJP wanted to win by force but was defeated by popular vote’: Urdu press on Delhi mayoral polls

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

‘We stand up for the BBC,’ says UK government in Parliament after I-T survey

David Rutley, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the FCDO, pointed to a "deep relationship” with India which meant the UK was able to discuss a wide range of issues in a "constructive manner".

Our take on Women’s Premier League, Air India order and BBC office raids — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

‘Undeclared Emergency’: Urdu press says I-T survey of BBC offices assault on press freedom

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Without naming BBC, I-T dept says ‘inconsistencies’ in records of ‘international media co’

A government source said the Central Board of Direct Taxes was referring to the BBC but did not name it as an investigation was ongoing.

Pakistan’s most unkindest cut of all & no plum posting in sight for Lady Justice (Retd)

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

3 reasons why the Modi govt ordered an I-T raid on BBC — none of them makes sense

The move against BBC mirrors Indira Gandhi’s tactics during the Emergency. She learnt from her mistakes, will the BJP?

Counter ‘narratives trying to run down India story’, Dhankhar tells Information Service officers

V-P warns of 'sinister designs to set afloat a narrative by free fall of information'. Speech comes as I-T dept conducts survey at BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai.

India looking into its tax status and affairs, says BBC’s internal memo

The memo, sent by BBC World Service director, said questions about the company's structure, activities, organisation, and operations in India are within the remit of the investigation.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.