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  • BBC India workplaces raided by earnings tax officers; ‘totally co-operating’ with authorities, says broadcaster

    By Agencies

    NEW DELHI: The officers of the Income Tax Department raided the workplaces of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after the broadcaster aired a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the lethal sectarian riots in 2002.

    The synchronised shock motion started at 11 am with I-T officers reaching the BBC workplaces in Delhi and in Mumbai. Police sealed off the New Delhi workplace, which occupies two flooring, and half a dozen officers had been stationed outdoors to stop folks from coming into or leaving. As information unfold, onlookers and media crews had been seen outdoors the BBC workplace at central Delhi’s Kasturba Gandhi Marg. In Mumbai, the workplace is in Santa Cruz.

    The division is paperwork associated to the enterprise operations of the London headquartered public broadcaster and its Indian arm, they stated. The investigation is linked to worldwide taxation problems with BBC subsidiary corporations, sources stated.

    According to reviews, the workers of the broadcasting company had been requested to not use their laptop techniques and telephones, together with their private ones. Reports quoting sources stated the workers working within the afternoon shift on the BBC’s Delhi workplace had been requested to do business from home, whereas these current within the workplace had been requested to depart early.

    A BBC worker based mostly in New Delhi advised AFP that the tax raid was in progress and that officers had been “confiscating all phones.”

    Another BBC staffer based mostly in Mumbai confirmed the broadcaster’s workplace in India’s business hub was additionally being raided.

    WATCH |

    An official on the scene stated: “There is government procedure happening inside the office,” declining to reveal their division. Meanwhile, the Income Tax Department couldn’t be reached for remark by AFP.

    Last month, the broadcaster aired a two-part documentary alleging that Hindu nationalist Modi ordered police to show a blind eye to sectarian riots in Gujarat state, the place he was premier on the time. The violence left no less than 1,000 folks lifeless, most of them minority Muslims.

    India’s authorities blocked movies and tweets sharing hyperlinks to the documentary, utilizing emergency powers underneath its data know-how legal guidelines. Government adviser Kanchan Gupta had slammed the documentary as “hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage.”

    University scholar teams later organised viewings of the documentary regardless of campus bans, defying authorities efforts to cease its unfold. Police arrested two dozen college students on the prestigious Delhi University after stopping a screening there in late January.

    ALSO READ | Congress assaults Centre over Income Tax ‘survey operation’ at BBC workplaces

    ‘Fully cooperating’, says BBC 

    Meanwhile, The BBC stated on Tuesday that it’s “fully cooperating” with the Income Tax authorities and hoped that the scenario will probably be resolved “as soon as possible.”

    The UK-headquartered public broadcaster didn’t give additional particulars of what has been described as “surveys” by the I-T division. “The Income Tax Authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and we are fully cooperating,” a BBC spokesperson stated in a press release.

    “We hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible,” the spokesperson stated.

    The documentary additionally triggered coordinated Indian diaspora protests at BBC workplaces throughout completely different UK cities on the finish of final month. Earlier, The UK authorities responded within the House of Commons to the protests by insisting the BBC as a media organisation was “independent in its outlet” and reiterating its dedication to enhancing ties with India.

    Press freedom

    Press freedom on the planet’s largest democracy has suffered throughout Modi’s tenure, rights activists say. India has fallen 10 spots to 150 out of 180 nations within the World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, since he took workplace in 2014. Critical reporters, notably girls, say they’re subjected to relentless campaigns of on-line abuse.

    Media shops, worldwide rights teams and overseas charities have additionally discovered themselves subjected to scrutiny by India’s tax authorities and monetary crimes investigators. Late Catholic nun Mother Teresa’s charity final yr discovered itself quickly starved of funds after the house ministry refused to resume its licence to obtain overseas donations. Amnesty International introduced it was halting operations in India after the federal government froze its financial institution accounts in 2020, following raids on its workplaces.

    In 2021, Indian tax authorities raided a outstanding newspaper and a TV channel that had been essential of the federal government’s dealing with of the coronavirus pandemic, triggering accusations of intimidation.

    ALSO READ | Centre claims BBC documentary on PM Modi a ‘Propaganda piece’

    ‘Campaign of violence’

    The 2002 riots in Gujarat started after 59 Hindu pilgrims had been killed in a fireplace on a prepare. Thirty-one Muslims had been convicted of prison conspiracy and homicide over that incident. The BBC documentary cited a beforehand labeled British overseas ministry report quoting unnamed sources saying that Modi met senior cops and “ordered them not to intervene” within the anti-Muslim violence by right-wing Hindu teams that adopted.

    The violence was “politically motivated” and the purpose “was to purge Muslims from Hindu areas”, the overseas ministry report stated. The “systematic campaign of violence has all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing” and was not possible “without the climate of impunity created by the State Government… Narendra Modi is directly responsible”, it concluded.

    Modi, who ran Gujarat from 2001 till his election as prime minister in 2014, was briefly topic to a journey ban by the United States over the violence. A particular investigative crew appointed by India’s Supreme Court to probe the roles of Modi and others within the violence stated in 2012 it didn’t discover any proof to prosecute the then chief minister.

    (With Inputs from AFP, PTI & IANS)

    NEW DELHI: The officers of the Income Tax Department raided the workplaces of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after the broadcaster aired a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the lethal sectarian riots in 2002.

    The synchronised shock motion started at 11 am with I-T officers reaching the BBC workplaces in Delhi and in Mumbai. Police sealed off the New Delhi workplace, which occupies two flooring, and half a dozen officers had been stationed outdoors to stop folks from coming into or leaving. As information unfold, onlookers and media crews had been seen outdoors the BBC workplace at central Delhi’s Kasturba Gandhi Marg. In Mumbai, the workplace is in Santa Cruz.

    The division is paperwork associated to the enterprise operations of the London headquartered public broadcaster and its Indian arm, they stated. The investigation is linked to worldwide taxation problems with BBC subsidiary corporations, sources stated.

    According to reviews, the workers of the broadcasting company had been requested to not use their laptop techniques and telephones, together with their private ones. Reports quoting sources stated the workers working within the afternoon shift on the BBC’s Delhi workplace had been requested to do business from home, whereas these current within the workplace had been requested to depart early.

    A BBC worker based mostly in New Delhi advised AFP that the tax raid was in progress and that officers had been “confiscating all phones.”

    Another BBC staffer based mostly in Mumbai confirmed the broadcaster’s workplace in India’s business hub was additionally being raided.

    WATCH |

    An official on the scene stated: “There is government procedure happening inside the office,” declining to reveal their division. Meanwhile, the Income Tax Department couldn’t be reached for remark by AFP.

    Last month, the broadcaster aired a two-part documentary alleging that Hindu nationalist Modi ordered police to show a blind eye to sectarian riots in Gujarat state, the place he was premier on the time. The violence left no less than 1,000 folks lifeless, most of them minority Muslims.

    India’s authorities blocked movies and tweets sharing hyperlinks to the documentary, utilizing emergency powers underneath its data know-how legal guidelines. Government adviser Kanchan Gupta had slammed the documentary as “hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage.”

    University scholar teams later organised viewings of the documentary regardless of campus bans, defying authorities efforts to cease its unfold. Police arrested two dozen college students on the prestigious Delhi University after stopping a screening there in late January.

    ALSO READ | Congress assaults Centre over Income Tax ‘survey operation’ at BBC workplaces

    ‘Fully cooperating’, says BBC 

    Meanwhile, The BBC stated on Tuesday that it’s “fully cooperating” with the Income Tax authorities and hoped that the scenario will probably be resolved “as soon as possible.”

    The UK-headquartered public broadcaster didn’t give additional particulars of what has been described as “surveys” by the I-T division. “The Income Tax Authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and we are fully cooperating,” a BBC spokesperson stated in a press release.

    “We hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible,” the spokesperson stated.

    The documentary additionally triggered coordinated Indian diaspora protests at BBC workplaces throughout completely different UK cities on the finish of final month. Earlier, The UK authorities responded within the House of Commons to the protests by insisting the BBC as a media organisation was “independent in its outlet” and reiterating its dedication to enhancing ties with India.

    Press freedom

    Press freedom on the planet’s largest democracy has suffered throughout Modi’s tenure, rights activists say. India has fallen 10 spots to 150 out of 180 nations within the World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, since he took workplace in 2014. Critical reporters, notably girls, say they’re subjected to relentless campaigns of on-line abuse.

    Media shops, worldwide rights teams and overseas charities have additionally discovered themselves subjected to scrutiny by India’s tax authorities and monetary crimes investigators. Late Catholic nun Mother Teresa’s charity final yr discovered itself quickly starved of funds after the house ministry refused to resume its licence to obtain overseas donations. Amnesty International introduced it was halting operations in India after the federal government froze its financial institution accounts in 2020, following raids on its workplaces.

    In 2021, Indian tax authorities raided a outstanding newspaper and a TV channel that had been essential of the federal government’s dealing with of the coronavirus pandemic, triggering accusations of intimidation.

    ALSO READ | Centre claims BBC documentary on PM Modi a ‘Propaganda piece’

    ‘Campaign of violence’

    The 2002 riots in Gujarat started after 59 Hindu pilgrims had been killed in a fireplace on a prepare. Thirty-one Muslims had been convicted of prison conspiracy and homicide over that incident. The BBC documentary cited a beforehand labeled British overseas ministry report quoting unnamed sources saying that Modi met senior cops and “ordered them not to intervene” within the anti-Muslim violence by right-wing Hindu teams that adopted.

    The violence was “politically motivated” and the purpose “was to purge Muslims from Hindu areas”, the overseas ministry report stated. The “systematic campaign of violence has all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing” and was not possible “without the climate of impunity created by the State Government… Narendra Modi is directly responsible”, it concluded.

    Modi, who ran Gujarat from 2001 till his election as prime minister in 2014, was briefly topic to a journey ban by the United States over the violence. A particular investigative crew appointed by India’s Supreme Court to probe the roles of Modi and others within the violence stated in 2012 it didn’t discover any proof to prosecute the then chief minister.

    (With Inputs from AFP, PTI & IANS)

  • SC points discover to Centre on PILs towards BBC documentary on Gujarat riots

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the central authorities on pleas difficult its determination to dam a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots.

    A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Justice M M Sundresh issued notices to the federal government and others on the pleas filed by veteran journalist N Ram, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan.

    It additionally issued a discover on the plea filed by lawyer M L Sharma. The apex courtroom additionally directed the Centre to supply unique information regarding take down order.

    “We are issuing notices. Counter affidavit be filed within three weeks. Rejoinder within two weeks after that,” the bench stated.

    The matter is listed for subsequent listening to in April.

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the central authorities on pleas difficult its determination to dam a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots.

    A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Justice M M Sundresh issued notices to the federal government and others on the pleas filed by veteran journalist N Ram, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan.

    It additionally issued a discover on the plea filed by lawyer M L Sharma. The apex courtroom additionally directed the Centre to supply unique information regarding take down order.

    “We are issuing notices. Counter affidavit be filed within three weeks. Rejoinder within two weeks after that,” the bench stated.

    The matter is listed for subsequent listening to in April.

  • Pro-Modi chants on London streets, outdoors BBC headquarters

    Pro-Modi chants on London streets, outdoors BBC headquarters

  • PIL filed in SC difficult Centre’s determination to ban BBC documentary

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A PIL has been filed within the Supreme Court towards the Centre’s determination to “ban” a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots within the nation, alleging it was “malafide, arbitrary and unconstitutional.”

    The PIL filed by advocate ML Sharma additionally urged the apex court docket to name and study the BBC documentary – each components I and II – and sought motion towards individuals who had been accountable and had been concerned straight and not directly with the 2002 Gujarat riots.

    Sharma stated that in his PIL he has raised a constitutional query and the highest court docket has to resolve whether or not residents have the fitting underneath Article 19 (1) (2) to see information, info and experiences on the 2002 Gujarat riots.

    He has sought route to quash the order dated January 21, 2023, of the Ministry of the Information and Broadcasting, terming it as unlawful, malafide, arbitrary and unconstitutional.

    His plea stated whether or not the central authorities can curtail freedom of the press which is a elementary proper as assured underneath Article 19 (1) (2) of the Constitution.

    “Whether without having an Emergency declared under Article 352 of the Constitution of India by the president, Emergency provisions can be invoked by the central government?” the PIL stated.

    It claimed the BBC documentary has “recorded facts” that are additionally “evidence” and can be utilized to additional the reason for justice for the victims.

    On January 21, the Centre issued instructions for blocking a number of YouTube movies and Twitter posts sharing hyperlinks to the controversial BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question”, in line with sources.

    NEW DELHI: A PIL has been filed within the Supreme Court towards the Centre’s determination to “ban” a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots within the nation, alleging it was “malafide, arbitrary and unconstitutional.”

    The PIL filed by advocate ML Sharma additionally urged the apex court docket to name and study the BBC documentary – each components I and II – and sought motion towards individuals who had been accountable and had been concerned straight and not directly with the 2002 Gujarat riots.

    Sharma stated that in his PIL he has raised a constitutional query and the highest court docket has to resolve whether or not residents have the fitting underneath Article 19 (1) (2) to see information, info and experiences on the 2002 Gujarat riots.

    He has sought route to quash the order dated January 21, 2023, of the Ministry of the Information and Broadcasting, terming it as unlawful, malafide, arbitrary and unconstitutional.

    His plea stated whether or not the central authorities can curtail freedom of the press which is a elementary proper as assured underneath Article 19 (1) (2) of the Constitution.

    “Whether without having an Emergency declared under Article 352 of the Constitution of India by the president, Emergency provisions can be invoked by the central government?” the PIL stated.

    It claimed the BBC documentary has “recorded facts” that are additionally “evidence” and can be utilized to additional the reason for justice for the victims.

    On January 21, the Centre issued instructions for blocking a number of YouTube movies and Twitter posts sharing hyperlinks to the controversial BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question”, in line with sources.

  • Rajasthan: 10 CURAJ college students suspended, NGO relates motion to screening of BBC docu

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: Ten college students of the Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ) had been suspended for 2 weeks as disciplinary motion for allegedly disobeying the directions of authorities and finishing up a late-night demonstration at undesignated websites.

    However, in line with an NGO, the suspension was carried out in reference to the screening of the banned BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ on January 26.

    The college students have been suspended from the lecturers in addition to the hostel on Friday for disobeying the directions of academics or the authorities and demonstrating in late hours at locations apart from designated websites, the suspension order learn.

    CURAJ Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) president Vikash Pathak mentioned some college students related to the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and National Students Union of India (NSUI) had despatched out invites for the screening of the banned documentary on Gujarat riots close to the canteen, following which the motion was taken.

    He mentioned on January 26, round 40-50 college students gathered and began watching the documentary in public on units, together with laptops.

    Later, the college administration and police arrived on the spot.

    Lots of sloganeering additionally passed off towards the Centre’s ban on the documentary, Pathak mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Kerala: Congress, CPI (M) take BBC documentary on Modi to the plenty

    CURAJ authorities, nevertheless, mentioned the motion on the scholars has no reference to the screening of the documentary, calling it a routine disciplinary motion towards the scholars.

    “The action wasn’t taken over screening of the documentary. It was a normal, routine, disciplinary action taken against these students, which is a routine activity of an academic institution,” a college official mentioned, wishing anonymity.

    On January 27, the college administration issued an order that it has determined to implement a ban on the screening of the BBC documentary with speedy impact.

    Any tutorial exercise during which a gathering is required needs to be cleared by the registrar with the suggestions of the dean and college students’ welfare.

    The college administration had additionally suggested the scholars to not resort to sloganeering and loitering late at night time on campus.

    However, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), a non-profit organisation, in a press release mentioned 10 college students from totally different disciplines of the college had been suspended for allegedly watching the documentary.

    “Eight are Muslim, one is Christian and one is Hindu. The PUCL is clear that no screening of any film happened on the 26th of January, 2023. And the question of individual viewing on mobiles is a private matter and comes within the right to privacy of the students,” the organisation mentioned in its assertion.

    Calling the college’s motion “communally selective”, PUCL, in a letter to CURAJ Vice-Chancellor Anand Bhalerao, mentioned, “The college students had been by no means heard. No enquiry gave them a listening to and with out the scholars being given a proper to listening to and with out being issued present trigger notices, they had been expelled for 15 days from the college and hostel.

    JAIPUR: Ten college students of the Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ) had been suspended for 2 weeks as disciplinary motion for allegedly disobeying the directions of authorities and finishing up a late-night demonstration at undesignated websites.

    However, in line with an NGO, the suspension was carried out in reference to the screening of the banned BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ on January 26.

    The college students have been suspended from the lecturers in addition to the hostel on Friday for disobeying the directions of academics or the authorities and demonstrating in late hours at locations apart from designated websites, the suspension order learn.

    CURAJ Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) president Vikash Pathak mentioned some college students related to the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and National Students Union of India (NSUI) had despatched out invites for the screening of the banned documentary on Gujarat riots close to the canteen, following which the motion was taken.

    He mentioned on January 26, round 40-50 college students gathered and began watching the documentary in public on units, together with laptops.

    Later, the college administration and police arrived on the spot.

    Lots of sloganeering additionally passed off towards the Centre’s ban on the documentary, Pathak mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Kerala: Congress, CPI (M) take BBC documentary on Modi to the plenty

    CURAJ authorities, nevertheless, mentioned the motion on the scholars has no reference to the screening of the documentary, calling it a routine disciplinary motion towards the scholars.

    “The action wasn’t taken over screening of the documentary. It was a normal, routine, disciplinary action taken against these students, which is a routine activity of an academic institution,” a college official mentioned, wishing anonymity.

    On January 27, the college administration issued an order that it has determined to implement a ban on the screening of the BBC documentary with speedy impact.

    Any tutorial exercise during which a gathering is required needs to be cleared by the registrar with the suggestions of the dean and college students’ welfare.

    The college administration had additionally suggested the scholars to not resort to sloganeering and loitering late at night time on campus.

    However, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), a non-profit organisation, in a press release mentioned 10 college students from totally different disciplines of the college had been suspended for allegedly watching the documentary.

    “Eight are Muslim, one is Christian and one is Hindu. The PUCL is clear that no screening of any film happened on the 26th of January, 2023. And the question of individual viewing on mobiles is a private matter and comes within the right to privacy of the students,” the organisation mentioned in its assertion.

    Calling the college’s motion “communally selective”, PUCL, in a letter to CURAJ Vice-Chancellor Anand Bhalerao, mentioned, “The college students had been by no means heard. No enquiry gave them a listening to and with out the scholars being given a proper to listening to and with out being issued present trigger notices, they had been expelled for 15 days from the college and hostel.

  • Mumbai: Tension in Tata Institute of Social Sciences as college students display screen BBC documentary on Modi

    By Online Desk

    CHENNAI: A bunch of scholars of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, reportedly defied advisories issued by the administration and watched the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on laptops and cell phones on Saturday.

    The screening of the documentary was reportedly organised by Progressive Students’ Forum.

    The activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, staged a protest exterior the college campus towards the screening. BJP MLA Ashish Shelar sought police motion towards the scholars who screened the documentary.

    The TISS administration had earlier cautioned the scholars towards “any activities leading to disturbance of peace and harmony.”

    It could also be recalled that the Centre had invoked the IT Rules, 2021 to direct YouTube and Twitter to take down hyperlinks to the two-part documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’. The documentary is concerning the function of Modi within the 2002 Gujarat riots.

    Delhi Police on Friday detained 24 college students from the Delhi University’s Arts Faculty for planning to display screen the documentary. The college has fashioned a seven-member panel to analyze the incidents with regard to the screening.

    The documentary is being screened on numerous campuses throughout the nation, regardless of a police crackdown on the organisers.

    The pupil wing of the CPI (M), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) had introduced that the documentary might be screened on campuses throughout the nation.
     

    CHENNAI: A bunch of scholars of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, reportedly defied advisories issued by the administration and watched the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on laptops and cell phones on Saturday.

    The screening of the documentary was reportedly organised by Progressive Students’ Forum.

    The activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, staged a protest exterior the college campus towards the screening. BJP MLA Ashish Shelar sought police motion towards the scholars who screened the documentary.

    The TISS administration had earlier cautioned the scholars towards “any activities leading to disturbance of peace and harmony.”

    It could also be recalled that the Centre had invoked the IT Rules, 2021 to direct YouTube and Twitter to take down hyperlinks to the two-part documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’. The documentary is concerning the function of Modi within the 2002 Gujarat riots.

    Delhi Police on Friday detained 24 college students from the Delhi University’s Arts Faculty for planning to display screen the documentary. The college has fashioned a seven-member panel to analyze the incidents with regard to the screening.

    The documentary is being screened on numerous campuses throughout the nation, regardless of a police crackdown on the organisers.

    The pupil wing of the CPI (M), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) had introduced that the documentary might be screened on campuses throughout the nation.
     

  • Delhi Police detains 24 DU college students for planning to display screen BBC documentary on Modi

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Friday detained 24 college students from the Delhi University’s Arts Faculty for planning to display screen the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots, a senior police official stated.

    The motion comes days after the same ruckus at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia over the documentary’s screening.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi stated, “Around 4 pm, some 20 people came outside the Arts Faculty gate to screen the banned BBC documentary. As it can cause disturbance of peace and tranquility in the area, they were asked to disperse from there. When they did not, they were peacefully detained. A total of 24 people were detained.”

    After all of the commotion over the #BBCdocumentry screening, scholar organisations referred to as off their protest.#DelhiUniversity @NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @santwana99 pic.twitter.com/apw1C9tgby

    — Amit Pandey (@yuva_journalist) January 27, 2023

    Earlier within the day, the varsity authorities wrote to Delhi Police concerning the proposed screening.

    Delhi University Proctor Rajni Abbi stated they might not enable the screening and burdened that the scholars’ outfits had not sought the administration’s permission.

    There was heavy police deployment on the north campus after college students’ outfits gave a name to display screen the documentary.

    The police have additionally banned giant gatherings on the north campus. When requested, one other official stated Section 144 was imposed on the campus in December.

     Police personnel detain members of Bhim Army Student Federation for planning to display screen the BBC documentary movie “India: The Modi Question”, at Delhi University Arts Faculty, in New Delhi on Jan. 27, 2023 | PTI

    “Section 144 was imposed in December till February 28 to prevent any law and order problems at the university,” the official stated.

    The Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union has introduced a screening of the documentary at 4 pm on the north campus whereas the Bhim Army Students’ Federation stated it will maintain a screening outdoors the varsity’s Arts Faculty at 5 pm.

    Delhi Police personnel entered the Ambedkar University campus to cease Students’ Federation of India (SFI) activists from screening the controversial documentary, a number of college students alleged, even because the outfit made various preparations to observe it on telephones and laptops.

    ALSO READ | BBC documentary: Ambedkar University college students declare electrical energy provide minimize, police on campus

    Police officers, nevertheless, stated they have been visiting all faculty and college campuses within the district to make sure peace and tranquility within the space.

    The Left-affiliated SFI alleged that the screening couldn’t be held because the administration of the government-run varsity disconnected the ability provide however a QR code with a hyperlink to the movie was shared with college students in order that they might watch it on their private units.

    Members of Bhim Army Student Federation being detained by police personnel for planning to display screen the BBC documentary movie “India: The Modi Question”, at Delhi University Arts Faculty, in New Delhi on Jan. 27, 2023 | PTI

    Jamia Millia Islamia turned the centre of a kerfuffle on Wednesday after the SFI’s plans to organise a screening of the documentary have been thwarted by the varsity and the police.

    Jawaharlal Nehru University additionally witnessed a ruckus and protests over the screening on Tuesday.

    NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Friday detained 24 college students from the Delhi University’s Arts Faculty for planning to display screen the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots, a senior police official stated.

    The motion comes days after the same ruckus at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia over the documentary’s screening.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi stated, “Around 4 pm, some 20 people came outside the Arts Faculty gate to screen the banned BBC documentary. As it can cause disturbance of peace and tranquility in the area, they were asked to disperse from there. When they did not, they were peacefully detained. A total of 24 people were detained.”

    After all of the commotion over the #BBCdocumentry screening, scholar organisations referred to as off their protest.#DelhiUniversity @NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @santwana99 pic.twitter.com/apw1C9tgby
    — Amit Pandey (@yuva_journalist) January 27, 2023
    Earlier within the day, the varsity authorities wrote to Delhi Police concerning the proposed screening.

    Delhi University Proctor Rajni Abbi stated they might not enable the screening and burdened that the scholars’ outfits had not sought the administration’s permission.

    There was heavy police deployment on the north campus after college students’ outfits gave a name to display screen the documentary.

    The police have additionally banned giant gatherings on the north campus. When requested, one other official stated Section 144 was imposed on the campus in December.

     Police personnel detain members of Bhim Army Student Federation for planning to display screen the BBC documentary movie “India: The Modi Question”, at Delhi University Arts Faculty, in New Delhi on Jan. 27, 2023 | PTI

    “Section 144 was imposed in December till February 28 to prevent any law and order problems at the university,” the official stated.

    The Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union has introduced a screening of the documentary at 4 pm on the north campus whereas the Bhim Army Students’ Federation stated it will maintain a screening outdoors the varsity’s Arts Faculty at 5 pm.

    Delhi Police personnel entered the Ambedkar University campus to cease Students’ Federation of India (SFI) activists from screening the controversial documentary, a number of college students alleged, even because the outfit made various preparations to observe it on telephones and laptops.

    ALSO READ | BBC documentary: Ambedkar University college students declare electrical energy provide minimize, police on campus

    Police officers, nevertheless, stated they have been visiting all faculty and college campuses within the district to make sure peace and tranquility within the space.

    The Left-affiliated SFI alleged that the screening couldn’t be held because the administration of the government-run varsity disconnected the ability provide however a QR code with a hyperlink to the movie was shared with college students in order that they might watch it on their private units.

    Members of Bhim Army Student Federation being detained by police personnel for planning to display screen the BBC documentary movie “India: The Modi Question”, at Delhi University Arts Faculty, in New Delhi on Jan. 27, 2023 | PTI

    Jamia Millia Islamia turned the centre of a kerfuffle on Wednesday after the SFI’s plans to organise a screening of the documentary have been thwarted by the varsity and the police.

    Jawaharlal Nehru University additionally witnessed a ruckus and protests over the screening on Tuesday.

  • Classes to stay suspended at Jamia on Friday: Varsity order 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia has suspended courses on Friday on the request of scholars and school members, the varsity stated in a press release right here on Thursday.

    In an workplace memo, the administration stated all workplaces of the college, together with the departments, centres and faculties, will perform as normal.

    “The Vice Chancellor, JMI, on the request of faculty members and students, has approved that all classes in the university, including university schools, shall remain suspended on Friday, January 27. However, all offices of the university, including Departments, Centres and Schools, will function as usual,” the memo learn.

    “Similarly, the scheduled meetings of Selection Committees and other programmes, including Examinations, if any, will also be held as per notified schedule,” it added.

    The college celebrated the 74th Republic Day on Thursday with unfurling of the nationwide flag by Vice Chancellor Najma Akhtar on the forecourt of Dr M A Ansari Auditorium.

    Akhtar, in her tackle, elaborated on the latest achievements of Jamia such because it figuring among the many prime three universities in NIRF, the A++ grade awarded by NAAC, and the best rating for the college’s excellent efficiency in offering high quality schooling, instructing and analysis.

    “We are making honest endeavours to grow to be a world-class teaching-cum-research college by bringing in greatest nationwide and worldwide practices by means of the event of collaborative partnerships with establishments of excellence, each domestically and internationally.

    “We are committed to offering cutting edge learning experience, internationally benchmarked education, intellectual freedom and critical research opportunities in frontier areas of contemporary concern,” she stated.

    A protest was held within the campus on Wednesday in opposition to the detention of 4 Students’ Federation of India (SFI) activists hours earlier than the proposed screening of the controversial BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question”.

    NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia has suspended courses on Friday on the request of scholars and school members, the varsity stated in a press release right here on Thursday.

    In an workplace memo, the administration stated all workplaces of the college, together with the departments, centres and faculties, will perform as normal.

    “The Vice Chancellor, JMI, on the request of faculty members and students, has approved that all classes in the university, including university schools, shall remain suspended on Friday, January 27. However, all offices of the university, including Departments, Centres and Schools, will function as usual,” the memo learn.

    “Similarly, the scheduled meetings of Selection Committees and other programmes, including Examinations, if any, will also be held as per notified schedule,” it added.

    The college celebrated the 74th Republic Day on Thursday with unfurling of the nationwide flag by Vice Chancellor Najma Akhtar on the forecourt of Dr M A Ansari Auditorium.

    Akhtar, in her tackle, elaborated on the latest achievements of Jamia such because it figuring among the many prime three universities in NIRF, the A++ grade awarded by NAAC, and the best rating for the college’s excellent efficiency in offering high quality schooling, instructing and analysis.

    “We are making honest endeavours to grow to be a world-class teaching-cum-research college by bringing in greatest nationwide and worldwide practices by means of the event of collaborative partnerships with establishments of excellence, each domestically and internationally.

    “We are committed to offering cutting edge learning experience, internationally benchmarked education, intellectual freedom and critical research opportunities in frontier areas of contemporary concern,” she stated.

    A protest was held within the campus on Wednesday in opposition to the detention of 4 Students’ Federation of India (SFI) activists hours earlier than the proposed screening of the controversial BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question”.

  • Kerala: Congress, CPI (M) take BBC documentary on Modi to the lots

    By Online Desk

    CHENNAI: The Congress celebration in Kerala on Thursday screened the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Shanghumugham seaside in Thiruvananthapuram.

    The Centre had invoked the IT Rules, 2021 to direct YouTube and Twitter to take down hyperlinks to the two-part documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’. The documentary examines the function of Modi within the 2002 Gujarat riots.

    The screening of the documentary at Shanghumugham seaside comes at a time when senior Congress chief and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor had questioned the timing of the documentary which, he stated, comes 21 years after the Gujarat riots. Moreover, A Ok Antony’s son Anil Antony stop the celebration on Wednesday after coming beneath fireplace for stating that screening the documentary would undermine the nation’s sovereignty.

    Anil was convenor of the digital media cell of the Congress unit in Kerala and the nationwide coordinator of the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) social media and digital communications cell. 

    However, Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, talking to reporters in Jammu, had questioned the censorship, in keeping with National Herald.

    “Truth shines bright. It has a nasty habit of coming out. So no amount of banning, oppression and frightening people is going to stop the truth from coming out,” stated Rahul.

    Leader of opposition in Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan had tweeted quoting George Washington that “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

    Meanwhile, senior Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala stated that Anil Antony’s is a closed chapter. He stated that Rahul Gandhi has already made the celebration’s stand clear with regard to the BBC documentary. The function of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah within the Gujarat riots is a well-known truth. It’s no extra a secret, he stated.

    The Congress celebration claimed that there was an incredible response from the individuals to the screening of the documentary in numerous components of the state earlier than the choice was taken to display it for most people on the Shanghumugham seaside.

    The scholar wing of the ruling CPI (M), SFI (Students’ Federation of India) has additionally screened the documentary in faculties in numerous components of the state. The SFI had introduced that the documentary can be screened in campuses throughout the nation.

    CHENNAI: The Congress celebration in Kerala on Thursday screened the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Shanghumugham seaside in Thiruvananthapuram.

    The Centre had invoked the IT Rules, 2021 to direct YouTube and Twitter to take down hyperlinks to the two-part documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’. The documentary examines the function of Modi within the 2002 Gujarat riots.

    The screening of the documentary at Shanghumugham seaside comes at a time when senior Congress chief and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor had questioned the timing of the documentary which, he stated, comes 21 years after the Gujarat riots. Moreover, A Ok Antony’s son Anil Antony stop the celebration on Wednesday after coming beneath fireplace for stating that screening the documentary would undermine the nation’s sovereignty.

    Anil was convenor of the digital media cell of the Congress unit in Kerala and the nationwide coordinator of the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) social media and digital communications cell. 

    However, Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, talking to reporters in Jammu, had questioned the censorship, in keeping with National Herald.

    “Truth shines bright. It has a nasty habit of coming out. So no amount of banning, oppression and frightening people is going to stop the truth from coming out,” stated Rahul.

    Leader of opposition in Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan had tweeted quoting George Washington that “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

    Meanwhile, senior Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala stated that Anil Antony’s is a closed chapter. He stated that Rahul Gandhi has already made the celebration’s stand clear with regard to the BBC documentary. The function of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah within the Gujarat riots is a well-known truth. It’s no extra a secret, he stated.

    The Congress celebration claimed that there was an incredible response from the individuals to the screening of the documentary in numerous components of the state earlier than the choice was taken to display it for most people on the Shanghumugham seaside.

    The scholar wing of the ruling CPI (M), SFI (Students’ Federation of India) has additionally screened the documentary in faculties in numerous components of the state. The SFI had introduced that the documentary can be screened in campuses throughout the nation.

  • BBC Documentary on PM Modi: AK Antony’s son, Tharoor amuse BJP; former quits Congress

    By Online Desk

    Chennai: Senior Congress chief and former Defence Minister AK Antony’s son Anil Ok Antony on Wednesday give up the Congress social gathering hours after he denounced the BBC over its documentary analyzing the function of Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the 2002 Gujarat riots. 

    Anil give up as convenor of the digital media cell of the Congress unit in Kerala and because the nationwide coordinator of the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) social media and digital communications cell. 

    The announcement got here on Wednesday morning after social media outrage in opposition to him for his veiled help to Modi when the opposition was taking over the PM and the ruling BJP for banning the documentary  ‘India: The Modi Question.’ 

    On Tuesday, whereas college students at some outstanding schools in his residence state Kerala had been watching the documentary in defiance of the federal government ban, Anil took to Twitter to spell out that regardless of his “large differences” with BJP, he felt that these in India “placing views of” BBC, “a state-sponsored channel with a long history of prejudices against India would set a “harmful priority” and “will undermine the nation’s sovereignty.”

    The Tweet triggered a backlash apparently even from his personal social gathering in Kerala. Finally, the son of a pacesetter who had a aptitude for quitting selected to announce his choice to exit from the Congress.

    Well earlier than the uproar in opposition to Anil may subside, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor draw the ire of Twitterati when he questioned the timing of the documentary which, he mentioned, comes 21 years after the Gujarat riots.

    “This (Gujarat riots) happened 21 years ago and it is a matter the Supreme Court has ruled on. The tragedy is something that all Indians, including Muslims, feel we now should put behind us,” he reportedly mentioned. His assertion ought to have warmed the cockles of BJP supporters’ hearts.

    Tharoor, nonetheless, questioned the BJP authorities’s choice to dam the screening of the documentary. “Why would you give the British the power to disturb you?” he reacted.

    Tharoor additionally dismissed Anil Antony’s view that the documentary would hurt India’s sovereignty. He mentioned that the argument that the BBC documentary would hurt India’s sovereignty is unconvincing.

    Chennai: Senior Congress chief and former Defence Minister AK Antony’s son Anil Ok Antony on Wednesday give up the Congress social gathering hours after he denounced the BBC over its documentary analyzing the function of Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the 2002 Gujarat riots. 

    Anil give up as convenor of the digital media cell of the Congress unit in Kerala and because the nationwide coordinator of the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) social media and digital communications cell. 

    The announcement got here on Wednesday morning after social media outrage in opposition to him for his veiled help to Modi when the opposition was taking over the PM and the ruling BJP for banning the documentary  ‘India: The Modi Question.’ 
    On Tuesday, whereas college students at some outstanding schools in his residence state Kerala had been watching the documentary in defiance of the federal government ban, Anil took to Twitter to spell out that regardless of his “large differences” with BJP, he felt that these in India “placing views of” BBC, “a state-sponsored channel with a long history of prejudices against India would set a “harmful priority” and “will undermine the nation’s sovereignty.”

    The Tweet triggered a backlash apparently even from his personal social gathering in Kerala. Finally, the son of a pacesetter who had a aptitude for quitting selected to announce his choice to exit from the Congress.

    Well earlier than the uproar in opposition to Anil may subside, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor draw the ire of Twitterati when he questioned the timing of the documentary which, he mentioned, comes 21 years after the Gujarat riots.

    “This (Gujarat riots) happened 21 years ago and it is a matter the Supreme Court has ruled on. The tragedy is something that all Indians, including Muslims, feel we now should put behind us,” he reportedly mentioned. His assertion ought to have warmed the cockles of BJP supporters’ hearts.

    Tharoor, nonetheless, questioned the BJP authorities’s choice to dam the screening of the documentary. “Why would you give the British the power to disturb you?” he reacted.

    Tharoor additionally dismissed Anil Antony’s view that the documentary would hurt India’s sovereignty. He mentioned that the argument that the BBC documentary would hurt India’s sovereignty is unconvincing.