Screening banned BBC documentary amounted to ‘gross indiscipline’, DU tells Delhi HC

Screening banned BBC documentary amounted to ‘gross indiscipline’, DU tells Delhi HC

[ad_1] New Delhi: The Delhi University (DU) told the High Court on Monday that the action of students screening the banned BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi without permission, and organising protests, despite imposition of prohibitory orders, amounts to “gross indiscipline”. A bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav was hearing a plea by the…

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Gujarat Assembly passes resolution against BBC for documentary on 2002 riots

Gujarat Assembly passes resolution against BBC for documentary on 2002 riots

[ad_1] Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Assembly on Friday passed a resolution requesting the Centre to take strict action against BBC for tarnishing the image and popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with its documentary on the 2002 riots in the state. The controversial two-part series by the British Broadcasting Corporation titled ‘India: The Modi Question’ misrepresents…

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Gujarat BJP MLA to move resolution in Assembly seeking action against BBC documentary

Gujarat BJP MLA to move resolution in Assembly seeking action against BBC documentary

[ad_1] Ahmedabad: Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vipul Patel will on Friday move a resolution in the Assembly seeking “strong action” against the “concocted” findings shown in a BBC documentary, which he alleged “once again attempts to blame the then state government” for the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The proposed resolution will likely say the…

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BBC controversy: Justice Rohinton Nariman criticizes documentary ban, IT ‘survey’

BBC controversy: Justice Rohinton Nariman criticizes documentary ban, IT ‘survey’

[ad_1] Former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Fali Nariman on Thursday criticized the government’s decision to ban the controversial BBC documentary on PM Modi and subsequent IT ‘survey’ at the broadcasting branch offices in India. Speaking at the inaugural Jitendra Desai Memorial Lecture on the topic, ‘Freedom of Speech: Contemporary Challenges’, in Ahmedabad, he termed the…

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