Modi Bbc Documentary News Today

Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the NGO, said the suit for defamation against the BBC is in relation to the documentary which has ”defamed” India and the whole system including the judiciary

There is something undemocratic in allowing the state to decide what people should watch or read. It undermines, even insults, the innate wisdom of the common person, who usually is quite adept in knowing the difference between propaganda and reality

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav set aside the impugned order and restored the NLSIU national secretary's admission.

The students were sitting on an indefinite strike to protest against the "draconian" action by the university authorities. There was no immediate reaction from the varsity authority and the police

A fortnightly column from The Wire's ombudsperson.

The action was a ‘deliberate act of intimidation following the release of an unflattering documentary’ about Modi, a Democratic Unionist Party MP said.

There was no reaction to the 'survey' – which comes weeks after the BBC aired a two-part documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi – from the UK government.

In the 48 hours since the surveys started, various journalists' bodies and independent observers – globally and within the country – have expressed deep concern with the move and its timing.

The news agency PTI said that while there has been no official statement from the UK government on the "survey", sources said they are “closely monitoring" the situation.

A fortnightly column from The Wire's ombudsperson.