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The Supreme Court would hear a plea challenging the Centres decision to ban a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots on Friday.

The top court also directed govt to produce original records relating to decision to block the series

A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M.M. Sundresh directed that the Centre should produce the original records in connection with its order on the documentary on the next date of hearing in April.The

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The justification that the documentary “undermines the sovereignty and integrity of India” does not withstand scrutiny, they said in a statement.

The apex court declined to pass an interim order, but directed the Centre to place before it the original record of decision taken and scheduled the next hearing in April.

LONDON [UK], Feb 3: British lawmaker Lord David Alton has urged the broadcaster to rethink its commercial decision, after an investigation by Deadline revealed that BBC StoryWorks is producing ads for at least 18 Chinese clients, including nine state-affiliated bodies. Alton wrote to Tim Davie, the Director-General of the BBC, demanding that he review the activity of the commercial unit BBC StoryWorks. StoryWorks produced a glossy ad campaign for China Global Television Network after it was bann...

Does the government say to, you know, that article cant stand or that video youve made cant stand? i havent yet come to that. we arent really getting direct communication from the government. we are a small, independent outlet. we do our work quite independently. i cant say the same for large media outlets in india. they may be hearing from the government more often, but no, we are not. having said that, theres always a sword hanging over all of us. as i said, if the government can overnight inv...

Rajya Sabha MP and senior Supreme Court advocate Mahesh Jethmalani on Thursday lashed out at BBC apologists for seeking proof of the Chinese tech giant Huaweis payments to the British Broadcasting Corporation, and alleged that the UK-based broadcaster has 18 other Chinese clients.

We would stress that we continue to regard India as an incredibly important international partner