Washington: Panelists at the National Press Club (NPC) have urged the US media to hold Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accountable for the 2002 Muslim massacre in Gujarat. The panel included people who have first-hand connections to the events and they “called for news media in
New Delhi: At around 11am on February 14, some 20 Indian tax officials and police burst into the BBC's offices in New Delhi, shouting at staff to step away from their computers and hand over their mobile phones, according to two people present. At the company's
New Delhi: India’s tax crackdown on the BBC, weeks after it aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has made news around the world. But foreign correspondents based in the country say this is not the first act of hostility by the Modi
New Delh: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said that India has already drifted into fascism. In a rare interview with any Italian publication, Corriere della Sera India’s decadence into fascism, the Wayanad MP said, “Fascism is already there. Democratic structures collapse. Parliament is no longer
New Delhi: India’s Finance Ministry accused the BBC of tax evasion, saying that it had not fully declared its income and profits from its operations in the country. Indian tax authorities ended three days of searches of the British broadcaster’s New Delhi and Mumbai offices on
New Delhi: Billionaire George Soros has kicked up a storm in India by predicting that the Adani crisis "will significantly weaken" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "stranglehold" on government. His remarks have led to furious pushback from both the ruling and opposition camps, with Modi's Bharatiya Janata
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has said that it will take a decision on the early listing of petitions challenging the Narendra Modi-led Indian government’s decision to abrogate Article 370, which granted special status to Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). A bench
Mumbai: Indian tax officials examined mobile phones and laptops used by some BBC editorial and administrative employees, two sources told Reuters, as an inspection at the British broadcaster’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai entered a third day on Thursday. Tax officials had remained at the
New Delhi: India's market regulator is investigating Adani Group's links to some of the investors in the conglomerate's aborted $2.5 billion share sale, two sources said, amid growing concern in New Delhi about a US short-seller's allegations against one of the country's top industrial groups. The
Despite explicit constitutional provision and guidelines, the suffering of Dalits and Adivasi communities across India remains the worst, according to newly released National Crime Records Bubreau (NRCB) data. Data on crimes against Dalits and Adivasis draws a distinct pattern of similarity between rural and urban spaces.