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Govt serves notice to BBC over 'violation' of agreement
India | Mar 05, 2015, 11:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government has served a legal notice to BBC, accusing it of violating the stipulated conditions to make a documentary with a controversial interview of one of the convicts of the December 16, 2012
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Twitteratis, Celebes react strongly over broadcast of 'India's Daughter'!
Mouthful | Mar 08, 2015, 01:27 PM IST‘India's Daughter' documentary- based on ‘Nirbhaya' rape case could be accessed online in the country since morning, despite being banned by the Indian government.The video has gone viral on all social platforms and people have
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Banned Nirbhaya documentary circulating on social media
India | Mar 05, 2015, 02:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: The controversial documentary ‘India's daughter' featuring the barbaric December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case has started circulating on social media sites like Facebook.The banned documentary's telecast was restricted in India by Supreme
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Justice matters, documentary debate of no use for us: Nirbhaya parents
India | Mar 05, 2015, 01:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Paying no heed to the ongoing debate over telecast of the controversial ‘Nirbhaya documentary', the victim's parents said that only thing that matters is justice for their daughter."Our daughter is dead, nothing will
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No telecast of Nirbhaya documentary in India: BBC
India | Mar 05, 2015, 11:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: The BBC has said that it has no plans to telecast the controversial documentary on December 16, 2012 gang-rape incident in India even though it went ahead and broadcast it in the UK,
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Government to take action against BBC for telecasting Nirbhaya documentary
National | Mar 05, 2015, 01:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government of India has taken a serious note of the telecast of controversial Nirbhaya documentary titled ‘India's Daughter' by the BBC in United Kingdom.Sources said that the government may take stern action against
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Nirbhaya filmmaker appeals PM Modi to watch 'India's Daughter'
India | Mar 05, 2015, 11:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: Nirbhaya documentary maker Leslee Udwin has made an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to watch the film titled ‘India's Daughter' and not let the issue get out of hand.While describing government's decision
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BBC telecasts controversial Nirbhaya documentary despite India's objection
India | Mar 05, 2015, 01:58 PM ISTLondon: Even as the Government of India pressed it not to telecast the controversial Nirbhaya documentary, the BBC on Wednesday aired the film in the United Kingdom on BBC Four at 10 pm.According to Indian
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Jon Stewart to leave 'The Daily Show'
Hollywood | Feb 12, 2015, 06:58 AM ISTLos Angeles: TV host Jon Stewart is departing after 17 years of hosting "The Daily Show".“Jon will remain at the helm for 'The Daily Show' until later this year. He is a comic genius, generous
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Boko Haram kills 70 in Cameroon border town
World | Feb 05, 2015, 04:09 PM ISTAbuja: Boko Haram militants have reportedly killed at least 70 people in an attack on the Cameroonian town of Fotokol on the border with Nigeria.The Islamist militants attacked civilians in their homes and in the
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Same-sex marriage law adopted in Scotland
World | Dec 16, 2014, 11:53 AM ISTLondon: Scotland's new law on same-sex marriages has come into effect, a media report said Tuesday.A number of other Scottish couples, already in civil partnerships, are planning to make the conversion later, BBC reported.Others wishing
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Cristiano Ronaldo wins BBC Overseas Sports Personality award
Football | Dec 15, 2014, 06:27 PM ISTLondon: Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) 2014 Overseas Sports Personality award. "Thank you BBC for choosing me and to my old fans in England. Thank you very
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Plague kills 40 in Madagascar
World | Nov 22, 2014, 10:34 AM ISTAntananarivo: At least 40 people were killed in an outbreak of plague in Madagascar, a media report said Saturday.The disease may spread rapidly as fleas on the island have been found with high levels of
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One Direction, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran to perform at BBC Music Awards
Hollywood | Oct 25, 2014, 01:02 PM ISTLondon: Popular British bands - One Direction, Coldplay and Clean Bandit - have been roped in to perform at the inaugural BBC Music Awards. Apart from the bands, the Dec 11 event will also see the
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S Club 7 members come together for children in need
Hollywood | Oct 23, 2014, 02:07 PM ISTLondon: Members of English group S Club 7 are reuniting and they will make an appearance on Children In Need charity show next month.The band, consisting of Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Paul Cattermole, Jo O'Meara,
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British Sikh girls at risk of 'sexual grooming': BBC report
World | Sep 04, 2013, 11:06 AM ISTLondon: Minor British Sikh girls sexually abused by gangs of Asian men who befriend them over a period of time usually do not report the crime to authorities, according to a new investigation by the
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BBC told to have more gay presenters on kids' shows
World | Dec 14, 2012, 06:12 PM ISTLondon, Dec 14: The BBC has been asked to put more gay presenters on children's TV shows to “familiarise” youngsters with different sexualities from an early age.A study commissioned by the broadcaster said lesbian, gay
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BBC chief Entwistle quits over false child abuse report
World | Nov 11, 2012, 11:19 AM ISTLondon, Nov 11: The BBC's director general, George Entwistle, resigned from his post Saturday in the wake of a Newsnight child abuse broadcast which, he said, should have been never been broadcast.In a statement given
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Race row not over for Terry as FA mulls charges
Football | Jul 14, 2012, 07:12 PM ISTLondon, Jul 14: Being acquitted by a court of racial abuse might not be the end of the matter for Chelsea captain John Terry.The English Football Association now has to conclude its own investigation and
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BBC's Bush House goes silent
World | Jul 12, 2012, 06:18 PM ISTLondon, July 12: BBC World Service radio has broadcast its final news bulletin from its longstanding home at Bush House in central London.The global service is leaving Bush House after more than seven decades for