Bbc India Tax

'Good friends can also disagree', British High Commissioner Alex Ellis on Wednesday said in response to questions on raids at BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai by the Income Tax department earlier this year.

British organisations that are working in other nations must follow the laws of those countries, the UK's top diplomat in India told NDTV today, days after Indian authorities investigated the BBC and Oxfam India.

The BBC in India has been asked to provide financial statements in a new probe linked to alleged foreign exchange violations.

British Foreign Minister James Cleverly raised the tax searches on the BBC with Foreign Minister S Jaishankar during a bilateral meeting.

British Foreign Minister James Cleverly raised the issue of BBC tax searches with India's foreign minister during a bilateral meeting on Wednesday, the minister said in an interview.

BBC Director-General Tim Davie has told staff in India that the British broadcaster will not be put off from reporting without fear or favour and that it does not have an agenda, BBC News reported on Thursday.

The British government has strongly defended the BBC and its editorial freedom in Parliament after the Income-Tax department's survey operations on the UK-headquartered media corporation's New Delhi and Mumbai offices over three days last week.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday took a swipe at the Centre over the survey at the BBC offices and alleged that the BJP is misusing the Central agencies and also attempting to make India a country of Nathuram Godse.

The Income Tax Department has claimed it has uncovered irregularities in the accounting books of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) after a three-day survey, which came weeks after the corporation aired a series on PM Modi.

The income tax department today said the nearly three-day "survey" at the BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai broadly looked into a mismatch between the income/profits of the broadcaster's group firms and their scale of operations in India.

The Income tax Department's survey came weeks after the BBC aired a documentary on PM Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said the Income Tax department's surveys on BBC premises in Delhi and Mumbai were a "clear cut" indication of the Narendra Modi government's intolerance of criticism.

Holding the Central government responsible for the nearly 60 hours long I-T survey, JD(U) leader Sunil Singh said this operation was a part of vindictive politics.

Terming BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a"propaganda video" and a "disgraceful piece of shoddy journalism," British MP Bob Blackman has said that it should never have been released.

The income tax officials left the offices of the BBC in New Delhi and Mumbai on Thursday night after a three-day survey which involved going through files and cloning data from some digital devices.

'Good friends can also disagree', British High Commissioner Alex Ellis on Wednesday said in response to questions on raids at BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai by the Income Tax department earlier this year.

British organisations that are working in other nations must follow the laws of those countries, the UK's top diplomat in India told NDTV today, days after Indian authorities investigated the BBC and Oxfam India.

The BBC in India has been asked to provide financial statements in a new probe linked to alleged foreign exchange violations.

British Foreign Minister James Cleverly raised the tax searches on the BBC with Foreign Minister S Jaishankar during a bilateral meeting.

British Foreign Minister James Cleverly raised the issue of BBC tax searches with India's foreign minister during a bilateral meeting on Wednesday, the minister said in an interview.

BBC Director-General Tim Davie has told staff in India that the British broadcaster will not be put off from reporting without fear or favour and that it does not have an agenda, BBC News reported on Thursday.

The British government has strongly defended the BBC and its editorial freedom in Parliament after the Income-Tax department's survey operations on the UK-headquartered media corporation's New Delhi and Mumbai offices over three days last week.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday took a swipe at the Centre over the survey at the BBC offices and alleged that the BJP is misusing the Central agencies and also attempting to make India a country of Nathuram Godse.

The Income Tax Department has claimed it has uncovered irregularities in the accounting books of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) after a three-day survey, which came weeks after the corporation aired a series on PM Modi.

The income tax department today said the nearly three-day "survey" at the BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai broadly looked into a mismatch between the income/profits of the broadcaster's group firms and their scale of operations in India.

The Income tax Department's survey came weeks after the BBC aired a documentary on PM Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said the Income Tax department's surveys on BBC premises in Delhi and Mumbai were a "clear cut" indication of the Narendra Modi government's intolerance of criticism.

Holding the Central government responsible for the nearly 60 hours long I-T survey, JD(U) leader Sunil Singh said this operation was a part of vindictive politics.

Terming BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a"propaganda video" and a "disgraceful piece of shoddy journalism," British MP Bob Blackman has said that it should never have been released.

The income tax officials left the offices of the BBC in New Delhi and Mumbai on Thursday night after a three-day survey which involved going through files and cloning data from some digital devices.