The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday registered a case against the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) India under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for irregularities in foreign funding.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar hit out at the "narrative set afloat" against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hungarian-American businessman critic George Soros, on Tuesday saying those who play politics the other way around need to be combated.
The BBC said on Tuesday that it is "fully cooperating" with the Income Tax authorities who are at its offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and hoped that the situation will be resolved "as soon as possible".
The All India Bar Association (AIBA) on Tuesday congratulated the Income Tax Department for conducting surveys of BBC's documents to check irregularities relating to international taxation and Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) transactions.
The Supreme Court today will take up the requests challenging the centre's decision to block the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 2002 Gujarat riots.