President trump believes Michael Flynn should be able to tell his story to Congressional Committee is conducting investigations into russias interference in the president ial election. The american president ial election. The american president described the hearings as a witchhunt and in a briefing his spokesperson said the white house was not worried about what it might reveal. He believes Michael Flynn should testify a nd he believes Michael Flynn should testify and thinks he should go up there and do what he has to do to get the story out. With or without immunity . That is up to him and his lawyer to decide. I will not give anyone legal advice from the podium but the view of the president is he should testify. But the president gave legal advice from his twitter account. You said in the past the only reason to ask for immunity is that we have done something wrong. Go get it out there, the president says. Google just have to do and tell everyone what we have been saying for a long
Round up of todays news. In a moment the last film review from my colleague gavin esler. First, time for newswatch. Hello and welcome to newswatch. Brexit is officially under we but is the bbc playing down the views of unhappy remainers like the Tens Of Thousands who marched in london last weekend . Thousands who marched in london last weekend 7 complaints as thousands who marched in london last weekend . Complaints as well that bbc news is much too negative about leaving. So how do you cover this in century Subject Impartially . 60 yea rs century Subject Impartially . 60 years ago last saturday the treaty of rome, the Funding Agreement of what became the European Union, was signed. The anniversary was marked across europe but march in london that day was not so much a celebration as a protest against the decision of britain to leave the eu. After the violence a few short days ago a protest with peace and love at its heart. Thousands made their way to parliament square, many like Pensi
I-T raids at residences of Anurag Kashyap, Taapsee Pannu and Vikas Bahl
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Department on Wednesday raided premises linked to Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap as well as his partners who launched the now dissolved production house Phantom Films, officials said.
The searches, part of a tax evasion probe against Phantom Films and carried out across 30 locations in Mumbai and Pune, also covered Reliance Entertainment group CEO Shibhasish Sarkar and some executives of celebrity and talent management company KWAN, they said.
The raids began in the morning and were continuing till evening.
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COVAXIN is one of the two vaccines approved for use in the country thus far and is being used as part of the immunisation programme rolled out on January 16. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had given the emergency use authorisation for the vaccine in clinical trial mode, raising questions about its effectiveness.