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BBC execs quit amid row over 'doctoring' Trump speech

Two top executives at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resigned on Sunday amid an escalating scandal over impartiality and bias, as reported by CNN. IMAGE: US President Donald Trump.......

British cops quit over race investigation

Four British police officers quit on Wednesday after a British Broadcasting Corporation documentary exposed racism in the ranks.Also see: BBC exposes racist British policeSeven recruits and an......

Peter Higgs, Nobel laurate behind 'God' particle, dead

Peter Higgs, the British physicist and Nobel Prize winner behind the 'God' particle, passed away at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the age of 94, The Washington Post reported. IMAGE: Peter......

Good friends can...: UK envoy on raids at BBC offices

'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......

India calls US report on human rights 'deeply biased'

India on Friday described a United States State Department report citing alleged incidents of human rights violations including in Manipur as 'deeply biased' and said it reflects a poor......

Supersonic car unveiled at Farnborough air show

The Farnborough International Air Show has unveiled a model of the full length Bloodhound supersonic car. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, the 1:1 replica of the 12.8m-long (42ft)......

Top BBC earners may face salary cut

Admitting to paying its 100 most senior staff 20 million pounds a year has landed the British Broadcasting Corporation in a soup. Figures released by the corporation disclosed the top 100 are paid......

BBC to shut down Asian Network

The British Broadcasting Corporation confirmed on Monday that it would close down the Asian Network radio station, which is targeted at people with origins in the Indian sub-continent, by the end......

BBC to cut 2,900 jobs

The British Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday said it would cut about 2,900 jobs, more than 10 per cent of its workforce, as a part of "transformation" of the world's biggest public broadcaster,......

Indian-born doctor takes over as BBC acting chief

In a rare distinction, Dr Chitra Bharucha, an Indian-born haematologist, on Monday took charge as the acting chairperson of the British Broadcasting Corporation, becoming the first woman and first......

Kolkata-based film wins Oscar!

Acclaimed photographer Zana Briski, whose film Born Into Brothels about her work with the children of Kolkata prostitutes won the best documentary Oscar, will soon see her inspiring film expand......

'Audiences are sick of seeing flowers meet'

The day is half done. Beads of sweat run down my back as I make my way to meet Mallika Sherawat, heroine of one of the most talked about films this year, Khwahish.She is fresh as morning dew and in......

'I'd have loved to present Pratidwandi at Cannes'

'Where Pratidwandi is concerned, there are very few men standing.' IMAGE: Dhritiman Chatterjee in Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi. Dhritiman Chatterjee, a post-graduate in economics, came from a world......

PIX: Car ploughs into fans at Liverpool parade, 27 in hospital

IMAGE: Emergency services at the scene after multiple people were hit by a car during Liverpool's victory parade in Liverpool on Monday. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters A car ploughed into a crowd......

Ronaldo loses blue tick on Twitter, LeBron James remains

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo does not have a verified account on Twitter anymore. Photograph: Ahmed Yosri/Reuters Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with......

FIFA dismisses Panorama allegations

FIFA has dismissed allegations made by a British Broadcasting Corporation programme against three executive committee members, saying Swiss authorities had already investigated and the case had......

BBC makes new charges against FIFA ex-co members

An investigation by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) accused three FIFA executives of taking bribes in a programme to be aired on Monday, three days before the hosts of the 2018 and 2022......

BBC apologises for Boycott's four-letter rant

Cricketer-turned-commentator Geoffrey Boycott kicked up a storm with an on-air four-letter rant during the third England-South Africa ODI, prompting the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to......