Gary Lineker reinstated to Match of the Day show as BBC announces social media review

Gary Lineker reinstated to Match of the Day show as BBC announces social media review

File photo of Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker. BBC on March 13, 2023, said Linekar will return to the show after suspending him for his Twitter posts. | Photo Credit: AP Gary Lineker will return to airwaves after the BBC reversed the former football great’s suspension on March 13 for a post on […]

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Morning Digest | Centre amends KYC to add non-profits, ‘politically exposed persons’; Gujarat Assembly passes resolution against BBC, and more

Morning Digest | Centre amends KYC to add non-profits, ‘politically exposed persons’; Gujarat Assembly passes resolution against BBC, and more

The Finance Ministry has amended the Prevention of Money Laundering Rules for widening the scope of Know your Customer (KYC) norms | Photo Credit: PTI Government amends KYC to add non-profit organisations, ‘politically exposed persons’ The Finance Ministry has amended the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules for widening the scope of Know your Customer (KYC) norms […]

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Gary Lineker taken off air from BBC football show after his tweet on U.K.’s new migration law

Gary Lineker taken off air from BBC football show after his tweet on U.K.’s new migration law

TV pundit and former England captain Gary Lineker | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Former England football captain Gary Lineker has been taken off air by the BBC after his comments on Britain’s migration policy sparked a furious row between the government and the corporation’s highest paid presenter. Lineker was told there has to […]

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‘BJP wants to make India a country of Nathuram Godse’: Tejashwi Yadav slams Centre over BBC ‘survey’

‘BJP wants to make India a country of Nathuram Godse’: Tejashwi Yadav slams Centre over BBC ‘survey’

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav. File | Photo Credit: ANI 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 RJD […]

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Morning Digest | Tripura goes to the polls today; merchandise exports fall for 2nd month in a row, and more

Morning Digest | Tripura goes to the polls today; merchandise exports fall for 2nd month in a row, and more

Women poll officials head toward their respective polling stations for the Tripura Assembly elections, in Agartala, on Feb. 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Tripura voters hold the winning card as State goes to the polls today A triangular contest—between the BJP, the Left Front-Congress combine and new entrant Tipra Motha—is on the cards in […]

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Screened BBC documentary in institute’s campus: FTII Pune students’ association

Screened BBC documentary in institute’s campus: FTII Pune students’ association

People watch the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ screened by CITU at Petta Junction in Kochi on Friday | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The students’ association of the Film and Television Institute of India screened the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots on the campus of the premier acting school here, said […]

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Former England cricketer Flintoff injured in Top Gear accident

Former England cricketer Flintoff injured in Top Gear accident

Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP Former England cricketer Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff has been hospitalised after an accident that occurred during filming for the BBC show “ Top Gear.” The 45-year-old TV presenter was involved in the accident on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at the show’s test track at Dunsfold […]

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Michelle Dockery to lead Steven Knight’s BBC drama ‘This Town’

Michelle Dockery to lead Steven Knight’s BBC drama ‘This Town’

Michelle Dockery | Photo Credit: PHIL MCCARTEN Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery will headline a new BBC drama series from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Titled This Town, the six-episode show will also star Nicholas Pinnock of Marcella and My Policeman actor David Dawson, BBC said in a press release. According to the official plotline, […]

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Podcast review You, Me, and the Big C — Putting the Can in Cancer started by three women, all diagnosed with cancer

Podcast review You, Me, and the Big C — Putting the Can in Cancer started by three women, all diagnosed with cancer

The hosts of ‘You, Me, and the Big C — Putting the Can in Cancer’ speak with disarming frankness about how the disease has affected their lives The hosts of ‘You, Me, and the Big C — Putting the Can in Cancer’ speak with disarming frankness about how the disease has affected their lives “Hee-ya!” […]

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