BBC splits news operation in India - BBC News

The move comes a year after BBC India's offices in Delhi and Mumbai were searched by tax authorities.

13 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Noor NanjiCulture reporterThe BBC in India will separate in two from Wednesday, as it seeks to meet the country's foreign investment rules.

The BBC will retain its newsgathering team in India for its English language digital, television and radio outlets headquartered in London.

A new, independent, Indian-owned company called the Collective Newsroom will now produce content for the BBC's six other Indian language services.

The move comes a year after BBC India's offices were searched by authorities.

Those searches by income tax officials came weeks after the broadcaster aired a documentary in the UK - but not in India - critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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