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An armed security person stands stand guard at the gate of a building housing BBC office in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in India for a second straight day on Wednesday questioning the staff about the organization's business operations in the country, staff members said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Indian authorities accuse BBC of tax evasion after searches
By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press
Fri,02/17/23-7:47AM , 148 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Finance Ministry accused the BBC of tax evasion on Friday, saying that it had not fully declared its income and profits from its operations in the country.
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FILE- A woman worships a cow as Indian Hindus offer prayers to the River Ganges, holy to them during the Ganga Dussehra festival in Allahabad, India, June 8, 2014. India’s government-run animal welfare department has appealed to citizens to mark Valentine’s Day this year not as a celebration of romance but as "Cow Hug Day” to better promote Hindu values. The Animal Welfare Board of India said Wednesday that “hugging cows will bring emotional richness and increase individual and collective happiness.” (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

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Indian government asks people to hug cows on Valentine's Day
By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press
Thu,02/09/23-12:16AM , 188 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government-run animal welfare department has appealed to citizens to mark Valentine’s Day this year not as a celebration of romance but as "Cow Hug Day” to better promote Hindu values.
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Senior Congress party leader Shashi Tharoor files his nomination papers for the position of Congress party president, at the party's headquarter in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. India’s main opposition Congress party, long led by the politically powerful Nehru-Gandhi family, is set to choose a non-family member as its next president after a gap of more than two decades. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Indian opposition party seeks to shed dynastic rule image
By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press
Fri,09/30/22-6:13AM , 149 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, is set to choose a person who is not a member of its dominant Nehru-Gandhi family as its next president as it struggles to recover before key upcoming elections.
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Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi speaks during rally in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. Thousands of people rallied on Sunday under key opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi who made a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government for soaring unemployment and food and fuel prices in the country. (AP Photo)

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India's main opposition protests rising prices, lack of jobs
By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press
Sun,09/04/22-4:57AM , 126 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of Indians rallied on Sunday under key opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, who made a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over soaring unemployment and rising food and fuel prices in the country.
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