Feb 15 Watch 7:10 Indian government's crackdown on press freedom after BBC documentary critical of PM Modi By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Indian tax officials have conducted searches at the BBC offices in that country for the past two days. It comes weeks after India censored a BBC documentary that criticizes Prime Minister Modi. The actions against the British broadcaster put the… Continue watching
Feb 14 Indian officials search BBC offices after documentary critical of prime minister By Krutika Pathi, Associated Press India's tax officials searched BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after it showed a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the U.K., the broadcaster said. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 4:59 Journalist and critic of Indian government faces sham charges designed to silence her By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Indian journalist and Washington Post contributor Rana Ayyub is one of the main critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government. She recently won the highest award for press freedom from the National Press Club but is now headed back… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 8:12 Former PM Khan on the tenuous politics in Pakistan after surviving assassination attempt By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted in April after three and a half years in office. Since then, he's survived an assassination attempt and drawn massive crowds to rallies where he demands early elections, calls out corruption and… Continue watching
Nov 01 India's prime minister visits bridge collapse site as search for missing people continues By Sheikh Saaliq, Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press Narendra Modi inspected the collapsed bridge in Morbi town in Gujarat state and talked to rescuers. He also visited injured people at a hospital. Continue reading
Oct 31 9 people arrested in India during bridge collapse investigation By Ajit Solanki, Aijaz Hussain, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press The collapse Sunday evening in Gujarat state plunged hundreds of people into a river, killing at least 134. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch 3:32 News Wrap: South Korea mourns victims of Seoul crowd crush In our news wrap Sunday, South Korea grieves after a fatal crowd crush in Seoul, terrorist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for Saturday's bombings in Somalia's capital, at least 80 people died in a bridge collapse in India, polls have closed… Continue watching
Oct 30 More than 60 dead, many injured in western India bridge collapse By Associated Press At least 60 people died and many are feared injured after a cable bridge collapsed into a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Sunday evening, local media reported. Continue reading
Oct 20 India and United Nations launch environmental lifestyle program 'Mission Life' By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press The Indian government’s flagship program to encourage individual and collective action on climate was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the United Nations Secretary-General on Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 30 Indian National Congress party seeks to shed dynastic rule image By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press 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. The family has… Continue reading