A campaign encouraging Indian citizens to "hug a cow" instead of celebrating the 'western' Valentine's Day was called off on Friday after the announcement was ridiculed online. In a statement on ...

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The Animal Welfare Board of India said in a brief statement Friday that it had withdrawn its proposal for “Cow Hug Day” on Feb. 14. The cow has long been worshipped as a motherlike figure in ...

India's Hindu nationalist government is urging the country's 1.4 billion people to turn their backs on Valentine's Day and hug a cow on February 14 instead. In a statement issued earlier this month ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE- A woman worships a cow as Indian Hindus offer prayers to the River Ganges, holy to them during the Ganga Dussehra festival ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. India's government called off "Cow Hug Day" that was meant to replace the Valentine's Day holiday. The government said Valentine's ...