Around 200 years ago, Shekhawati, located in the middle of India's barren Rajastan Thar Desert, became a magnet for the richest of tycoons.

The mood was upbeat at NZX's Auckland offices yesterday as the third addition to the new NXT board, food supplements maker Oceania Natural, went public.

One of India's richest businessmen has left the country and is thought to be living in Britain as a string of banks chase him for almost £900m in unpaid loans.

Air NZ and Air India are the only carriers left defending a multi-billion dollar civil law suit in New York, where 26 airlines have cut settlement deals totalling US$1.19b.

India is home to the highest number of people who have died while taking selfies.

The prime minister wooed investors at a glitzy event, but executives said more reforms are needed.

"Don't tell me how to bowl an off-spinner, I know what an off-spinner looks like!"

A bus driver in India become the first person in modern recorded history to be struck dead by a meteorite.

Here are 5 reasons you want volunteer while travelling the world.

Four gunmen and two troops have been killed in an attack on an Indian Air Force base near the border with Pakistan.

Nearly 600,000 Indian men who have sexually harassed or taunted women received a text message from police over the New Year reminding them to be on their best behaviour.

India will be laying out the welcome mat to global bond funds on day one of 2016.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in the heart of the Indian capital to protest the release of the juvenile who was convicted of raping a young woman in a moving bus three years ago.

Two decades of India's information-technology success and the English-speaking engineers have created a fertile ground for e-commerce companies and tech start-ups.

El Nino weather patterns have led to the driest monsoon season in six years, this has led many Indian farmers to cut back on gold consumption.

Regan Schoultz finds travelling with her partner's family offers a rare insight into life in an exciting, exhausting country.

Young people from an Indian caste long regarded as privileged have been staging violent protests as they clamour for a downgrade to "backward" status.

NZ are likely to have a heavier emphasis than usual on goalscoring when they play India in their four-game series starting in Nelson on Tuesday.

After months of pouring monsoon rains, millions of devout Hindus across western India celebrate the birthday of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god.

On a recent trip to the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, federal Power Minister Piyush Goyal sensed the region could woo investment from SoftBank Group Corp's billionaire founder Masayoshi Son, who....

Two female British tourists have been killed and seven injured in northern India after a chartered train derailed, say police.

India's Hampi offers a visual wealth and allure few can resist, writes Tim Roxborogh.

Prices of onion - a staple in diets of India nationals - have almost doubled since July, leading to a series of widely-reported heists in recent weeks.

Andrew Laxon found the best way to convert his teenage children to the delights of travelling in India was to do things, not look at them. Here are some of his highlights.

Two sisters in India were sentenced to be raped as "punishment" for their brother running away with a married woman from a higher caste.

India's Prime Minister has appealed for calm after a rally that drew half a million members of a powerful clan resulted in a night of rioting that left three dead and dozens of buses and police stations torched.

Auckland City Hospital has cancelled some elective surgery due today, because of the high number of patients requiring admission from winter-related illnesses.

New Zealand's challenge is to boost exports to this rapidly urbanising nation, writes Brian Gaynor.

Dreamed of going to India but worried about surviving? Bruce Morris gets a taste of this exciting land, the safe and comfortable way.