From rainbow-coloured saris to terrifying traffic jams, Paul Rush finds all of his senses assailed in India.

Some Kiwis are travelling as far as India for operations, complaining of long waiting lists and high costs at home.

Nobody knows exactly when or why the witnesses and small-time crooks caught up in one of India's biggest-ever corruption scandals began dying under mysterious circumstances.

Tim Roxborogh explores Kerala's captivating backwaters on a rice boat.

The Indian High Commissioner has left New Zealand after a former staff member alleged he was kept in slavery and assaulted.

The first International Yoga Day, on June 21, has caused a stink for India's yoga-loving Prime Minister.

Air NZ and Air India have signed a codeshare deal providing smoother access for travellers in both directions.

How have things fared since then for Asia's "Axis of Reform"? Not very well, unfortunately, says William Pesek.

Diana Plater is alternately charmed, dazzled and overwhelmed in the Land of Great Kings.

At least 17 people, including five working for a New Zealand company, were killed at the Mt Everest base camp in Nepal by an avalanche.

Kiwis in Nepal have spoken of yesterday's terrifying earthquake and say the country needs help urgently.

Kiwi hikers trekking down from Mount Everest base camp have described their panic when the devastating quake - which has killed at least 1800 people - hit.

At least 718 feared dead as Nepalese earthquake leads to utter destruction. "Sherpas believe that a lot of people may have been buried in their tents."

Surgeons have found and removed an embryonic twin, complete with hair, bone and teeth, from deep in the brain of a PhD computer science student.

A Canterbury postgraduate student is cycling through Australia, Asia and Europe on his way to a UN climate congress.

These children have been reunited with their mother after being abandoned by their father at India’s busiest railway station.

Labour's ethnic communities spokesman Phil Goff is calling for the Government to clarify where and when Sikhs can wear a kirpan.

Immerse yourself in the sacred, inky chaos of the Ganges River in Varanasi, writes Heather Ramsay.

Fondly described as 'the king of the roads' in the subcontinent, the Hindustan Ambassador is on its way to extinction, writes Peter Calder.

The banner read ‘Ireland: you’re potatoes in our curry tonight’ and that summed up India’s open-wicket practice to reinforce their status as World Cup contenders.

Pakistan has test-fired a ballistic missile able to carry a nuclear warhead to every part of India. Yesterday's test was another escalation in Islamabad's effort to keep pace with its neighbouring rival's formidable military advancements.

New Delhi police are are trying to block the airing of a documentary that includes remarks by one of the men involved in a fatal gang-rape in 2012.

Taking your king or queen to Mumbai? Why not stay in style at this regal establishment, writes Chris Leadbeater.

Liz Light walks the Great Rann of Kutch.

A former Hawkes Bay man who admitted bashing his wife to death has left NZ, travelling on an Indian passport he got while under NZ government care.

Misbah believes the team who can best forget the troubled history between the nations might prevail in what is expected to be the most-watched cricket game ever.

I got a commission from a book company to get Red Square and the Kremlin by drone and they said 'if you get the photo Amos, we'd be delighted but if you get caught you're on your own'.

Promised to each other as children, India's PM left his wife shortly after their arranged marriage and kept it a secret for decades. But she still waits to be by his side.

Shane Bond had four key reasons for signing as bowling coach with the Mumbai Indians instead of renewing his contract in one of New Zealand sport's most coveted jobs.