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Diwali Festival: Let there be light
Join the Indian community as it celebrates the renewal of life with an explosion of colour, dance and food, writes Catherine Smith.
Join the Indian community as it celebrates the renewal of life with an explosion of colour, dance and food, writes Catherine Smith.
Sequestered in the battlements of Castle Mandawa, Paul Rush dreams of his best exotic marigold hotel.
Cyclone Phailin, the strongest storm to hit India in more than a decade, destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of crops.
An immense, powerful cyclone that lashed the Indian coast, forcing 500,000 people to evacuate and causing widespread damage, weakened Sunday after making landfall.
Procter & Gamble executives say it was striking the first time they witnessed a man shave while sitting barefoot on the floor in a tiny hut in India.
There's nothing like a beautifully shot film to make you feel like up-and-leaving the very next day. Here are five examples that show off their stunning destinations to full effect.
In a country where many girls are still discouraged from going to school, Sushma Verma is having anything but a typical childhood.
The near-term outlook for the global economy is sluggish, the OECD says, as a widespread slowdown in emerging economies offsets brighter prospects for advanced ones.
Mystery continues to surround the death of a young man whose body was found on Ninety Mile Beach in 2011, an inquest heard today.
Twice a day, every day, Gauri Parmar picks up her broom and goes out to sweep for gold.
The headmistress of an Indian school where 23 pupils died after eating a free lunch contaminated with pesticides forced a cook to ignore complaints and serve the suspect food, police have claimed.
Devout desert dwellers and blessed bovines live in harmony in the Rajasthan desert, writes Paul Rush.
Devout desert dwellers and blessed bovines live in harmony in the Rajasthan desert, writes Paul Rush.
Following on from the flooding in Europe, India and Canada are now both suffering from the loss of life and property.
India certainly shouldn't be top of the list for a first-time solo female traveller, says Emilia Terzon.
At least 118 children have died from mosquito-borne encephalitis so far this monsoon season in India, and authorities fear hundreds more could die.
Experiencing culture shock is a given when visiting the world’s largest democracy, writes Paul Rush.
Experiencing culture shock is a given when visiting the world’s largest democracy.
Emerging markets like India and China are becoming just as frustrated with international corporate tax rules as developed economies, says a KPMG partner.
Thoughts of cycling in India probably conjure up images of intensely congested streets, teeming with all modes of traffic and sharing limited space with free range animals- a reasonable or enjoyable holiday activity?
A New Zealand Sikh community leader facing terrorism charges in India has been released.
Thousands of Indian troops have launched a hunt for Maoist rebels who carried out an audacious.