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.

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.

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.

A New Zealander feared missing in Nepal after a large earthquake struck the nation has been found, but two more are still unaccounted for.

Raw footage shows the moment an avalanche caused by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal hits Base Camp on Mount Everest.

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.

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.

Belinda Merhab travels to an ashram in Northern India to find herself, but discovers something else entirely.

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.