The city of Agra is an enduring monument to India's famous Mughal rulers, who created such magnificent monuments as the Taj Mahal, the Agra Fort and the the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri.

Telecommunications reporter Helen Twose talks to 80s hair bands, gets tweeted at by a shrub, sees Audi's Wi-Fi-toting A8 and meets a guy paid to roll his eyes at the Mobile World Congress.

The NZ men's hockey team will stay in Perth for the time being rather than travel on to India for the Hockey World Cup.

Govt officials are liaising with sports bodies in light of terror threats targeting sports events in India as the NZ hockey team prepares to travel there.

A militant group with links to al Qaeda has warned the world not to send sports people to competitions in India, including the Commonwealth Games.

Kiwi sportspeople scheduled to compete in India could be endangered after a chilling warning from al Qaeda.

It took four years of complex legal wrangling, nearly bankrupted an ailing Hindu guru and has cost the British taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.

Privacy concerns over a new airport passenger scanning system have been heightened after airport staff copied x-rays of an international film star.

Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.

A free trade deal with the highly protected Indian economy could mean big things for New Zealand agriculture exporters.

Asked to select a best-loved dress for a collectable tome, designers came up with some surprising choices.

A man whose toddler and wife were barred from India wants a full inquiry, compensation and their names removed from a blacklist.

My wife and I are off to Honolulu towards the end of December for 10 days. We're interested in things to do, things perhaps that are not on the well-beaten tourist track. Any tips?

A leading British paper claims the UN has made a sizeable blunder over key evidence on global warming.

Jim Eagles explores the colonial and Muslim foundations behind the now largely Hindu city of Delhi.

A NZ toddler and his Indian-born mother were turned back from India and interrogated on their return to Auckland Airport because their names were on a terrorism blacklist.

Thousands gather to take an icy dip in the Ganges River during festivals aimed at cleansing sin.