"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.

India, where public displays of affection are strictly taboo, appears to have fallen in love with a porn star.

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.

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.

An Indian man who woke up on an autopsy table just before a post-mortem has since died.

Golden beaches, unique animals... Janet Wilson finds competition for God's Own.

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.

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.

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.