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.

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.

Australia reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar trophy, as a hostile Boxing Day Test with India ended in a draw yesterday.

A fighting half-century from Shaun Marsh has virtually ensured that Australia will do no worse than draw the third test against India at the MCG, and with it win the Border-Gavaskar trophy.

How much does it cost to buy a clean background check in India's capital? Drivers for Uber say the equivalent of a $130 bribe.

From slum tours to luxury high tea, Bhanu Bhatnagar offers an insider's guide to India's fascinating metropolis.

Taxi-hailing service Uber has been banned in Delhi after one of its drivers allegedly raped a female passenger.

Women on the mean streets of Mumbai are safer it would seem than they are on those of New York city.